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		John "Doke" was granted a general pardon in 1346 for his participation in the French wars, presumably including the battle of Crécy, on the testimony of the Earl of Warwick.
		In 1390, John Duke was commissioned with others to convene a jury of Middlesex and Essex touching waste and dilapidation at the alien priory of Takley, in the king's hand on account of the war with France.
		In 1381, Walter Duke was a witness to a charter of feoffment for lands in Surrey, in Westminster.
	www.martinstown.co.uk /WEBSITE/DUKE/history3.htm (3183 words)

	GENUKI: Dukes of Great Britain (L-Z)
		The rebels were defeated, and the Duke himself was made prisoner, being found in the disguise of a peasant, lying at the bottom of a ditch, overcome with hunger, fatigue, and anxiety.
		Made Constable of England in 1430, Regent of France after the Duke of Bedford's death, he was recalled in 1446, opposed the policy of Queen Margaret and was named, in 1449, Lieutenant of Ireland.
		John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Viscount Lisle, Earl of Warwick.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/dukel-z.html (1017 words)

	Brittany - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Geoffrey's posthumous son, Arthur, was assassinated by John of England in 1203, and Arthur's sister Alix, who succeeded to his rights, was married in 1212 to Pierre de Dreux, who became duke.
		1399) was recognized as duke of Brittany under the style of John IV.,' but his reign 1 Certain authorities count the father of this duke, another John of Montfort (d.
		Thus the reunion of Brittany and France was prepared.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Brittany (1457 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: John Parvus
		The Duke of Orléans was unpopular with the people and was held responsible for the disorders and the taxations under which the kingdom groaned, during the madness of the king, his brother.
		The Duke of Burgundy, on the contrary, was very popular; he was regarded as a friend of the commoners and an opponent of taxation and abuses, while the university was grateful to him for his lack of sympathy with the Avignon pope.
		The Duke of Burgundy replied by a letter in which, while disavowing the general principles that formed the major proposition of the argument of John Parvus, he maintained that the propositions condemned by the Bishop of Paris were not contained in the discourse.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08482b.htm (1099 words)

	Arthur III - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		(1393-1458), earl of Richmond, constable of France, and afterwards duke of Brittany, was the third son of John IV., duke of Brittany, and Joan of Navarre, afterwards the wife of Henry IV.
		The peace concluded between the duke of Brittany and the English in September 1427 led to his expulsion from the court, where Georges de la Tremoille, whom he himself had recommended to the king, remained supreme for six years, during which Richmond tried in vain to overthrow him.
		On the death of his nephew Peter II., on the 22nd of September 1457, he became duke of Brittany, and though retaining his office of constable of France, he refused, like his predecessors, to do homage to the French king for his duchy.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Arthur_III (834 words)

	John VI, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John VI (in French this would be Jean VI but French accounting, influenced by the French view of the Breton War of Succession, makes him Jean V) (December 24, 1389 – August 29, 1442), known as the Wise, was duke of Brittany, count of Montfort, and titular earl of Richmond, from 1399 to his death.
		John VI married Jeanne de Valois, princess of France, daughter of king Charles, the Mad and his wife Isabeau de Bavière.
		John VI was also a patron of the Arts and the Church and funded the construction of several cathedrals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_VI,_Duke_of_Brittany (233 words)

	Early kings: King John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Richard named his brother John as heir because their nephew Arthur, despite having a better claim to the throne, was too young to rule and lacked strong support by the barons*.
		To the Elizabethans, John was something of an early anti-papal hero, as he had broken with Pope Innocent III in 1207 by refusing to accept his appointment of Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.
		John was excommunicated, but he still had the support of the majority of barons, since the king's confiscation of church properties allowed a reduction in taxes.
	ise.uvic.ca /Library/SLT/history/kingjohn.html (548 words)

	John of Gent - pafg43 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ancestors of John "of Gaunt" Prince of England Duke of Lancaster
		Guelph II Duke of Bavaria was born in 972.
		Irmtrud Countess of Luxemburg was born in 990 in .
	www.angelfire.com /dc/sherietales/johngent/pafg43.htm (441 words)

	Hundred Years' War information - Search.com
		John's ransom was set to two million écus, but John believed he was worth more than that and insisted that his ransom be raised to four million.
		Although their claimant, John V of Brittany, defeated and killed Charles of Blois at the Battle of Auray, John and his heirs eventually reconciled with the French kings.
		By 1424, the uncles of Henry VI had begun to quarrel over the infant's regency, and one, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, and invaded Holland to regain her former dominions, bringing him into direct conflict with Philip III, Duke of Burgundy.
	www.search.com /reference/Hundred_Years'_War (5859 words)

