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 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.
In July 28 Brittany was defeated in the battle of Saint Aubin de Cormier.
In the terms of the treaty, the duke was compelled to recognise himself and his duchy as a vassal of the king of France.
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 Encyclopedia: Arthur III, Duke of Brittany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Arthur was also Earl of Richmond, a fief in England which had belonged to the ducal family of Brittany ever since being granted by William of Normandy in the 11th century.
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.
Dukes of Brittany Peter II (in French Pierre II) (1418 – 1457), was duke of Brittany, from 1450 to his death.
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 Arthur_III,_Duke_of_Brittany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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'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.
Arthur was known for his tenacity and bad temper, characteristics that led to his expulsion from the court in 1427.
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 ARTHUR III. OF BRITTANY - LoveToKnow Article on ARTHUR III. OF BRITTANY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the field he met with In whole series of reverses; and at court, where his rough and 101 erbearing manners made him disliked, his influence was over- la~ adowed by that of a series of incompetent favorites.
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.
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.
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 Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Duke of Brittany (French: Duc de Bretagne) governed Brittany, a region with strong traditions of independence, including a language and culture all its own.
The Angevin Empire in Brittany came to an end in 1203, after King John of England murdered his nephew, Arthur, the son of Geoffrey and Constance.
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, "The Younger", son of Bertha and Alan of Richmond.
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 John IV, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was son of Duke Arthur II and Yolande de Dreux, countess of Montfort, his second wife.
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.
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.
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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.
Arthur was besieging the town in Anjou and had Eleanor of Aquitaine trapped in the castle.
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 Bulfinch's Mythology, Age of Chivalry, Part I, Chapter 3: Arthur
Arthur was a prince of the tribe of Britons called Silures, whose country was South Wales,- the son of Uther, named Pendragon, a title given to an elective sovereign, paramount over the many kings of Britain.
Arthur, who was at that time serving in the capacity of squire to his foster-brother, Sir Kay, attended his master to the lists.
Arthur hastened home, but did not find the lady; but having observed near the church a sword sticking in a stone, he galloped to the place, drew out the sword with great ease, and delivered it to his master.
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 Artorius, Ambrosius, Arthur - Questing for the Historical Arthur, King of the Britons by Sheila Brynjulfson
Arthur is not named in the Triad, yet the ancient link between Arthur and Bodwyr provides a small amount of muscle for this interpretation.
Since Arthur was less noble than those he commanded, Gildas may not have seen fit to identify him as a "Roman." The puzzle of Arthur's identity becomes a bit clearer.
Arthur mab Uter, the terrible warrior, twelve times chosen by kings to command, was not himself a king.
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 The True King Arthur Found - Atlantean Kings series III: New World Order and the Antichrist of Freemasonry
King Arthur was said by Geoffrey to have assigned as his place of rendezvous on the French coast the estuary specifically named “Ad portum barbe fluuii” (to the harbor of the Barbe River) and "in portu barbe fluuii" (in the harbor of the Barbe River).
In the template of Arthur’s history, it was upon the death of the Dux of Carlisle, that his mother Ygerna married Aedan of Dalraida--by way of this union, the lineages of Jesus and James (Joseph of Arimathea) were combined in Arthur just as is described of the Merovingian line leading to the birth of Clovis.
Arthur was also said to have become obsessed with Roman Christianity to the extent that he began to regard his Guletic cavalry as a holy army, much in the way the Knights of the Round Table are portrayed.
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John III of Dreux (in French Jean III de Dreux) (March 8 1286 - April 30 1341), known as the Good, was duke of Brittany, from 1312 to his death.
He was son of Duke Arthur II and Mary of Limoges, his first wife.
His death triggered the Breton War of Succession (1341-1364), which opposed the House of Blois and the rights of his niece Joanna of Dreux, to the House of Monfort, a cadet branch of the ducal family of Brittany, lead by John of Montfort and his homonymous son.
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 Duke of Brittany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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The cadet branch of the House of Dreux
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 Charles VII, king of France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although excluded from the throne by the Treaty of Troyes, Charles took the royal title after his father’s death (1422) and ruled S of the Loire, while John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford, who was regent for King Henry VI of England, controlled the north and Guienne (Aquitaine).
He reverted to his earlier inactivity until 1433, when La Trémoille was replaced by more scrupulous and energetic advisers, such as the comte de Richemont (later Arthur III, duke of Brittany) and the comte de Dunois.
In 1435, Charles agreed to the Treaty of Arras, which reconciled him with the powerful duke, Philip the Good of Burgundy, who had been an ally of the English.
