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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.
Situated to the north east of Brittany, the earliest princes are mentioned in several Lives of the Saints. The three Armorican principalities were all subservient to the King of Brittany. Until the reign of Jonas, the rulers of Domnonia were titled princes. After that, they supply the Kings of the Bretons, and Domnonia itself was elevated as a ...
Hawise acted as regent of Brittany during the minority of her son Alan III. [4] In 1010 her regency and the reign of her young son Alan III was seriously challenged by the peasant revolts that had spread from Normandy into Brittany. Alan, encouraged by his mother, led the nobles to quash the rebellion. [5] Hawise died on 21 February 1034. [6]
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. Brittany is no longer a duchy and the title is currently not being used by the ...
The children of King Charles III and Princess Diana have made a number of splashy ... they are raising three children: Prince George (born July 22, 2013), Princess Charlotte (born May 2, 2015) and ...
Pregnant Brittany Mahomes Shares Cute Photos of Kids Sterling and Bronze Wearing Headphones at Kansas City Current Game Marina Watts November 9, 2024 at 2:18 PM
On Monday, Nov. 25, The Masked Singer host, 43, stepped out at the red carpet premiere of Disney's Moana sequel alongside Brittany Bell and their three kids: sons Golden Sagon, 7, and Rise Messiah ...
On 22 January 1260, when she was seventeen, she married John de Dreux, heir to the duchy of Brittany, at Saint-Denis. [3] [4] She and John II had six children: Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (1261–1312) John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (1266–1334) Marie of Brittany, Countess of Saint-Pol, wife of Guy III of Châtillon (1268–1339) [5]