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	Lion in Winter - Arthur I
		Arthur, duke of Brittany 1196-1203?, was the son of Geoffrey, fourth son of Henry II of England.
		Fighting ensued, and Arthur was captured (1202) by John, who is suspected of murdering him.
		After the death of Richard I of England, Arthur's claim to the English crown was passed over in favor of his uncle John.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philip II
		Subsequently Philip defended against John, Richard's successor, the claims of the young Arthur of Brittany, and then those of Hugh de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, whose betrothed had been abducted by John.
		Brittany was in the hands of Pierre de Dreux, a Capetian of the younger branch.
		Richard, having been taken captive on his return from the Crusade by the Duke of Austria, was delivered to Henry VI, who held him prisoner.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12001a.htm (6161 words)

	ARTHUR - LoveToKnow Article on ARTHUR
		instance profited by his absence by governing the duchy, and 1194 she had Arthur proclaimed duke of Brittany by an sembly of barons and bishops.
		(1187-1203), duke of Brittany, was the posthumous a of Geoffrey, the fourth son of Henry II.
		On his death in 1189, the nobles of Anjou, Maine and iuraine refused to recognize John of England, and did homage Arthur, who declared himself the vassal of Philip Augustus.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AR/ARTHUR.htm (6161 words)

	Francis II, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the minority of Charles VIII of France, Francis II aligned himself with the Duke of Orleans and the count of Angouleme, against the regency of Anne of Beaujeu.
		Francis II (in French François II) (June 23, 1433 – September 9, 1488), was duke of Brittany, from 1458 to his death.
		In the terms of the treaty, the duke was compelled to recognise himself and his duchy as a vassal of the king of France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_II,_Duke_of_Brittany (478 words)

	Encyclopedia: Arthur III, Duke of Brittany
		Arthur III (August 24, 1393â“ December 26, 1458), known as the Justicier and as Arthur de Richemont, was Count (Earl) of Richmond in England and, for eleven months at the very end of his life, Duke of Brittany after inheriting the title upon the death of his nephew.
		However, in 1435, Arthur of Brittany was again an influential man and orchestrated the Treaty of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III, duke of Burgundy.
		Arthur's support for Charles VII of France against the English did not allow him to keep the earldom, which was confiscated by the English government and awarded to Duke John of Bedford.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arthur-III,-Duke-of-Brittany (1010 words)

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		WLADISLAW I HERMAN DUKE OF POLAND was born in 1043.
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	Arthur III, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arthur III( August 24, 1393 – December 26, 1458), known as the Justicier and as Arthur de Richemont, was Count (Earl) of Richmond in England and, for eleven months at the very end of his life, Duke of Brittany after inheriting the title upon the death of his nephew.
		Arthur was married three times but had no children and was succeeded as Duke of Brittany by his nephew Francis II, count d'Etampes.
		He was a reference for his brother Duke John V of Brittany, the head of the French army (as constable of France) at the peak of the
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_III,_Duke_of_Brittany (1010 words)

	Kings, Queens, Presidents and First Ladies
		But John's actions were now dominated by the problem of the succession, in which his nephew, the three-year-old Arthur I, duke of Brittany, the son of his deceased elder brother Geoffrey, was his only serious rival.
		In 1199 the doctrine of representative succession, which would have given the throne to Arthur, was not yet generally accepted, and following Richard's death in April 1199 John was invested as duke of Normandy and in May crowned king of England.
		Arthur, backed by Philip II, was recognized as Richard's successor in Anjou and Maine, and it was only a year later, in the Treaty of Le Goulet, that John was recognized as successor in all Richard's French possessions, in return for financial and territorial concessions to Philip.
	www.livelyroots.com /kings/d9.htm (1010 words)

	I9334: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany (23 SEP 1158 - 19 AUG 1186)
		I9334: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany (23 SEP 1158 - 19 AUG 1186)
		Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany and Constance of Brittany Duchess had the following children
		Descendants of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke of Brittany and Constance of Brittany Duchess
	web.ukonline.co.uk /nigel.battysmith/Database/D0025/I9334.html (1010 words)

