- The independent sovereign nature of the Duchy began to come to an end upon the death of Francis II, Duke of Brittany.
- The Duchy of Brittany (Breton: Dugelezh Breizh, French: Duché de Bretagne) was a medieval feudal state that existed between approximately 939...
- But Brittany was a part of the Duchy of Brittany, and now it is a separate region with Rennes as its capital.
- In 1213, King of France Philip II Augustus granted the Duchy of Brittany to Peter of Dreux "Mauclerc", the second son of Robert II of Dreux, from the Capetian lineage.
- The Duchy of Brittany (French: Duché de Bretagne) was a French medieval feudal state that existed between approximately 939 and 1547.
- The Duchy of Brittany (Breton: Dugelezh Breizh, French: Duché de Bretagne) was a medieval tribal and feudal state that existed between 936 and 1547...
- Jeanne de Flandre (1295 - 1374), known as Jeanne la Flamme, was the wife of Jean de Montfort, a pretender to the duchy of Brittany during the War of the...
- The same thing that had happened to the French crown happened to the Duchy of Brittany: its ruler died without direct male descendants.
- Arthur III of Brittany, Duchy of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, Henry IV of England, John IV of Brittany, Kingdom of England, Peter II of Brittany.
- The Duchy of Brittany has been historically aligned with the Kingdom of England and is still heavily influenced by English nobles.
