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	Encyclopedia: Brittany
		Brittany occupies a large peninsula in the northwest of France, lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south.
		In 2004 the population of Brittany is estimated at 4,200,000 inhabitants.
		The Duchess Anne was the last independent ruler of the duchy as she was ultimately obliged to marry Charles VIII of France, after the death of whom she married Louis XII of France.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Brittany (6567 words)

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		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.
		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.
		On the death of her father, Anne, the now Duchess of Brittany was forced to marry Charles the 8th (the king of France), in 1491 ; and later, his successor, Louis the l2th, in 1499.
	www.chez.com /buan1/history_of_brittany.htm (1553 words)

	Anne of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ducal house of Dreux, rulers of Brittany since their ancestress Duchess Constance (1203), was going extinct: Francis seemed to be the last male.
		Charles VIII, King of France, fearful of Brittany falling under foreign control, invaded Brittany in 1491 and forced Anne to break her marriage and marry him on 6 December at the Château de Langeais, causing Brittany to come under French control.
		Renée of France (1510 - 1575) married the Duke of Ferrara and became the Duchess of Chartres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anna,_Duchess_of_Brittany (666 words)

	Anne of Brittany
		Anne was born in Nantes, France on January 25, 1477 and was the daughter of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Margaret of Foix.
		Charles VIII, King of France, fearful of Brittany falling into foreign control, invaded Brittany in 1491 and forced Anne to break her marriage and marry him on 6 December, causing Brittany to come under French control.
		Her death signified the end of the duchy of Brittany being independent of the French throne and from 1514 the title was only conferred on french princes.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/a/an/anne_of_brittany.html (451 words)

	Conan IV, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conan IV (1138 – February 20, 1171) was duke of Brittany, from 1156 to his death.
		He was son of Alan de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond and Bertha of Brittany.
		From his father’s side, Conan was great grandson of duke Geoffrey I and grandson of Eudes of Brittany.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conan_IV,_Duke_of_Brittany (209 words)

	Constance, Duchess of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constance of Brittany (1161 – September 5, 1201) was Duchess of Brittany between 1186 and 1196.
		Constance was the only child of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond, by his wife Margaret of Scotland, countess of Hereford (granddaughter of king David II).
		In 1181, Constance married Geoffrey Plantagenet, the fourth son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and had two children by him: Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1184-1241) and Arthur.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constance,_Duchess_of_Brittany (312 words)

	ANNE OF BRITTANY - LoveToKnow Article on ANNE OF BRITTANY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		She was scarcely m~ elve years old when she succeeded her father as duchess on ne e 9th of September 1488.
		The two sovereigns made a reciprocal arrangement lef to their rights and pretensions to the crown of Brittany, but G~ the event of Charles predeceasing her, Anne undertook to marry~ of e heir to the throne.
		Pa ~e marriage contract was ostensibly directed in favor of the Ju dependence of Brittany, for it declared that Brittany should cert to the second son or to the eldest daughter of the two vereigns, and, failing issue, to the natural heirs of the duchess.
	14.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AN/ANNE_OF_BRITTANY.htm (1369 words)

	Anna, Duchess of Brittany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Anna of Brittany (in French Anne de Bretagne) (January 25 1477 — January 9 1514) was Duchess of Brittany between 1488 to her death and the last ruler of the independent Brittany.
		The untimely death of her father from a fall from a horse in 1488, caused an enormous disruption in the internal politics of Brittany, because she was then 11 years old, still single, and several Breton factions struggled for the control of the duchy.
		Claudia of Valois, nominal Duchess of Brittany (1499-1524), married Louis' successor Francis I of France
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/anna__duchess_of_brittany (317 words)

	Duchy of Brittany (1188-1532)
		The coat of arms of Brittany (herminois plain) was the emblem of the duchy.
		The Army of Brittany during the 1870 war used the coat of arms of the duchy on a white field.
		A legend says that duchess Ann of Brittany saw a white ermine that prefered to die than to spoil its beautiful white coat in the mud.
	www.fotw.net /flags/fr-bz-du.html (1180 words)

	The Damon and Taber Family Connections - Person Page 6176
		Reference=8XJ4-J5 Duchess Constance (of Brittany) was born on 12 June 1166 of Bretagne, France.
		Duchess Constance (of Brittany) married Prince Geoffrey (of England), son of King Henry II "Curt Mantle" Plantagenet of England and Queen Eleanor (of Aquitaine), between July 1181 and 1182.
		Duchess Constance (of Brittany) died on 31 August 1201 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France, at age 35.
	www.richard.damon.name /genealogy/p6176.htm (252 words)

