File Map France 1477 fr.svg thumb Brittany within France in 1477 The Duchy of Brittany Breton language ... territory of the Duchy of Brittany. The rulers who succeeded Erispoe were styled kings of Brittany ... expansion of the Viking s and Normans . The origins of the Duchy of Brittany lie in the Battle of Trans la For t, on or about 1 August 939, after which Brittany came to be referred to as a Duchy and its rulers as Dukes. 11th century Dynastic alliance with Normandy Duke Geoffrey I of Brittany ... of Normandy warned his rivals in Brittany and Anjou to abstain from any attacks on his duchy, on the grounds ... of Richmond Richmond became a dukedom in its own right the Duchy of Brittany and Kingdom of Navarre ... titles were promoted to duchy rank after the Duke of Brittany title merged with the French crown ... of the Penthi vre claim through his mother, and united both claims over the Duchy of Brittany as the senior ... Rennes Roazhon and Vannes Gwened. It largely corresponded to the historic Brittany , a region with strong ... than the Regions of France French region now called Brittany administrative region Brittany . The incorporation of Brittany into the Carolingian empire ensured that the political and social ..., Brittany was severely affected by Viking attacks and ducal authority was weak. Origin File Nominoe ... of Brittany secured by his victory in 845 In the declining years of the Roman Empire , the earliest ... rulers of Brittany as a whole, which was divided between fiefdoms dominated by local Counts ... in the Battle of Jengland 851 , the territory of Brittany was legally defined to include the towns ... in Brittany during the minority of his nephew, Alan III, Duke of Brittany , against rebellious ... in Brittany, suppressing Alan III s heir from claiming his inheritance. At around eight years of age, Conan II, Duke of Brittany Conan II succeeded his father as Duke of Brittany, with the ducal ... his power. During the dynastic conflict between uncle and nephew, Hoel II, Duke of Brittany ... more details
French duchies included Duchy of Burgundy Burgundy , Brittany , and Aquitaine . The medi val German Stem duchy Stem duchies German language German Stammesherzogtum , literally tribal duchy were ... Duchy of Aquitaine Duke of Berry Duchy of Berry Duchy of Bourbon Duke of BrittanyDuchy of Brittany ...A duchy is a territory, fiefdom fief , or domain ruled by a duke or duchess . Some duchies were sovereignty ... duchy , such as Luxembourg , was generally independent and sovereign. Sovereign duchies were common ... of Lancashire and Cornwall were made duchies, with certain powers accruing to their dukes. The Duchy ... ascended the throne of England as Henry IV. Nowadays the Duchy of Lancaster always belongs to the sovereign and its revenue is the Privy Purse . The Duchy of Cornwall was created in 1337 and held successively by the dukes of Cornwall who were also heirs to the throne. Nowadays the Duchy of Cornwall ... his duchy of York . ref http www.bbc.co.uk dna h2g2 A1150417 ref Any and all feudal duchies that made ... duchy exists today, except for Luxembourg , which is an independent country formally called a grand duchy . See also Grand Duchies Main article Grand Duchy Grand Duchy of Baden Grand Duchy of Finland Grand Duchy of Hesse Grand Duchy of Lithuania Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Tuscany ... Duchy of Acerenza Duchy of Apulia Duchy of Austria Duchy of Bavaria Duchy of Brabant Duchy of Bremen Duchy of Brunswick Duchy of Carinthia Duchy of Carniola Duchy of Ferrara Duchy of Franconia Duchy of Gelders Duchy of Holstein Duchy of Lauenburg Duchy of Limburg Duchy of Upper Lorraine Duchy of Lower Lorraine Duchy of Luxemburg Duchy of Magdeburg Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Mecklenburg Duchy of Milan Duchy of Modena Duchy of Oldenburg Duchy of Parma Duchy of Pomerania Duchy of Salzburg Duchy of Savoy Duchy of Saxony Duchy of Schleswig Duchy of Spoleto Duchy of Styria Duchy of Swabia Duchy of W rttemberg Duchy in Denmark Duchy of Schleswig Duchies in England Main article Duchies in England ... more details
Duchy of Brittany . In the High Middle Ages the Duchy was sometimes allied to England and sometimes ... Constance De La Warr, A Twice Crowned Queen Anne of Brittany , Peter Owen, 2005 ref In 1532 the Duchy ... of the Duchy of Brittany was French, previously it was Latin but never Breton. Breton in the West ... Brittany administrative region other uses Brittany disambiguation Infobox Settlement See Template ... for all fields and descriptions of usage Basic info name Brittany at least one of the first two fields ... mapsize map caption Location of Brittany dark blue within the European Union light blue image ... ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... postal code area code website footnotes Brittany lang ... Gallo Berta yn is a cultural and Brittany administrative region administrative region in the north west of France . Previously as a monarchy kingdom and then as a duchy , Brittany was a fief of the Kingdom of France . Brittany has also been referred to as Less , Lesser or Little Britain as opposed ... 