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2 unusual facts about Alan II, Duke of Brittany


Cotentin Peninsula

While they were eventually expelled by Alan's grandson, Alan II, Duke of Brittany, the subsequent rulers of Brittany were weaker than Alan the Great.

Mathuedoï I, Count of Poher

Subsequent to the invasion of the Loire Viking fleet led by Rognvaldr in 919, he exiled himself and his son Alan, to England.


Alan II, Duke of Brittany

On 1 August 939, with the aid of Judicael (Berengar), count of Rennes, and Hugh I, count of Maine, his victory was made complete by defeating the Norse at Trans.

Alan II, Earl of Menteith

Alan II, Earl of Menteith married an unknown lady, by whom he had a daughter Mary II, Countess of Menteith.

Counts of Blois

Bertha of Blois, the daughter of Odo II of Blois, became Duchess Consort of Brittany through her marriage to Alan II, Duke of Brittany.

Francis I, Duke of Brittany

Francis I (in Breton Fransez I, in French François I) (Vannes/Gwened, 14 May 1414 – 18 July 1450, Château de l'Hermine/Kastell an Erminig), was Duke of Brittany, Count of Montfort and titular Earl of Richmond, from 1442 to his death.

Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany

Anne of Brittany was the last independent ruler of Brittany, inheriting the Duchy as a girl of twelve in 1488, and securing her inheritance was a crucial matter for both the House of Habsburg and the French Crown.

Jean II, Duke of Alençon

He sold all he possessed to the English, and his fief of Fougères to the Duke of Brittany.

John de Graham

Sometime after 1355, his son Sir John married Mary II, suo jure Countess of Menteith, the daughter of Alan II, Earl of Menteith.

Peter II, Duke of Brittany

Peter II (in Breton Pêr II, in French Pierre II) (1418–1457, Nantes/ Naoned), was Duke of Brittany, Count of Montfort and titular earl of Richmond, from 1450 to his death.


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