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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 ...
Yolande of Anjou, the youngest daughter of Louis II of Anjou, King of Naples; first wife of Francis I (as heir to the duchy of Brittany), married 1431, died 1440. Margaret of Burgundy , the third daughter of John the Fearless , Duke of Burgundy ; first wife of Arthur III (as Lord of Parthenay and Duke of Touraine (later Constable of France ...
Another, apocryphal motto, modelled on that of the House of Coucy, is often attributed to the Rohans: Duc je ne daigne, Roi je ne puis, Prince de Bretaigne, de Rohan je suis (Duke I will not, King I cannot, Prince of Brittany, of Rohan I am) or more often: Roi ne puis, duc ne daigne, Rohan suis (King I cannot, Duke I will not, Rohan I am). [103]
Warrior king holding a book, crown at his feet, sometimes with the Breton shield of arms Judicael or Judicaël ( c. 590 – 16 December 647 or 652) ( Welsh : Ithel ), [ 1 ] also spelled Judhael (with many other variants), [ 2 ] was the King of Domnonée , part of Brittany , in the mid-7th century and later revered as a Roman Catholic saint.
King Hoel (Breton: Hoel I Mawr, lit. "Hoel the Great"; Latin : Hoelus, Hovelus, Hœlus ), also known as Sir Howel , Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great , was a late 5th- and early 6th-century [ 1 ] member of the ruling dynasty of Cornouaille .
In 1352, during that war, the Estates of Brittany were established. In 1364, Charles died and John IV, Duke of Brittany, John of Montfort's son, was confirmed as duke. 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.
Alain II Hir, "Alain II the tall", (c. 630 – 690), also known as Alan Hir was a king of Brittany who succeeded his father Iudicael as King of Cornouaille; not to be confused with the contemporary Judicael, the King of Domnonee who was son of Iudhael, King of Domnonee.