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2 unusual facts about John IV, Duke of Brittany


Jean de Montfort

John IV, Duke of Brittany (1294-1345), contested Duke of Brittany, one of two sides in the Breton War of Succession

Jean II, Duke of Alençon

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


Berlengas

After the Portuguese Restoration War, during the reign of King John IV, the Counsel of War determined that the demolition of the monastery ruins, and the use of their rocks to build a coastal defense would help protect the coastal settlements; the Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas was constructed from the remnants of the monastery ruins.

Bundschuh movement

Under this flag, peasants and city dwellers had defeated the troops of the French count of Armagnac along the upper Rhine in 1439, 1443 and 1444.

Euphemia of Sweden

Children: at least son John, possibly the daughter Euphemia was already born.

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.

Free City of Lübeck

In the same year Eric IV, supported by his sons Eric (later reigning as Eric V) and John (later John IV), captured the pawned lands without making the agreed repayment and before Lübeck could take possession of them.

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.

Hamburg Parliament

Brandes had claims due against John IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg from a credit which Brandes had granted earlier.

John IV, Duke of Brabant

John the Fearless, the duke of Burgundy, naturally supported his nephew, as did the States of Brabant.

John IV, Duke of Brittany

Joan of Brittany, Baroness of Drayton (1341 – aft. 20 October 1399), married before 21 October 1385 Ralph Basset, 4th Baron Basset de Drayton

Beatrice de Montfort

John IV, Lord of Arkel

Frans van Mieris the Younger, Groot Charterboek der Graven van Holland, Leiden, 1753

Pactum Sicardi

The Pactum Sicardi was a treaty signed on 4 July 836 between the Greek Duchy of Naples, including its satellite city-states of Sorrento and Amalfi, represented by Bishop John IV and Duke Andrew II, and the Lombard Prince of Benevento, Sicard.

Park Abbey

Abbot Gerard van Goetsenhoven (1414–34) had much to do with the establishment of the Catholic University of Leuven, and was also delegated by John IV, Duke of Brabant to transact state affairs with the King of England and the Duke of Burgundy.

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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