193027 Official website of the French Government Tourist Office Brittany ref ref http books.google.com books?id iKIWY4P9uFwC ref Brittany occupies a large peninsula in the north west of France , lying ... km nowrap 13,136 sq mi . The historical province of Brittany is divided into five departments ... p. 216 pour la citation ref The Brittany administrative region Region of Brittany comprises, since then, four of the five Breton d partements 80 of historical Brittany , while the remaining area of the old Brittany, the Loire Atlantique d partement around Nantes forms part of the Pays de la Loire regions ... of historic Brittany was estimated to be 4,365,500. Of these, 71 lived in the r gion of Brittany ... inhabitants . History main History of Brittany File Bretagne historique.png thumb right Historical regions of Brittany in the 14th century File Anne de Bretagne Jean Bourdichon reverse.jpg thumb upright Anne of Brittany The peninsula that became Brittany was a centre of ancient megalith ic constructions ... more details
, Duke of Brittany , was childless in spite of his three marriages. Duke John III died in 1341, and his duchy s nobles proclaimed Countess Joan, Duchess of Brittany Joan of reigning duchess. She was the daughter ..., a young girl 12 years old, the heir to the Duchy. The independence of Brittany waned under ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The House of Montfort was a French noble family, who reigned in the Duchy of Brittany from 1365 to 1514. It was a cadet branch of the Breton people Breton House of Dreux ... the Brittany branch of the House of Dreux, invoking already in 1341 a right to succeed John III, Duke of Brittany . A war ensued, ultimately won by Montforts in 1364. The dynasty was succeeded ... from the time of Duchess Anne s marriage, however, the duchy was gradually subsumed to the French ... to power Count John IV, Duke of Brittany John of Montfort 1295 1345 was the sole surviving son of Yolande ... of Scotland from her second marriage to Arthur II, Duke of Brittany . John inherited in 1322 Montfort ... sons from his first marriage. John only received some appanage in Brittany , and his maternal inheritance ... I of England against Arthur of Brittany , having himself proclaimed Duke John IV. This led to the Breton ... III of England . The rivals, Duchess Joanna and her husband Charles, Duke of Brittany Charles of Blois ... sole ruler of Brittany, but his wife Joanna of Flanders continued the fight in the name of their son John V, Duke of Brittany 1339 40 99 who ultimately got the upper hand in the strife. In the midst of the conflict, in 1352, the Estates of Brittany tats de Bretagne were established. They would develop into the Duchy s parlement . Ruling as dukes When the peace was sealed in 1365, it was stipulated that the Montfort branch will succeed in Brittany restricted to the Salic Law and in the case ... Montfortist duke. The Blois Penthi vre family received more estates in Brittany as partial compensation. Brittany kept autonomous, actually rather independent, although continuously giving lip service ... more details
Wiktionarypar Brittany Bretagne Brittany is a historical province of France. It may also refer to the following affiliation Duchy of Brittany , an historical administrative unit Brittany administrative region , the present day administrative region of Brittany, in France, which is smaller than the historical province of BrittanyBrittany may also refer to Brittany dog spaniel, a breed of dog also a French Brittany dog French Version Brittany name , a feminine name variants include Britnee, Britney, Brittney . SS Brittany , one of a number of ships Britney Brittany , an episode of Glee Bretagne may refer to French battleship Bretagne Bretagne , a French battleship sunk during World War II SS Bretagne SS Bretagne 1951 , an ocean liner renamed Brittany in 1962 destroyed by fire 1963 Operation Bretagne , a French military operation during the First Indochina War Bretagne is also the name or part of the name of several communes in France Bretagne, Indre , Bretagne, Territoire de Belfort , in the Territoire de Belfort d partement Bain de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement Bretagne d Armagnac , in the Gers d partement Bretagne de Marsan , in the Landes d partement Chartres de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement Dol de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement Fay de Bretagne , in the Loire Atlantique d partement La Bosse de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement La Guerche de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement La Meilleraye de Bretagne , in the Loire Atlantique d partement Le Sel de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement Le Temple de Bretagne , in the Loire Atlantique d partement Le Theil de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement Maure de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement Montauban de Bretagne , in the Ille et Vilaine d partement Montoir de Bretagne , in the Loire Atlantique d partement M r de Bretagne , in the C tes ... pt Brittany ru sk Bretagne tr Brittany uk vi Bretagne nh ... more details
