Judicael (or Yezekael) (died 888 or 889) was the
Duke of Brittany from 876 to his death. He was a son of a daughter of
Erispoe
Erispoe (french: Erispoë; la, Herispoius, Herispogius, Respogius; died 2 or 12 November 857) was Duke of Brittany from 851 to his death. After the death of his father Nominoe, he led a successful military campaign against the Franks, culminating ...
and claimed Brittany after the death of the pretenders
Wrhwant and
Pascweten Pascweten (died 876) was the count of Vannes and a claimant to the rule of Brittany. He was a son of Ridoredh of Vannes, a prominent and wealthy aristocrat first associated with the court of Erispoe in the 850s. He owned vast landed estates and s ...
in mid 876.
During the reign of
Salomon (857–874), Judicael controlled either all of
Cornouaille or just
Poher
Poher is an ancient principality that emerged in the Early Middle Ages in Cornouaille in west-central Brittany. Its capital was the Gallo-Roman city of Vorgium, capital of the Osismii, which became Carhaix after the fall of the Roman Empire. Archae ...
(''Poucaer'') with the title of ''princeps Poucher''. He represented western Breton interests against those of the powerful rulers of Vannes, Pascweten and then
Alan the Great
Alan I (french: Alain; died 907), called the Great,F. McNair (2015), "Vikings and Bretons? The Language of Factional Politics in Late Carolingian Brittany", ''Viking and Medieval Scandinavia'' 11: 183–202. was the Count of Vannes and Duke of Bri ...
, who opposed his claim to the Breton dukedom.
Judicael reconciled with Alan to fight the
Vikings
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
, however. Together, they defeated the raiders at the Battle of
Questembert
Questembert (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.
It is located approximately from Vannes.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Questembert are called ''Questembertois''. Its population was 7,723 as of 2018.
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in 888 or 889, but Judicael lost his life in the fighting.
See also
*
Dukes of Brittany family tree
This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary r ...
References
Sources
*Smith, Julia M. H. ''Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians''. Cambridge University Press: 1992.
880s deaths
9th-century rulers of Brittany
Dukes of Brittany
Military personnel killed in action
Year of birth unknown
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