	Classical Heraldry - 17
		John was the fourth son of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, but the only son by his second wife, Yolande, widow of Alexander III, King of Scots.
		This warrior fought in Scotland often during the first thirty-three years of the 14th century, in Ireland against Edward de Brus, the brother of the King of Scots, in Gascony against the French, and in England against Piers Gaveston, the favourite of Edward II.
		Although described by the artist, Graham Johnston, as Lord of Liddesdale (his Scottish lands), he is better known as Lord Wake, his English title.
	www.baronage.co.uk /classic1/herart17.html (1010 words)

	Buells and their Relations
		John I the Red 19th Duke of Brittany died in 1286.
		Children were: Charles V King of France, Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy, Joanna of France, Louis I 1st Duke of Anjou, 15th Count of Pr.
		Arthur was defeated and captured in 1202, and John is believed to have had him murdered.
	www.familyorigins.com /users/b/u/e/Matthew-J-Buell/FAMO2-0001/d74.htm (1010 words)

	ARTHUR III. OF BRITTANY - LoveToKnow Article on ARTHUR III. OF BRITTANY
		The sla ace concluded between the duke of Brittany and the English he September 1427 led to his expulsion from the court, where br ~orges de la Trmoille, whom he himself had recommended to we eking, remained supreme for sixyears, during which Richmond ad ed in vain to overthrow him.
		OF BRITTANY - LoveToKnow Article on ARTHUR III.
		Arthur now resumed the war against the in iglish, and at the same time took vigorous measures against At e plundering bands of soldiers and peasants known as routiers 18 corc/,eurs.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AR/ARTHUR_III_OF_BRITTANY.htm (286 words)

	John IV, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When his half-brother, duke John III, died with no male heirs in 1341, John decided to fight the rights of his niece Joanna of Dreux and her husband Charles of Blois to the duchy of Brittany.
		He was son of Duke Arthur II and Yolande de Dreux, countess of Montfort, his second wife.
		John IV died without accomplishing his objective of becoming sole ruler of Brittany, but his wife Joanna of Flanders continued the fight in the name of their son John V who eventually won the Succession War.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_IV,_Duke_of_Brittany (240 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Medieval People Starting With A
		Arthur was the son of Geoffrey (Son of Henry II) and Constance of Brittany.
		Arthur of Brittany was captured at the town of Mirebeau by William de Broase and handed over to John.
		On his death bed, Richard nominated his brother John as his heir rather than Arthur of Brittany.
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	Louis XI
		The absence of the duke of Brittany from Louis's ceremony of coronation was not left unnoticed by the participants, the contemporaries considering that the former was in 'the king's disgrace'.
		The castle of the dukes of Brittany in Nantes
		The dukes of Brittany were willing to accept only the simple homage, a formal and vague commitment that would not affect their liberty of action in political, administrative, military and religious matters.
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	Arthur I, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While Richard was away on crusade, Constance took more independence for Brittany, and in 1194 had the young Arthur proclaimed as its Duke.
		One account was that Arthur's jailors feared to harm him, and so he was murdered by John directly and his body dumped in the Seine.
		John immediately claimed England, but much of the French nobility refused to recognize him as king, preferring Arthur, who declared himself vassal of Philip Augustus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_I,_Duke_of_Brittany (2106 words)

	Duke of Brittany - Enpsychlopedia
		Genealogy of the Dukes of Brittany ( http://genealogy.euweb.cz/index.html)
		The Angevin regime in Brittany came to an end in 1203, after John I, King of England murdered his nephew, Arthur, the son of Geoffrey and Constance.
		[[Eudo of Porhoet, Duke of Brittany (r.1148- 1156), married Bertha, daughter of Conan III
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Duke_of_Brittany (2106 words)

	Roy Genealogical File - Person Page 309
		Arthur Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond was born on 29 March 1187 at Nantes, Bretagne, France.
		Arthur Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond
		John I "the Victorious" Duke of Brabant was the son of Henry III Duke of Brabant and Alix of Burgundy.
	www.theroyfamily.com /gen/roy/p309.htm (2106 words)

	Articles - Francis II, Duke of Brittany
		In the terms of the treaty, the duke was compelled to recognise himself and his duchy as a vassal of the king of France.
		In July 28 Brittany was defeated in the battle of Saint Aubin de Cormier.
		Wars of the Roses), Francis saw his duchy ravaged and Landois hanged by the infuriated people in what is known as the Mad War ( La Guerre Folle).
	www.kamero.net /articles/Francis_II,_Duke_of_Brittany (2106 words)

