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Andrew II, Baron Of Vitré
Andrew II of Vitré (c. 1150 – 9 June 1211) was Baron de Vitré from 1173 to 1211. Life Andrew was the eldest son of Robert III, Baron of Vitré and his wife Emma of Dinan, daughter of Alan of Dinan. He fought for King Henry II Plantagenet in 1168, and succeeded his father in 1173. In the early 1180s, Andrew took part to an armed pilgrimage to the Holy Land and came back to Brittany a few years later. In 1185, he was one of the noblemen who were present at the ''Assize of Count Geoffroy''. In 1196, the duchess of Brittany, Constance, was abducted and imprisoned by her husband Ranulf de Blondeville. Andrew rebelled along with several other Breton barons. He agreed to send his daughter Emma, who was his only heiress at the time, as an hostage to Richard the Lionheart, in exchange for de Constance's release. Emma and the other hostages were taken away but the duchess was not released. Marriages and issue Andrew first married, before 1173, Matilda of Mayenne, daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Barons Of Vitré
A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard I Of England
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion () because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Aquitaine, and Duchy of Gascony, Gascony; Lord of Cyprus in the Middle Ages, Cyprus; Count of Poitiers, Counts and dukes of Anjou, Anjou, Count of Maine, Maine, and Count of Nantes, Nantes; and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and was therefore not expected to become king, but his two elder brothers predeceased their father. By the age of 16, Richard had taken command of his own army, putting down rebellions in Poitou against his father. Richard was an important Christian commander during the Third Crusade, leading the campaign after the departure of Philip II of France and achieving sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th-century French Nobility
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1211 Deaths
Year 1211 (Roman numerals, MCCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * June 17 – Battle of Antioch on the Meander: Seljuk forces led by Sultan Kaykhusraw I are initially victorious with the Latin mercenary cavalry (some 800 men) bearing the brunt of the casualties due to their flanking charge; exhausted by the effort in their attack, the Latin army under Emperor Theodore I Laskaris is struck in the flank and rear by the Seljuk forces. However, the Seljuks stop the fight in order to plunder the Latin camp – which allows Theodore's forces to rally and counter-attack the now disorganized Turks. Meanwhile, Kaykhusraw seeks out Theodore and engages him in single combat, but he is unhorsed and beheaded. The Seljuks are routed and the former Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos, Theodore's father-in-law, is captured and imprisoned, ending his days in enforced monastic seclusion. * October 15 – Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonquédec
Tonquédec (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Tonquédec are called ''tonquédois'' in French. Breton language Most of the inhabitants speaking Breton, the municipality launched a Breton linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 23 May 2006. See also * Château de Tonquédec *Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department Sister City Corofin, County Clare Corofin (Corrofin, County Clare Communes of Côtes-d'Armor
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Guy Of Thouars
Guy of Thouars (died 13 April 1213) was Duke of Brittany from 1199 to 1201 as the third husband of Constance, Duchess of Brittany. They married in Angers, County of Anjou, between August and October 1199 after her son Arthur entered Angers to be recognized as count of the three countships of Anjou, Maine and Touraine. He was an Occitan noble, a member of the House of Thouars. Between 1196 and the time of her death in 1201, while delivering twin daughters, Constance ruled Brittany with her young son, Arthur I, as co-ruler. Duke Arthur was captured in 1202 by his uncle John, King of England, and disappeared in 1203. Arthur's elder full sister Eleanor, was captured along with him and imprisoned by John. Arthur was succeeded by his infant half-sister, Guy's daughter Alix of Thouars. Guy served as regent of Brittany for his daughter from 1203 to 1206. In 1204, Guy as regent of Duchess Alix, vassal of Philip II of France, undertook the siege of the Norman island fortress of Mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Of Thouars
Catherine of Thouars was the daughter of Constance, ''suo jure'' Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Richmond, and her third husband Guy of Thouars. She was the first wife of Andrew III, Baron of Vitré. Family Catherine was the second daughter of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, and Guy of Thouars. Her mother died soon after she was born. Catherine had a twin sister, Margaret, and their mother might have died because of a difficult deliveryFrançois Manet, ''Histoire de la Petite-Bretagne, ou Bretagne Armorique, depuis ses premiers habitans connus'', Tome second, p. 308 After her mother's death, her father married Eustachie of Chemillé, and had two sons, Peter and Thomas. Catherine was the younger half-sister of Eleanor, Matilda and Arthur, Constance and Geoffrey of England's children, the sister of Alix and Margaret, and the elder half-sister of Peter and Thomas of Chemillé, Guy and Eustachie of Chemillé's sons. Union and issue In 1212, Catherine married Andrew III, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of Combourg