	Breton Succession, War of the - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Duke John III of Brittany died in 1341 without heirs.
		The succession was contested by his half brother, John de Montfort, who was backed by Edward III of England, and by Charles of Blois, who had married Jeanne de Penthièvre, a niece of the late duke.
		An attempt (1378-79) by Charles V to confiscate Brittany for the French crown met the resistance of the Bretons and of Jeanne de Penthièvre.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-bretonsu.html (406 words)

	Shakespeare King John Summary
		John seems unprincipled when he is willing to bargain away part of his country in exchange for holding on to the throne.
		Royal Lineage in John's era: Henry II ruled 1154-1189, was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine, and was son of Geoffrey of Anjou (nicknamed "Plantagenet").
		John claimed the throne on the death of Richard I in 1199 and ruled 1199-1216.
	www.mcgoodwin.net /pages/otherbooks/ws_kingjohn.html (2436 words)

	Drew Spencer Family Tree - aqwg147
		John Comyn married Margaret of Liddell Wake Baroness.
		Ranulph Earl of Chester married Constance of Brittany Duchess.
		Berengaria of Navarre was born 1163 and died 1230.
	members.tripod.com /drewspen/genealogy/aqwg147.htm (133 words)

	Kings, Queens, Presidents and First Ladies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John de Botetourte-[19089] was born c1333 in Mendleshom, Suffolk, England and died in 1377 in Hamerton, Huntingtonshire, England at age 44.
		Duke Lionel of Clarence-[18454] was born on 11-29-1338 in Antwerp and died on 10-17-1368 in Alba, Itlay at age 29.
		Duke John of Lancaster "of Gaunt"-[18463] was born in 3-1340 in Abbey of St. Bavon, Ghent, Belgium and died on 2-3-1399 in London at age 58.
	www.livelyroots.com /kings/d13.htm (4619 words)

	Yolande d'Aragon Web Page
		The situation was made worse by the Burgundian duke's alliance with the English and by the French queen, Isabeau [Ysabeau] of Bavaria submitting to the duke of Burgundy's scheme to deny the crown of France to the children of Charles VI.
		She maneuvered to have the duke of Brittany break from an alliance with the English, and was responsible for the Breton soldier, Arthur de Richemont, becoming the constable of France in 1425.
		On 29 June, Yolande gained an audience with Charles VI and prevailed upon him to sign the decree making his son 'lieutenant general of the kingdom' and gave the reason that Charles was the 'son of the king', and the monarch's acknowledgment of him as his son and rightful heir.
	www.xenophongroup.com /montjoie/yolande.htm (1770 words)

	Angevin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A nephew of Richard I and John became (1196) duke of Brittany as Arthur I. From his sister and her husband, Peter of Dreux, a Capetian noble who became Duke Peter I of Brittany, the subsequent rulers of Brittany issued.
		The second house of Anjou was a cadet branch of the Capetians and originated with Charles, a younger brother of King Louis IX of France.
		John made his younger son, Louis, duke of Anjou; Joanna I of Naples adopted Louis as heir; Louis thus became Louis I of Naples and Provence.
	www.bartleby.com /65/an/Angevin.html (644 words)

	War of the Breton Succession — FactMonster.com
		An attempt (1378–79) by Charles V to confiscate Brittany for the French crown met the resistance of the Bretons and of Jeanne de Penthièvre.
		Charles of Blois - Charles of Blois (Charles of Châtillon), c.1319–1364, duke of Brittany; nephew of...
		Brittany: History - History A part of ancient Armorica, the area was conquered by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars and...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0808872.html (256 words)

	EARLS AND DUKES OF RIC... - Online Information article about EARLS AND DUKES OF RIC... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		dukes of Brittany continued to assume the title till a much later date.
		His son Charles, 2nd duke (1701–1750), added`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 Ports-mouth; and all these honours are still held by his descendant the See also:
		Thereafter the ducal family of Brittany were never able to possess it despite many diplomatic efforts to reclaim it.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/RICHMOND_EARLS_AND_DUKES_OF.html (2587 words)

	BRITTANY - Online Information article about BRITTANY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		master of Brittany, and Geoffrey was recognized as duke of Brittany.
		dukes of Brittany, and according to this enumeration the younger John becomes John V., not John IV..
		Anne of Brittany, to marry him in 1491.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BRI_BUN/BRITTANY.html (1809 words)

	Tudor Monarchs - Henry VII, one
		Other than these half-brothers, Henry VI was bereft of close blood relatives; his uncles, the dukes of Bedford, Clarence and Gloucester, had all died without legitimate heirs and this left both an emotional and dynastic void at the court.
		Instead, Henry VI restored his old favorites to their former positions, notably the hated Somerset (who was the uncle of Edmund Tudor's wife.) The duke of York and his allies left London in apparent disgust.
		While the duke of York was regent, Edmund led a raid to reassert the duke's authority on his lands, centered on the castle Carmarthen.
	englishhistory.net /tudor/monarchs/henry7.html (14120 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		The death of Henry VI and of his son Prince Edward had made Henry the head of the house of Lancaster, and an object of jealousy to Edward IV.
		Brittany, however, was professedly on friendly terms with England, and Richard III sent to the duke to demand Henry's delivery.
		Simnel met with extraordinary success in Ireland, where he was crowned as Edward VI, and invaded England with Gerald Fitzgerald, eighth earl of Kildare [qv.], and a number of Irish followers, and a band of Germans supplied by Margaret, duchess of Burgundy, whose hostility to Henry caused her to be called his Juno.
	www.thepeerage.com /e65.htm (5850 words)