Refimprove date February 2008 The Culture of Brittany is made up of a mixture of Culture of France French and Breton people Breton culture , and celtic culture. Within France, Breton culture is closest regionally to those of Normandy , Aquitaine , and Gascony see Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon . Brittany s strongest international connections tend to be in the United Kingdom , particularly in the celtic groups of Cornwall and Wales , and in Canada . Brittany is the English language name for the region called Breizh in the native Breton language , or Brezhoneg , and Bretagne in French language French . Once independent, as the Duchy of Brittany , and then a duchy within France , Brittany is now the name of an administrative area r gion , whose capital is Rennes . Local languages Breton language , a Celtic language . Gallo language , a Romance language . Costume bigouden bagad s biniou Food and Drink cr pe chouchen galette kouign amann Festivals Fest Noz Flag Flag of Brittany Music Bro Gozh ma Zado Breton music French Wikipedia links fr icon fr Lexique du costume breton Lexique du costume breton fr icon fr Cat gorie Culture bretonne Culture bretonne External links http blog.breizh.bz BLOG BREIZH Blog of information about Brittany http site.voila.fr bretonnes coiffe 2002 lorient.html Coiffe pictures. Le Festival Interceltique de Lorient 2002 Celtic nations state autocollapse DEFAULTSORT Culture Of Brittany Category Breton culture fr Culture bretonne ... more details
. The nine horizontal stripes represent the traditional dioceses of Brittany into which the duchy ... , Cornouaille and Vannes . The ermine heraldry ermine canton recalls the Duchy of Brittany ducal arms of Brittany. The flag first came to notice by a wider public at the Exposition Internationale des ...No footnotes date July 2009 Infobox flag Name Brittany Image Gwenn ha du.svg Proportion 2 3 Adoption 1923 Use 100100 Design Nine horizontal stripes alternating black and white with an ermine canton The flag of Brittany is called the Gwenn ha du, pronounced IPA br w na dy , which means white and black in Breton language Breton . It is also unofficially used in the d partement of Loire Atlantique , although this now belongs to the Pays de la Loire and not to the Brittany administrative region r gion of Brittany , as the territory of Loire Atlantique is historically part of the province of Brittany . Nantes Naoned , its pr fecture , was once one of the two capital cities of Brittany. The flag s dimensions are not fixed, and may vary from 9 14 cm to 8 12 m. The flag is not only used by cultural associations or autonomists but by everyone in general. For years, the authorities considered the flag as a Separatism separatist symbol, but the attitude has now changed and the flag, no longer ... official flags. It is widely used throughout Brittany and can even be seen on City hall town ... of the public and become a widely accepted symbol for all Brittany and Bretons. The older ... February 2010 It is considered by some Who date February 2010 to be the true flag of Brittany. File ... of Rennes gallery center See also Brittany Reference source cite book last1 Kervella first1 Divi last2 ... of Brittany in English http gwennhadu.geobreizh.com Gwenn ha du, a website to discover the Breton flag story in French Category Brittany Category National flags Brittany Category Flags of France Brittany, Flag of Category Breton nationalism br Banniel Breizh ca Bandera de Bretanya cy Baner Llydaw ... more details
Eudes of Brittany may refer to Eudes, Count of Penthi vre 999 1079 , Duke of Brittany Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet died 1170 , Duke of Brittany hndis ... more details
kingdom later developed into the Duchy of Brittany , before it was unified with France to become a province . After the French Revolution Brittany was abolished as an administrative unit, but continued ... of the embassy of the Duchy of Brittany . Conan Meriadoc , the mythic founder of the house of Rohan family Rohan is mentioned by medieval Welsh sources as having led the settlement of Brittany ... eventually were incorporated into the Duchy of Brittany . The first two kingdoms derive their names ... Empire . The first unified Duchy of Brittany was founded by Nominoe . Following the successful example ... on the Frankish kingdoms. High Middle Ages main Duchy of Brittany Bretons took part in the Revolt ... of Brittany Geoffroy II , then heir apparent to the Duchy of Brittany, resisted his father s attempts ... into the Duchy s parlement . Deserted by his nobles, duke John V, Duke of Brittany John IV left ... s daughter, a 12 year old girl, the heir to the Duchy. The Anna, Duchess of Brittany Duchess ...The history of Brittany may refer to the entire history of the Armorica Armorican peninsula or only to the creation ... size, as the Brittany administrative region Region of Brittany in the mid 20th century. Before Brittany Iron Age for the history of Brittany before the first written records Prehistory of Brittany ... language Welsh and Cornish language Cornish . Brittany used to be known in English as Little Britain ... formulated in order to explain the Welsh Brythonic name for Brittany, Llydaw , as originating ... from Britain during the second wave, especially the Seven founder saints of Brittany and Saint Gildas ... Brittany, commemorated at Saint Columban in Carnac . The earliest text known in the Breton language ... manuscripts were lost during the Viking invasions. In the Early Middle Ages, Brittany was divided ... , at the Battle of Ballon , in the eastern part of Brittany near Redon and the French border. Nominoe ... under Erispoe consequently Charles the Bald recognised the independence of Brittany and determined ... more details