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 Hundred Years' War - Biocrawler definition:Hundred Years' War - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The young Edward III, being the nephew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only surviving male descendant of the senior line of the Capetian dynasty through Philip IV (Philip the Fair).
Edward III responded by saying he was in fact the rightful heir to the French throne, and on All Saint's Day 1337, Henry Burghersh, the Bishop of Lincoln arrived in Paris with the defiance of the King of England.
In the early years of the war, Edward III allied with the nobles of the Low Countries and the burghers of Flanders, but after two campaigns where nothing was achieved, the alliance fell apart in 1340.
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 Richemont, Arthur, Constable de --  Encyclopædia Britannica
duke of Brittany (from 1450), son of John V (or VI) and brother of his predecessor Francis I. He made an important innovation in limiting the right of asylum in churches and monasteries, enabling him to pursue his enemies at will.
A leader of the symbolist movement, the French poet Arthur Rimbaud is known for the startling originality of his images.
The British journalist and author Arthur Ransome wrote children's adventure novels noted for their detailed and colorful accounts of the perception and imagination of children.
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 The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge : Arthur's Classic Novels
Duke William of the Long Sword was buried the next morning in high pomp and state, with many a prayer and psalm chanted over his grave.
However, Alberic was quite as courteous and respectful to the Duke when they were not at play, as the difference of their rank required; indeed, he had learnt much more of grace and courtliness of demeanour from his mother, a Provencal lady, than was yet to be found among the Normans.
Duke Richard of Normandy slept in the room which had been his father's; Alberic de Montemar, as his page, slept at his feet, and Osmond de Centeville had a bed on the floor, across the door, where he lay with his sword close at hand, as his young Lord's guard and protector.
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 Brittany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ruler: Duke Francis II of the House of Dreux, born 1435, succeeded 1458, married Margaret de Dreux.
Technically a part of France, Brittany is nearly autonomous with its own army, diplomacy, control over appointments to bishoprics and freedom from homage to the French King.
1457-1458: Arthur III the 'Dispenser of Justice' was brilliant and friendly to England but died too soon to affect politics.
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 Duchy of Brittany: Ducal banners (part 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The banner of Arthur II Arthur II, duke of Brittany, used the banner of his father Jean II.
Pierre, viscount of Léon, was a son of the duke Arthur II.
Married to Charles of Blois, who had been appointed duke of Brittany by the king of France, she used a banner which meant that she was not legitimately duchess.
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 Arthur III on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1394-1458, duke of Brittany (1457-58), known before 1457 as comte de Richemont, constable of France in the Hundred Years War.
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In 1316, Duke Jean III adopted the plain hermine as his banner of arms In 1532, France annexed Brittany, which became an autonomous province.
He was given Armorica (Brittany) as a reward for killing the previous lord of that land.
The whole affair was finalised at the Treaty of Guerande a decade later in 1365 and the de Montfort family was recognised by France as the rulers of Brittany.
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 HUNDRED - Online Information article about HUNDRED
Guienne in 1337, were the disputes arising in connexion with the French possessions of the English kings, in respect to which they were vassals of the kings of France; the pretensions of Edward III.
In 1346, while the French were trying to invade Guienne, Edward III.
In 1369, on the pretext that Edward III.
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 Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1
How Arthur by the mean of Merlin gat Excalibur his sword of the Lady of the Lake.
How at feast of the wedding of King Arthur to Guenever, a white hart came into the hall, and thirty couple hounds, and how a brachet pinched the hart which was taken away.
How Arthur took upon him to fight to be delivered out of prison, and also for to deliver twenty knights that were in prison.
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 Duchy of Brittany: Ducal banners (part 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The banner of Jean VI Jean VI, Duke of Brittany, used the same banners as his father Jean V.
Richard, Count of Etampes, Mantes and Vertu, Jean V's son was the father of future Duke François II.
The banner of François II François II, Duke of Brittany, used successively three banners:
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illegitimate issue of Arthur by various mistresses and/or encounters ……………..
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1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.
1393 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d.
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 I03880: Arthur II (Duke of Brittany) DE DREUX (1262 - 1312)
I03880: Arthur II (Duke of Brittany) DE DREUX (1262 - 1312)
_Pierre I Mauclerc of Brittany Count DE DREUX _+ _John the Red (Duc le Roux) Duke of BRITTANY _
_Alice (Duchess of Brittany) DE THOUARS _______+ _John II (Earl of Richmond) DE DREUX _
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