	John V, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John V (in French Jean V) (1339 – November 1, 1399), known as the Conqueror, was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort, from 1345 until his death.
		He was son of John IV, Duke of Brittany and Joanna of Flanders.
		Richard of Brittany (1395 – June 2, 1438, Château de Clisson), Count of Benon, Étampes, and Mantes, married in 1423 Margaret d'Orléans, Countess of Vertus, daughter of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_V,_Duke_of_Brittany (474 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.
		Duke William V had three wives, and subsequent Dukes were descendants of William VIII, son of William V and Agnes of Burgundy.
		The present Dukes of Bucclech, Grafton, and St. Albans all have living grandsons, as shown; and, apart from the little detail of the illegitimate origin of the families, they are, of course, Stuarts.
	www.friesian.com /flanders.htm (10740 words)

	Index of Contents & Internal References for
		HOLLAND, John, Earl of Huntingdon and Duke of Exeter 271
		HOLLAND, John, Duke of Exeter and Earl of Huntingdon 272
		JOHN the Fearless (Jean sand Peur), Duke of Burgundy 300-301
	www.cofc.edu /~speccoll/shakespearebiographicaldictionary.htm (662 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Anjou - AOL Research & Learn
		When Henry II's grandson, Arthur I, duke of Brittany, rebelled against his uncle, John of England, he won the support of Philip II of France, to whom he paid homage (1199) for Anjou, Maine, and Touraine.
		When their son became (1328) King Philip VI of France, Anjou was again reunited to the French crown.
		John II of France, however, made Anjou a duchy (1360) and gave it to his son Louis (later Louis I of Naples).
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/anjou/20051205154809990009 (466 words)

	Joan of Arc...
		As such, he was sought as an ally by the French dauphin, or the son of the mentally ill King Charles VI.
		When he met John of Burgundy, the dauphin accused him of treason as John had not previously acted against the English invaders.
		The king of England, after all, had also had an infant son, Henry VI, whom they wanted to see as the “rightful” king of France (according to the treaty) once he was of age.
	www.southwestern.edu /ACS/latin/team17/history.htm (637 words)

	The Age of Chivalry - Hundred Years' War 1337-1364: The English Ascendancy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1341 Duke John III of Brittany died leaving the succession in dispute between Charles of Blois, who had gained the right to the succession through marrying its heir Countess Jeanne (Philip VI's niece) and Count John of Montfort, the late Duke's half-brother.
		Although John, Duke of Burgundy and Philip's heir, made an attempt to relieve the garrisons the English dug themselves in and the conditions on both sides grew to be very wretched and squalid.
		It was agreed that John II's ransom be reduced to three million gold crowns (£500,000) and the number of territories ceded to the English king would be reduced to the first Treaty of London.
	www.taoc.co.uk /content/view/61/48 (2443 words)

	St. Joan of Arc's Trial of Nullification
		In this place the Duke d'Alencon made her a present of a horse, which I saw at the house of the woman Lapau.
		I did not assist at this examination; I only knew it to be afterwards reported to the Council, that the examiners at Poitiers held the opinion that there was nothing in her contrary to the Faith, and that the King, considering his extreme necessity, might make use of her assistance.
		She was the mother of Mary, wife of Charles VII I., and grandmother of Margaret, afterwards wife of Henry VI.
	www.stjoan-center.com /Trials/null07.html (5417 words)

	King Henry VI Part 3 by William Shakespeare. Search, Read, Study, Discuss.
		Queen Margaret yells at Henry VI for his decision, divorces herself from him, and with her son, Prince Edward, leaves to join the revolting armies of the three nobles from above.
		Edward IV names Richard III Duke of Gloucester and George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence (both are his own brothers and all are sons of Richard, 3rd Duke of York).
		Henry VI tells all to protect his nephew Henry VII, Earl of Richmond, in case both Henry VI and his son Edward are killed.
	www.online-literature.com /shakespeare/henryVI3 (906 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Blessed Charles of Blois
		Son of Guy de Chatillon, Count of Blois, and Margaret, sister of King Philip VI of France.
		Married Joan of Brittany in 1337, and became Duke of Brittany which involved him in disputes political and military.
		In 1346 he was defeated and lost his dukedom to John de Montfort who imprisoned him and sent him to England to languish in the Tower of London until ransomed and released nine years later in 1355.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintc37.htm (138 words)

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