|
Budic, Count Of Nantes
Budic of Nantes was Count of Nantes from 1005 to his death in 1038. Life Budic was the son of Count Judicaël of Nantes, From 1005 to 1010, he ruled under the scrutiny of Walter II, Bishop of Nantes (1005-1041) who had been appointed by the Count of Rennes Geoffrey I of Brittany. Budic took advantage of the Bishop's pilgrimage in the Holy Land around 1020 to seize the episcopal possession and destroy the prelate's castle. Back in Brittany, the Bishop asked for the Count of Renne's intervention while Budic asked for Count Fulk III of Anjou's assistance. This led to the loss of part of the lands held by the Counts of Nantes in the south of Loire, that is to say almost the whole Mauges, in 1025. The building of Clisson castle was the sign of the Count of Nantes' wish to stop the progression of the County of Anjou. Around 1030, after a last conflict with Alan III, Budic sided with the Count of Rennes. On April 5, 1030 he subscribed to a charter by Alan III in favor of Mont Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Nantes
The counts of Nantes were originally the Frankish rulers of the Nantais under the Carolingians and eventually a capital city of the Duchy of Brittany. Their county served as a march against the Bretons of the Vannetais. Carolingian rulers would sometimes attack Brittany through the region of the Vannetais, making Nantes a strategic asset. In the mid-ninth century, the county finally fell to the Bretons and the title became a subsidiary title of the Breton rulers. The control of the title by the Breton dukes figured prominently in the history of the duchy. The County of Nantes was given to Hoel, a disinherited son of a duke. He lost the countship due to a popular uprising. That uprising presented an opportunity for King Henry II of England to attack the Breton duke. In the treaty ending their conflicts, the Breton duke awarded the county to Henry II. Frankish counts *---- – 778 Roland, as prefect of the Breton March - subject of the ''Chanson de Roland'' *786 – 818 Guy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clisson
Clisson (; br, Klison), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is situated at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise and the Moine southeast of Nantes. The town and the celebrated family of Clisson (the most famous members are Olivier IV de Clisson and Jeanne de Clisson) take their name from their stronghold. Clisson has its imposing ruins, parts of which date from the thirteenth century. The town and castle, the château de Clisson, were destroyed in 1792 and 1793 during the War in the Vendée. Afterwards, the sculptor François-Frédéric Lemot bought the castle, and the town was rebuilt in the early part of the 19th century according to his plans. There are picturesque parks on the banks of the rivers. The Moine is crossed by an old gothic bridge and by a fine modern viaduct. Population Culture The Hellfest music festival has taken place outside the town since 2006. International relations Clisson i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew I Of Nantes
Matthew I (or Matthias I, died 1050 or 1051) was the Count of Nantes from 1038 until his death. He was the eldest son of Count Budic of Nantes.Judith A. Evrard, ''Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire 1158–1203'' (Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp. 28–29. Around 1040, Walter, bishop of Nantes, arranged for his son, Budic, to succeed him as bishop. They then obtained consent to their illegal scheme from the councillors of Count Matthew, who was still a minor, by buying them off with silver. In 1049, the Council of Reims deposed Budic and replaced him with Airard. Matthew was one of the recipients of the letter addressed by Pope Leo IX to the princes of Brittany explaining the council's actions. The deposition of Budic is the last event recorded in the ''Chronicle of Nantes''. The ''Chronicle'' goes on to say that afterwards Budic and Matthew were "inseparable until death" (''connexa ... usque ad finem vitae''). Within two years of the Council of Reims, both ex-bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machecoul
Machecoul ( br, Machikoul) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Machecoul-Saint-Même. 23 November 2015. Its 5,732 inhabitants are called ''Machecoulais''. It was the site of , the opening of the in 1793. Geography The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roche-Bernard
La Roche-Bernard (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of La Roche-Bernard are called in French ''Rochois'' for men and ''Rochoises'' for women. Forming a part of ''Petites cités de caractère, a quality label, the town is known for its marina along the waterfront of the river named Vilaine and also for its old area. Geography The town is located on the south part of Morbihan in Brittany. History Middle Ages The town was founded in 919 by a Viking chief named ''Bern-hart''. He understood the interest of this strategic defensive place and he decided to fortify the area and settle here. His successors swore allegiance to the duke of Brittany. During the 1341-1365 War of Succession, the baron decided to help Charles de Blois but at the end of the war, and after Charles de Blois's death, Jean de Montfort decided to destroy his castle. Modern Times In the 19th century, the town become an important dock with an apogee bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châteaubriant