	Encyclopedia: Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany
		Geoffrey Plantagenet (September 23, 1158 – August 19, 1186) was Duke of Brittany between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance.
		Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
		Geoffrey's son Arthur of Brittany, fought his uncle John for the throne and was subsequently murdered.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Geoffrey,-Duke-of-Brittany (234 words)

	Duke of Brittany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
		The marriage of the infant Alice to Capetian cadet Peter of Dreux in 1213, began the new House of Dreux.
		Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, "The Younger", son of Bertha and Alan of Richmond.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Duke-of-Brittany.htm (598 words)

	Alix of Thouars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alix of Thouars (1201 - October 21 1221) was the nominal Duchess of Brittany between 1206 to her death.
		She was the daughter of Constance, Duchess of Brittany and Guy of Thouars.
		In 1206, king Philip II of France withdrew Brittany from her father and became himself the regent of the duchy in Alix’s name.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/alix_of_thouars (181 words)

	Anne Of Brittany -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		French Anne De Bretagne duchess of Brittany and twice queen consort of France, who devoted her life to safeguarding the autonomy of Brittany within the kingdom of France.
		King Charles VIII of France, fearful that Brittany might pass into the hands of a foreign power, attacked it, and Anne was forced in the end to break with Maximilian and marry Charles (Dec. 6, 1491); the process of the union of Brittany with the French crown was thus begun.
		The marriage contract declared that Brittany should eventually fall to the second son or to the eldest daughter of the marriage or, failing issue, to Anne's natural heirs; the special rights and privileges of the duchy were to be maintained.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9007685?tocId=9007685 (684 words)

	brittany
		Brittany (French Bretagne, Breton Breizh) is a peninsula in north-west France, bordering the English Channel on the north and the Bay of Biscay on the south.
		In the early Middle Ages, Brittany was divided into three kingdoms - Domnonia, Cornouaille, and Bro Waroch - which eventually were incorporated into the Duchy of Brittany.
		Brittany is famous for its megalithic monuments, which are scattered over the peninsula, notably near Carnac.
	www.fact-library.com /brittany.html (249 words)

	This Month in Celtic History -- December 2000
		As French soldiers entered Brittany in the spring of 1491 it soon became clear that neither Maximilian nor Henry were going to put any troops in their way, and by autumn Breton resistance was overcome.
		Brittany was still a duchy, though now it was by marriage the property of the French king.
		A formal Act of Union between France and Brittany would be proclaimed in 1532, but the rights and privileges secured in the process of Anne’s marriage to Charles secured a small degree of Breton home rule under an assembly known as the Breton Etats until it was unilaterally swept aside in the French Revolution.
	www.celticleague.org /history_12-00.html (811 words)

	Duke of Brittany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Duchy of Brittany was an independent state from 841 to 1514.
		After a five year conflict, France recognized Brittany as a ducal state in 846 and as a kingdom in 851.
		Following Alan II's death in 952, Brittany is disputed between the Houses of Nantes and Rennes, until 990, when count Conan of Rennes pacifies the duchy under his control.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/duke_of_brittany (250 words)

	History and chronology of Btittany
		Nominoë was made king of Brittany by Charlemagne's son Louis the Devout (Louis le Pieux).
		Duke Jean v, granson of Jean of Monfort,reigned on Brittany.
		On August, the States of Brittany met in Vannes in order to sign the agreement of the Union between Brittany and France.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /alain.liscoet/chronologie_historiquean.htm (624 words)

	Brittany hotel travel vacation tourism car rental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Brittany's northern coast, along the English Channel, is extremely rugged, with treacherous, sea-carved granite outcrops.
		Brittany was probably settled some 5,000 years ago by the builders of the mysterious stone alignments that can be seen around Carnac.
		Brittany's farmers, meanwhile, produce outstanding vegetables-their artichokes, in fact, provide the symbol of the region.
	www.eurovacations.com /pages/ILove/britanyvacationtravel.htm (422 words)

	the folly of miss arthbunot
		These days, Lady Anne found no joy in the Duchess' brief sojourns to her proper Manhattan home, particularly since the Duchess herself had all but thrown her title away to become a member of "show business." To Lady Anne, entertainers were to be tolerated, then hidden back stage, where they rightfully belonged.
		Brittany, however, had perused the pictures with all of the interest of an infant given a plate of vegetables, and by the fourth packet had taken to making sounds with her throat and nose.
		Brittany did as she was told, but failed to avert her eyes.
	www.armchairnews.com /shorts/folly.html (2395 words)

