Alain "Caignart" Comte Cornoüaille
- Born: Abt 975, Cornoüaille, Bretagne, France
- Marriage: Judith de Nantes
- Died: 4 Jun 1058
- Buried: Nortre-Dame
 Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference: The Kingdoms of Brittany.
• Web Reference:
Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Alain "caignart" de Cornouaïlle was the son of Benedict comté de Cornouaïlle and his wife Guinodeon. He married Judith de Nantes, daughter of Judicaël comté de Nantes and his wife Mélisende.
"Benedictus episcopus atque comes" founded the monastery of Locmaria de Quimper, later confirmed by "Alanus comes filius Benedicti supradicti" (witnessed by "…femina ipsius comitis Iudeth…"), by charter dated to (1022/38) which also records a later donation by "Alanus comes et uxor illius Iudeth…et filiæ suæ Hodiernæ abbatissæ", witnessed by "Hoel…filius eiusdem comitis…Moruan vicecomes…" [La Borderie (1888), VIII, p. 17]. The Chronicon Briocensi names "Judith…filia Juhelli quondam comitis Nannetensis" as wife of "Alani Cagnart" and mother of "Hoellus Dux" [Ex Chronico Briocensi, RHGF, Tome XII, p. 565]."
Alain married Judith de Nantes, daughter of Judicaël comte de Nantes and Mélisende. (Judith de Nantes was born about 988, died in 1063 and was buried in Saint-Guénolé de Landevenec.)
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