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		François the 2nd, the duke of Brittany, was compelled to accept the clause of the Treaty which stated that his daughter, Anne, the only heiress of the Dukedom could marry only with the consent of the king of France.
		Under his reign, Brittany enjoyed a long period of peace a century during, and asserted herself as an autonomous dukedom.
		Nominoë snatched Brittany from the archdiocese of Tours on which she was suffragan; he founded the archdiocese of Dol, in order to establish a self governing Breton church which could continue and support the traditions of the Bretons.
	www.chez.com /buan1/history_of_brittany.htm (2106 words)

	ARTHUR - LoveToKnow Article on ARTHUR
		instance profited by his absence by governing the duchy, and 1194 she had Arthur proclaimed duke of Brittany by an sembly of barons and bishops.
		(1187-1203), duke of Brittany, was the posthumous a of Geoffrey, the fourth son of Henry II.
		of England, and instance, heiress of Conan IV., duke of Brittany.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AR/ARTHUR.htm (2106 words)

	Kings, Queens, Presidents and First Ladies
		But John's actions were now dominated by the problem of the succession, in which his nephew, the three-year-old Arthur I, duke of Brittany, the son of his deceased elder brother Geoffrey, was his only serious rival.
		He was suspicious, vengeful, and treacherous; Arthur I of Brittany was probably murdered in captivity, and Matilda de Braose, the wife of a recalcitrant Marcher baron, was starved to death with her son in a royal prison.
		Arthur, backed by Philip II, was recognized as Richard's successor in Anjou and Maine, and it was only a year later, in the Treaty of Le Goulet, that John was recognized as successor in all Richard's French possessions, in return for financial and territorial concessions to Philip.
	www.livelyroots.com /kings/d9.htm (2106 words)

	EARLS AND DUKES OF RICHMOND - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS AND DUKES OF RICHMOND
		His son Charles, 2nd duke (1701-1750), addec~to the titles he inherited from his father that of duke of Aubigny in France, to which he succeeded in 1734 on the death of his grandmother the duchess of Portsmouth; and all these honors are stifi held by his descendant the present duke of Richmond.
		The 4th duke (1764-1819) and his wife Charlotte, daughter of the 4th duke of Gordon, were the givers of the famous ball at Brussels on the night before the battle of Quatre Bras, immortalized in Byron's Childe Harold.
		Charles, 3rd duke of Richmond (1733-1806), was one of the most remarkable men of the i8th century, being chiefly famous for his advanced views on the question of parliamentary reform.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RI/RICHMOND_EARLS_AND_DUKES_OF.htm (2106 words)

	Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geoffrey's son Arthur of Brittany, fought his uncle John for the throne and was subsequently murdered.
		See also: Dukes of Brittany family tree – British monarchs family tree – Other politically important horse accidents
		This page was last modified 00:03, 5 Jan 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geoffrey,_Duke_of_Brittany (2106 words)

	Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
		Dukes of Gascony, 768-1038 AD The culture of the South of France in the 12th century is one of the first signs of the revival of civilization in Francia after the "second Dark Age" of the 9th and 10th centuries.
		In 1817, however, the 5th Duke was authorized to add the Churchill name to his own in order to preserve it with the descent of the Dukes.
		Duke William V had three wives, and subsequent Dukes were descendants of William VIII, son of William V and Agnes of Burgundy.
	www.friesian.com /flanders.htm (2106 words)

	Encyclopedia: Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
		Arthur II of Dreux ( July 2 1262 - August 27 1312) was duke of Brittany, from 1305 to his death.
		See also: Dukes of Brittany family tree {
		He was son of Duke John II and princess Beatrice of England, daughter of king Henry III.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arthur-II,-Duke-of-Brittany (2106 words)

	:: Bretagne.com :: english issue :: Important dates in the history of Brittany
		1203-1213 : Alix of Thouars, is duchess of Brittany.
		April 1203 : Arthur is captured during the siege of Mirebeau, while he was fighting Jean Without Land, his uncle, to make known his rights to the crown in England, and is afterwards assassinated in a dungeon in Rouen.
		8th February 1486 : The States of Brittany recognise the rights of Anne, the daughter of François II, to succeed her father.
	www.brittany-bretagne.com /pg/dates.htm (2106 words)

	Definition of Duke of Brittany
		The Duchy of Brittany was an independent state from 841 to
		After a five year conflict, France recognized Brittany as a ducal state in 846 and as a kingdom in 851.
		The list of authors can be found here.
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