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He aligned himself with Louis, the Duke of Orléans (the future Louis XII) and Charles, Count of Angoulême, against the regency of Anne of France. She had been pursuing the same underhand politics towards Brittany as her father Louis XI. In focusing on relations with his neighbour France, however, Francis II neglected his own realm.
Louis of France, Duke of Brittany (25 June 1704 – 13 April 1705) died of convulsions; Louis of France, Duke of Brittany (8 January 1707 – 8 March 1712) died of measles ; Louis XV of France (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774) first engaged to Mariana Victoria of Spain ; married Marie Leszczyńska and had issue; died of smallpox .
Francis II (born June 23, 1435—died Sept. 9, 1488, Couëron, Brittany) was the duke of Brittany from 1458, who succeeded his uncle, Arthur III; he maintained a lifelong policy of Breton independence in the face of encroachments by the French crown. The problems of Breton independence were magnified by the fact that Francis had no sons; the ...
22 ott 2019 · Louis wanted to marry Claude to her cousin, Francis, Duke of Angoulême; Francis was heir to the crown of France after Louis' death if Louis had no sons. Anne continued to oppose this marriage, disliking the mother of Francis, Louise of Savoy, and seeing that if her daughter were married to the King of France, Brittany would likely lose its autonomy.
29 dic 2023 · Gurvand ( r. 874–877), ruling Brittany (northern part) with Pasquitan. Judicael ( r. 877–888), successor of Gurvand, ruled Brittany (north) with Alan the Great (south) Alan the Great (reigned from 877 to 888 with Judicaël, alone as a duke, then as a king up to 907) Gourmaëlon, Count of Cornouaille (reigned from 907 as a guardian of the ...
But when Louis was defeated, Peter was sent as one of the negotiators for a peace treaty. After the negotiations were completed (in 1218), William Marshal , the regent for the young Henry III of England , recognized Peter as Earl of Richmond , in place of Eleanor of Brittany who remained under English imprisonment.
Charles, Duke of Brittany. Charles of Blois-Châtillon (1319 – 29 September 1364), nicknamed "the Saint", was the legalist Duke of Brittany from 1341 until his death, via his marriage to Joan, Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Penthièvre, holding the title against the claims of John of Montfort. The cause of his possible canonization was ...
