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  2. List of monarchs of Brittany - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of monarchs of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary right. Hereditary dukes were sometimes a female ruler, carrying the title duchesse of Brittany.

  3. Duchy of Brittany - Wikipedia

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    Francis III remained Duke of Brittany, but died without attaining the French crown in 1536. He was succeeded by his brother Henry, who was the first person to become both King of France and Duke of Brittany in his own right. Any trace of Breton independence ended with the ascension of Henry, as Henry II of France, to the French throne.

  4. List of duchesses consort of Brittany - Wikipedia

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    Listed are the wives of the dukes of Brittany (some of whom claimed the title of king of Brittany) who were styled duchesses of Brittany. Although there were six suo jure duchesses of Brittany, the husbands of those duchesses were jure uxoris dukes and not consorts. Little is known about the duchesses whose husbands reigned prior to the year ...

  5. Category:Dukes of Brittany - Wikipedia

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    Alan II, Duke of Brittany; Alan IV, Duke of Brittany; Alan I, King of Brittany; Alan III, Duke of Brittany; Alan, Count of Nantes (988–990) Alix, Duchess of Brittany; Arthur I, Duke of Brittany; Arthur II, Duke of Brittany

  6. Counts and dukes of Penthièvre - Wikipedia

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    Joan was permitted to keep Penthièvre and use the title Duchess of Brittany until her death. Under the Treaty of Guerande (1365), Joan recognized John IV as the undisputed duke. When John went into exile in England in 1373, Charles V of France named his brother Louis, Duke of Anjou lieutenant-general of Brittany. Louis was also a son-in-law of ...

  7. Union of the Duchy of Brittany with the Crown of France

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    Anne's actions underscored that the Duke of Brittany's line of succession was governed by the Celtic nation's peculiar form of Semi-Salic Law rather than the strict Salic Law governing the Kingdom of France. Her actions also demonstrated that the Duke of Brittany and the King of France, at least at this time, remained distinct and separable titles.

  8. Margaret of Huntingdon, Duchess of Brittany - Wikipedia

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    Margaret of Huntingdon (1145 [1] – 1201) was a Scottish princess and Duchess of Brittany. She was the sister of Scottish kings Malcolm IV and William I, wife of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, and the mother of Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Her second husband was Humphrey de Bohun, hereditary Constable of England. Following her second marriage ...

  9. Mary of Waltham - Wikipedia

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    Mary of Waltham (10 October 1344 – September 1361), [note 1] Duchess of Brittany, was a daughter of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault and was the wife of John IV, Duke of Brittany, known in England as "John V" and "The Conqueror". Mary was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378. [3]