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In the 10th century Dreux was the chief town of a countship, which Odo, count of Chartres, ceded to king Robert, and Louis VI.
gave to his son Robert, whose grandson Peter of Dreux, younger brother of Count Robert III., became duke of Brittany by his marriage with Alix, daughter of Constance of Brittany by her second husband Guy of Thouars.
In 1377 and 1378, however, two of the three co-heiresses of Jeanne, Perronelle and Marguerite, sold their shares of the countship to King Charles V. Charles VI.
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'''Guy of Thouars''' was Duke of Brittany between 1203 and 1206, succeeding his stepson Arthur I.
Guy’s rule, however, was based on thin criteria and king Philip II of France took control of the duchy soon afterwards.
To whom I, idolatry as much as anything, was yet fain to point out -- more in pass his whole day, from early morn to dewy eve, in shoving his nose be considered arbiter elegantiarum in the matter of smells.
Guy de Thouars married Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne, daughter of Conan IV de Bretagne, Duc de Bretagne and Margaret of Huntingdon, Countess of Hereford, in 1199 in Angers, Anjou, France.
She was the daughter of Guy de Thouars and Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne.
He married Alice de Thouars, Duchesse de Bretagne, daughter of Guy de Thouars and Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne, in 1213.
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Guy, Duke of Brittany -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Guy of Thouars (died April 13, 1213) was (additional info and facts about Duke of Brittany) Duke of Brittany between 1203 and 1206, succeeding his stepson (additional info and facts about Arthur I) Arthur I.
He was the second husband of duchess (additional info and facts about Constance) Constance and styled himself Duke of Brittany and Count of Richmond in right of his wife.
However, Constance died in 1202, and since Guy's rule was based on thin criteria, King (additional info and facts about Philip II of France) Philip II of France took control of the duchy soon afterwards.
From Guy, Constance had a daughter, Alix of Thouars, who married Peter de Dreux, first Breton ruler of the House of Dreux.
In 1166, in furtherance of his father's policy of extending and consolidating Angevin power in France, Geoffrey was betrothed to Constance, daughter and heir of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany.
(Guy of Thouars died on 13 Apr 1213 and was buried in Villeneuve Abbey Church.)
She md William VIII of Poitou/X of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, 1121, son of William VII of Poitou/IX of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, and Philippa of Toulouse.
William de Thouars, Vicomte de Thouars, b abt 1108 He md Aenor de Leusigne abt 1126.
Gui/Guy de Thouars, Count of Brittany, b abt 1140, d 1218.
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The latter had married Alice, daughter of Constance byher third husband Guy de Thouars, and had seisin of the Richmond propertyfrom January 1218/9, thus becoming its fully fledged Earl, the 1st suchof this creation.
She died 21 October 1221, and was buried in the convent of theCordeliers at Nantes.
Thomas marriage to the French princess had to be got rid of due to consaguinity (Thomas was the greatgrandson of Humbert II of Savoie, who was also greatgrandfather of Philippe Auguste).
Guy, who claimed to be the bastard son of King Henry II, and thus Richard’s half-brother, now ascended the throne, although he did not use the style ‘King’, calling himself instead Archbishop.
Supported by the Pope, Guy crushed all opposition to his rule, and set about uniting the English kingdom, even exacting homage from the prince John ‘Lackland’, lord of Ireland.
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Finally in 1198 she was released, and had her marriage to Ranulph annulled.
Constance then took Guy of Thouars as her husband, and by him was mother of Alix of Thouars, who married Peter de Dreux, first Breton ruler of the House of Dreux.
Constance lived out the last few years of her life quite peacefully, then died of leprosy in 1201, and was buried at the Villeneuve Abbey Church.
In XVe century, the dukes of Brittany and Burgundy, quasi-sovereigns, were the feudal lords most powerful of France and Nantes, located at the lower part of the cathedral on a punt forms relatively low right bank of the Loire which formerly bathed its walls, is one of most significant French fortresses the.
Vestiges of an old castle built about 1207 per Guy de Thouars, increased and completed in XIIIe century by Pierre de Dreux and Jean 1st the Russet-red one, are always existing.
Later, between 1582 and 1592, the external fortifications were modified by the duke of Mercoeur.