Judicael (or Yezekael) (died 888 or 889) was the
Duke of Brittany
This is a list of rulers of Brittany. In different epochs the rulers of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary right. Hereditary ...
from 876 to his death. He was a son of a daughter of
Erispoe 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 Duchy of Brittany, 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 lan ...
in mid 876.
During the reign of
Salomon (857–874), Judicael controlled either all of
Cornouaille or just
Poher (''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, who opposed his claim to the Breton dukedom.
Judicael reconciled with Alan in order to fight the
Vikings
Vikings were 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 settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9â ...
; together, they defeated them at the Battle of
Questembert in 888 or 889, but Judicael died in the fighting.
See also
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Dukes of Brittany family tree
This is a list of rulers of Brittany. In different epochs the rulers of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary right. Hereditary ...
References
Sources
*Smith, Julia M. H. ''Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians''. Cambridge University Press: 1992.
880s deaths
9th-century monarchs of Brittany
Dukes of Brittany
Military personnel killed in action
Year of birth unknown
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