Jean II de Brosse, also Jehan II de Brosse (1432 – 6 August 1482), was the elder son of

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Jean I de Brosse. He would become chamberlain of the king of France in 1449. He married

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, daughter of Charles, Seigneur d'Avaugour and Isabeau de Vivonne. Nicole later brought him, through inheritance in 1479, the County of Penthièvre in the

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. Jean is known to have rebuilt the

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in 1480–1490.

Marriage and children

Jean and Nicole had following children : *

Jean III de Brosse Jean III de Brosse (d. 1502) was Count of Penthièvre from 1480 until his death. He was the elder son of Jean II de Brosse and Nicole, Countess of Penthièvre. On 15 May 1468, he married Louise de Laval, daughter of Guy XIV de Laval and Isabelle ...

(died 1502), his successor. * Pauline de Brosse, married

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(1450–1513), married

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* Bernarde of Brosse, married

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, no issue * Helena of Brosse, married

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, brother of William VIII.

References

Sources

* *{{cite journal , title=Une lettre privée du XVe siècle , first=Jacques , last=Levron , journal=Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes , language=French , year=1931 , volume=92 , page=247-249 People of the Hundred Years' War Counts of Penthièvre