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This article is about the second lord of Richmond. For the first earl, his nephew, also called Alan the Black, see Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond.

Alan the Black (Template:Lang-la, Template:Lang-fr; died 1098) was the second lord of the Honour of Richmond from 1093 until his death. He was a younger son of Odo, Count of Penthièvre. He succeeded his elder brother, Alan Rufus, at Richmond. There is no record of him being in England prior to 1093.[1]

Alan and his elder brother had affairs with the nun Gunnhild of Wilton Abbey, a daughter of King Harold II. There is no record of Alan having any wife or children. He was succeeded at Richmond by another brother, Stephen, Count of Tréguier.[1]

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  1. ^ a b K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, "Alan Rufus (d. 1093)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004), retrieved 28 February 2016.
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