The Lordship of Combourg, after 1575 the County of Combourg, was a barony centred on Combourg in the east of the Duchy of Brittany in France during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The lordship was created by Junguené, bishop of Dol, before 1040. It originated in fifteen parishes detached from the episcopal '' régaire'', the temporal jurisdiction of the bishopric, for the benefit of Junguené's brother, Riwallon. The latter was invested with it as a fief of the bishopric with the title of ''signifer Sancti Samsonis'', that is, the standard-bearer of Saint Samson, patron of the diocese. Riwallon was thus placed in charge of the defence of the diocese and its ''régaire''. He controlled the tower of Dol and commanded the garrison in the city. Lords of Combourg *before 1040–1065 : Riwallon I *1065–1079/1083 : John I, son of prec., became a monk and then bishop of Dol from 1087 to 1092 *1079/1083–after 1100 : Riwallon II, son of prec. *after 1100–1137 : Gel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscounty Of Léon
The Viscounty or County of Léon () was a Feudalism, feudal state in extreme western Brittany in the High Middle Ages. Though nominally a vassal of the sovereign duke of Brittany, Léon was functionally independent of any external controls until the viscounts came under attack by King Henry II of England. It thus became the focus of revolts and wars when Brittany was drawn into the Angevin empire. The history of Léon's early counts is obscure. The original viscounts of Léon were public officials appointed by the counts of Cornouaille, but by the mid-eleventh century they had usurped public authority in their province. Their ability to remain independent of both count and duke was likely due to their remoteness in the extremity of the Armorican peninsula. Unlike their Breton neighbours they did not participate in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.Everard, 16. Harvey II, Viscount of Léon, Count Harvey II, however, did participate on the side of Stephen of England, Stephen of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guihomar IV, Viscount Of Léon
Guihomar, Guidomar, or Guyomar IV (c. 1130–1179) was the Viscount of Léon from 1168 until his death. He was the son and successor of Harvey II. His reign was spent in constant rebellion against his nominal lords in an effort to preserve his historical independence. Life In August 1167 Henry II of England marched on Léon and captured or razed Guihomar's major castles, forcing the baron to submit and grant hostages. Guihomar succeeded his father soon after. He followed his father in trying to preserve his ''de facto'' independence from ducal authority and foreign influence. Most especially he sought to protect his economic interest in the right of wreck, famously declaring that he possessed "the most valuable of precious stones," a rock which generated 100,000 ''solidi'' per annum in revenue due to shipwrecks. By 1169 Guihomar was in revolt and Henry ordered Conan IV of Brittany, who was also lord of Tréguier, which conveniently marched on Léon, to put down the disturbanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan III, Duke Of Brittany
Conan III, also known as Conan of Cornouaille and Conan the Fat (, and ; c. 1093–1096 – 17 September 1148) was duke of Brittany, from 1112 to his death. He was the son of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou (d. 1146), Ermengarde of Anjou. Conan III allied himself with Stephen of England in the Anarchy, Stephen's war against the dispossessed Empress Matilda. Family He married Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany, Maud, an illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England before 1113. Conan and Maud had three children that are known: *Hoel, Count of Nantes, Hoel (1116 - 1156) – disinherited from the ducal crown; Count of Nantes; *Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, Bertha (1114 - after 1155) – married Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, Alan of Penthièvre; upon Alan's death in 1146, she returned to Brittany; *Constance (1120 - 1148) – married Sir Geoffroy II, Sire de Mayenne, son of Juhel II, Seigneur de Mayenne. Succession On his death-bed in 1148, Conan III disinherit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranulf De Blondeville, 6th Earl Of Chester
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln (1170 – 26 October 1232), known in some references as the 4th Earl of Chester (in the second lineage of the title after the original family line was broken after the 2nd Earl), was one of the "old school" of Anglo-Norman barons whose loyalty to the Angevin dynasty was consistent but contingent on the receipt of lucrative favours. He has been described as "almost the last relic of the great feudal aristocracy of the Conquest". Early life Ranulf, born in 1170, in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales was the eldest son of Hugh de Kevelioc and Bertrade de Montfort d'Evreux. He was said to have been small in physical stature. Ranulf succeeded to the earldom of Chester (like his father before him) as a minor (aged eleven) and was knighted in 1188 or 1189, which gave him control of his estates in England and Normandy. Although he used, not inconsistently, the style ''Duke of Brittany'' on account of his marriage, he nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