Châteaubriant (; br, Kastell-Briant; Gallo: ''Châtiaoberiant'') is a town in western France, about southwest of Paris, and one of the three sous-préfectures of the Loire-Atlantique department. Châteaubriant is also situated in the historical and cultural region of Brittany, and it is the capital of the Pays de la Mée. A part of the traditional province of Brittany, Châteaubriant also lies on the threshold of Anjou, and it was an important stronghold in northwestern France during the Middle Ages. The town appeared during the 11th century, around a castle and a priory. A fair, which still exists, was also founded in 1050. Châteaubriant played a certain role during the Mad War between France and Brittany and became a significant cultural centre in the 16th century, when the Renaissance château was built in the medieval fortress. The town is situated between Nantes and Rennes, and tends to be economically oriented towards the latter. The medieval fair and cattle market are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagus
In ancient Rome, the Latin word (plural ) was an administrative term designating a rural subdivision of a tribal territory, which included individual farms, villages (), and strongholds () serving as refuges, as well as an early medieval geographical term. From the reign of Diocletian (284–305 AD) onwards, the referred to the smallest administrative unit of a province. These geographical units were used to describe territories in the Merovingian and Carolingian periods, without any political or administrative meaning. Etymology is a native Latin word from a root , a lengthened grade of Indo-European , a verbal root, "fasten" (''pango''); it may be translated in the word as "boundary staked out on the ground". In semantics, used in is a stative verb with an unmarked lexical aspect of state resulting from completed action: "it is having been staked out", converted into a noun by , a type recognizable in English adjectives such as surveyed, defined, noted, etc. English doe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Saint-Michel Abbey
Mont-Saint-Michel (; Norman: ''Mont Saint Miché''; ) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island lies approximately off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is in area. The mainland part of the commune is in area so that the total surface of the commune is . , the island had a population of 29.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019 INSEE The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan III, Duke Of Brittany
Alan III of Rennes (c. 997 – 1 October 1040) ( French: ''Alain III de Bretagne'') was Count of Rennes and duke of Brittany, by right of succession from 1008 to his death. Life Alan was the son of Duke Geoffrey I and Hawise of Normandy.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984) Tafel 75 Alan succeeded his father as Duke of Brittany in 1008. Because he was still a minor at his father's death, his mother acted as regent of Brittany while her brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy assumed guardianship over Brittany.Francois Neveux, ''A Brief History of the Normans'', Trans. Howard Curtis (Constable & Robinson, Ltd., London, 2006), p. 108 Marriage In 1018 Alan married Bertha of Blois, daughter of Odo II, Count of Blois and his second wife Ermengarde of Auvergne. Norman suzerainty When Richard III, Duke of Normandy died in August 1026, his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judicaël Of Nantes
Judicaël of Nantes (c. 979-1004) was Count of Nantes from 992 to his death in 1004. Life Judicaël was the illegitimate son of Hoël I, Duke of Brittany. He was brought up by his grandmother Judith and "Viscount" Haimon or Aymon, his father's maternal half-brother. Judicaël was elected Bishop of Nantes in a non-canonical way after the death of his uncle, Guerech, the "Count Bishop". Hugh (Hugo), "character of wise and austere life" according to Albertus Magnus, who had been ruling ''de facto'' over the spiritual part of the Church of Nantes since 981, obtained in 990 the title of Bishop, whose duties he was already carrying out. With the support of Fulk III, Count of Anjou, Judicaël regained the County of Nantes after the death of Conan I, Duke of Brittany at the second Battle of Conquereuil. Because of his young age, the Count of Anjou put him under the guardianship of his vassal, Viscount Aimery III of Thouars, who was titled Count of Nantes from 992 to 994. In 994, Judi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône. It rises in the southeastern quarter of the French Massif Central in the Cévennes range (in the department of Ardèche) at near Mont Gerbier de Jonc; it flows north through Nevers to Orléans, then west through Tours and Nantes until it reaches the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) at Saint-Nazaire. Its main tributaries include the rivers Nièvre, Maine and the Erdre on its right bank, and the rivers Allier, Cher, Indre, Vienne, and the Sèvre Nantaise on the left bank. The Loire gives its name to six departments: Loire, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, and Saône-et-Loire. The lower-central swathe of its valley straddling the Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire regions was added to the World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
