Hoel II- Count of Nantes, Count of Rennes, and eventually Duke of Brittany
He is not to be confused with his brother Alan the Red to whose lands he succeeded, nor with his brother Stephen's son Alan the Black, nor with his cousin Alan Fergant.
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.
1082–1084 Hoel I (in opposition to Geoffrey II from 1066), also Duke from 1066
Charles de Blois, son of Guy I, Count of Blois, married Joan of Penthievre, the heiress of John III, Duke of Brittany; together, they became principal protagonists in the War of the Breton Succession.
Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Dauphin of France in 1518–1536, son and heir of Francis I of France
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158–1186), Duke of Brittany, third surviving legitimate son of Henry II
John V, Duke of Brittany (1339 - 1399), son of the former, Duke of Brittany from 1364 to 1399, count of Richemont and count of Montfort (1345-1399).
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John IV, Duke of Brittany (1294-1345), contested Duke of Brittany, one of two sides in the Breton War of Succession
In 1396, he married Marie of Brittany (1391–1446), daughter of John V, Duke of Brittany.
He sold all he possessed to the English, and his fief of Fougères to the Duke of Brittany.
The Second Breton War of Succession pitted the supporters of two different claimants against one another: those of the half-brother of the deceased John III, Duke of Brittany, Jean de Montfort, who relied on the Estates of Brittany who gathered in Nantes, and those of Charles I, Duke of Brittany, who was supported by King Philippe VI of France and was recognized as Duke of Brittany by the peers of the kingdom.
Subsequent to the invasion of the Loire Viking fleet led by Rognvaldr in 919, he exiled himself and his son Alan, to England.
Built in the immediate outskirts of the 15th century manor of John V, Duke of Brittany, the palais Dobrée was in the Romanesque Revival style dear to Viollet-le-Duc, although it was a joint work by the architects Simon, Boismen, Chenantais and Le Diberder, who were constantly troubled by their patron regarding it.
On his return to Paris, in 1392, an attempt was made to assassinate him by Pierre de Craon, allegedly at the instigation of John de Montfort, now John V, Duke of Brittany.
This rope with knots had been added by her step-grandfather Francis I, Duke of Brittany to his arms in honor of St. Francis its patron saint and her father Francis II, Duke of Brittany had continued the emblem.
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187-1203), nephew and possible heir of Richard I of England
He could not claim the throne, and before his death, Richard said that John was to inherit the throne even though their nephew, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, had a good claim.
In 1040 while battling the Normans, Alan III, Duke of Brittany died suddenly in this town; the death was thought to be caused by poisoning.
These conflict over authority in Léon continued down to the reign of John II.
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Pierre of Brittany (1269-1312) - son of John II, Duke of Brittany granted the viscountship by his father- to settle his debts, Pierre resold the viscountship to his brother, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany in 1293.
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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.
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.
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.