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1 day ago · A Guest Blog Post by Keira Morgan. Anne of Brittany was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. Anne of Brittany, the last duchess of a fully independent Brittany, was no ordinary girl. From childhood, she was brought up as the presumptive heir to her father’s ...
May 18, 2024 · Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1196-1203 as co-ruler) Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1213-1221 Jure uxoris) John I, Duke of Brittany (1221-1286) John II, Duke of Brittany (1286-1305) 2 Dukes of Narbonne Toulouse Kings of France See Counts of Toulouse 3 Dukes of Lorraine Lorraine Holy Roman Emperor Simon II, Duke of Lorraine (1176-1205)
2 days ago · When war broke out between John and Philip, Eleanor declared her support for John and set out from Fontevraud to her capital Poitiers to prevent her grandson Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, posthumous son of Eleanor's son Geoffrey and John's rival for the English throne, from taking control.
3 days ago · In 1148, Duke Conan III died and civil war broke out. Henry claimed to be the overlord of Brittany, on the basis that the duchy had owed loyalty to Henry I, and saw controlling the duchy both as a way of securing his other French territories and as a potential inheritance for one of his sons.
May 10, 2024 · Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen consort of both Louis VII of France (1137–52) and Henry II of England (1152–1204) and mother of Richard I (the Lionheart) and John of England. She was perhaps the most powerful woman in 12th-century Europe. Learn more about Eleanor of Aquitaine in this article.
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May 22, 2024 · Another son, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, was the father of Arthur, who appears as a character in Shakespeare's "The Life and Death of King John"; one of her daughters, Queen Eleanor of Castile, was the mother of Blanche, another character in the play. 2.
2 days ago · In 1310 he received a licence from Edward II enabling him to grant all his lands and tenements in England to his brother Arthur Duke of Britanny. Arthur was licensed at the same time to give them to John III, so that if John died without lawful issue they might revert to Arthur and his heirs.