Gourmaëlon or Wrmaelon (died 913/4), was the Count of

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and ''de facto'' ruler of

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...

from 907 – . As ruler of Brittany he was considered ''Prince de Bretagne'' in some chronicles and histories. His actual history is among the least well documented of the early medieval rulers of Brittany. His reputed time of rule coincides with a dramatic increase in

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invasions that ultimately led up to the Viking Occupation of Brittany that began after his death. He is believed to have been named Count of

Alan I, King of Brittany 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 Br ...

near the end of his reign in 907. After Alan I's death in 907 he disputed the right of Alan's heirs to rule Brittany and fought for the control of the kingdom, albeit without claiming the title king. His life and activities are sparsely recorded in historical documents save for several donations to the Breton churches of the day. In a donation to the monastery of Plélan in 910 he is identified as ''"ruler of Brittany"''. At Redon in 913 he is identified as ''Count Gourmaelon, the Breton monarch.'' He is understood to have died in 913 (or 914) in a battle with invading Vikings. No subsequent ruler of Brittany is recorded in histories or chronicles of the period until the return of

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