	Breton History 2 Yan Kraffe & Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		John of Montfort is recognised duke of Brittany by the peace of Guérande (John IV).
		constitution of the Army of Brittany that is abandoned then without arms in the mud of the camp of Conlie by fear that this is an army of chouans.
		the marquis of the Estourbeillon, with the approval of the marshal Foch and bishops of Brittany, advertising, to the opportunity of the treaty of peace, the renewal of the treaty of Union of 1532 and the possibility for Brittany to express in international conferences.
	www.kraffe.org /kraffe/breton/hisbret.html (1328 words)

	Discovering Brittany: pictures, legends, sea, holidays.......
		Brittany is one of the most charming and typical department of France.
		Brittany can satisfy each taste: for naturalists (sea, islands, forests, natural parks, birds preserve), for intellectuals and history, archaeology, painting fans (museums, pre-historic monuments and excavations, exhibitions); for sportsmen (swimming, walking and cycling tours, windsurfing, kayak); for celtic music and dancing fans (Interceltique Festival of Lorient, fest-noz = folk village feast.
		Brittany was annexed to France in 1532 and its past is extremely interesting and rich from the beginning when the megalithic people in 6° Century B.C. built the famous dolmens, menhirs and tumulus.
	m.franzoni.free.fr /brittany/brittany.htm (579 words)

	:: Bretagne.com :: english issue :: Important dates in the history of Brittany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		868 : Treaty of Compiègne : The emperor abandons the lans of Avranche and the Cotentin to Brittany.
		The duke recognises his obligation of liege homage to the king of France and authorises the appeal to the courts of justice in the Parliament of Paris.
		1524-1532 : François III, France’s dauphin, is duke of Brittany..
	www.brittany-bretagne.com /pg/dates.htm (1603 words)

	Duchy of Brittany: Ducal banners (part 4)
		The son of François I and Claude de France was Dauphin and duke of Brittany (1532-1536).
		Henri, François' brother, became Dauphin in 1536 and was crowned duke of Brittany in 1537.
		The last duke of Brittany, François, crowned in 1544, used the first banner of his grand-mother Claude de France.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/fr-bz-d3.html (239 words)

	28th Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Pierre de Dreux I, Duke of Brittany "Mauclerc (Bad Cleric)" was born circa 1191 and married circa 1212.
		Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany was born 1201 and married circa 1212.
		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.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /edebeauchamp/aqwg13.htm (2437 words)

	woodgate - pafg128 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Geoffrey Duke of Brittany [Parents] was born on 23 Sep 1158.
		Constance of Brittany Duchess [Parents] died in 1201.
		Alan IV of Brittany Fergant Count.Alan married Constance in 1086 in Caen.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~woodgate/pafg128.htm (378 words)

	My Family
		Parents: Geoffrey I BRITTANY -Duke and Hawise BRETAGNE -Duchess.
		He was married to Hermengarde BRITTANY -Duchess in 1093.
		She was married to Alan IV Fergant BRITTANY -Duke in 1093.
	gordonrosalynd.tripod.com /green/d47.htm (621 words)

	Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
		Philip having recognized Arthur's right to Brittany, Anjou, Maine, and Poitou, Arthur laid siege to the last-named, but he was surprised at Mirabeau (where he was holding Eleanor of Aquitaine hostage), captured, and imprisoned at Falaise, guarded by Hubert de Burgh.
		The following year he was transferred to Rouen, under the charge of William de Braose, and then vanished mysteriously in April 1203.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ar/Arthur_of_Brittany.html (240 words)

	Ancestors of Constance of Brittany Duchess of Brittany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ancestors of Constance of Brittany Duchess of Brittany
		Constance married Geoffrey II of Bretagne Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, son of Fitzempress Henry II Curtmantle King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Duchess of Aquitaine, in Jul 1181.
		(Geoffrey II of Bretagne Plantagenet Duke of Brittany was born on 23 Sep 1158, died on 19 Aug 1186 in Paris, France and was buried in Notre Dame, Paris, France.) The cause of her death was Killed at a tournament by his horse.
	www.glenn-cook.com /Family%20Data/3913.htm (228 words)

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