that the duchies of France Duchy of BrittanyBrittany , Duchy of Normandy Normandy , Gascogne , Duke of Aquitaine Aquitaine , and Duchy of Burgundy Burgundy also had an ethnic basis before the French ... the Czech domain of Bohemia , which accepted German suzerainty as a duchy by 925, later upgraded ... dukes until 746, when the Frankish mayor Carloman, Mayor of the Palace Carloman terminated the duchy ... Duke. Duchy of Saxony Saxony The Saxons were loosely associated with the Merovingian Kingdom but practically ... a stem duchy ? Acquitania Thuringia Franconia ruled by the Hetans, more of an administrative entity. Some tribes, such as the Frisians , never formed a stem duchy with cultural allegiance ... the reign of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. The younger stem duchies were Duchy of Saxony Saxony 880 1180 ... of Dukes and even attained the Kingship after 919. In the 11th century, the Duchy was ruled by the Billung s and after 1137 the Welfs dominated the duchy. The fall of Duke Henry the Lion in 1180 resulted in the dismantling of the stem duchy, into three smaller parts Duchy of Westphalia Westphalia , Brunswick L neburg Brunswick and the Duchy of Saxony on the river Elbe . Franconia 906 39 The Conradine ... to the Saxon Luidolfings . After a failed rebellion, the Conradines were deposed and the Duchy made ... territorial duchy was given to the Wittelsbach family. Duchy of Swabia Swabia 909 1268 The Thurgau ... with the Luidolfing Kings. After various families, the Duchy passed to the Hohenstaufen family ... as a Duchy in 903 and kept a changing position between the Eastern and the Western Kingdom until 939, when it was firmly incorporated into the East Francia Eastern Kingdom . In 959 the Duchy ... Stem duchies in France German historians have commonly restricted the term stem duchy to the Eastern ... more details
of France and the duchy of Brittany. In the following centuries, historians and popular culture ... of rulers of Brittany Duchess of Brittany predecessor Francis II, Duke of Brittany Francis II successor ... br Louis XII of France issue Claude, Duchess of Brittany Claude, Queen of France br Ren e of France Ren e, Duchess of Ferrara house Montfort of Brittany Dreux Montfort father Francis II, Duke of Brittany mother Margaret of Foix date of birth Birth date 1476 1 25 df y place of birth Nantes , Brittany ... of Brittany 25 January 1477 &ndash 9 January 1514 , ref Genealogics name id 00003789 ref also known as Anna of Brittany lang fr Anne de Bretagne lang br Anna Vreizh , was a Breton ruler, who was to become queen to two successive French kings. She was born in Nantes , Brittany , and was the daughter of Francis II of Brittany Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Margaret of Foix . Her maternal grandparents ... became sovereign Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Nantes, Montfort and Richmont and Viscountess of Limoges ..., she was brought up as the heiress to the Duchy. She was given a good education under the guidance ... War of Succession , Brittany had been understood to operate according to Salic law semi Salic Law ... had no intention of allowing Brittany to be absorbed by France. Therefore, he sought for his daughter a marriage with a figure capable of withstanding French power. Brittany being an attractive prize ... between Brittany and France. In the Treaty of Sabl , which concluded the peace settlement, the Duke ... his horse. Anne became Duke of Brittany Duchess , and Brittany was plunged into fresh crisis, leading to the last Franco Breton war. Duchess of Brittany File Loire Indre Langeais tango7174.jpg thumb ... placed the rule of Brittany in the hands of an enemy of France. The marriage also proved ill timed the Habsburgs were too busy in Hungary to pay any serious attention to Brittany, and the Castilians ... contract provided that whichever spouse outlived the other would retain possession of Brittany however ... more details
Brittany was the name of a number of steamships. SS Brittany 1882 , built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway SS Brittany 1898 , built for D MacIver & Co SS Brittany 1910 , built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway SS Brittany 1928 , built for D MacIver & Co SS Brittany 1933 , built for the Southern Railway SS Brittany 1952 , built for Societ G n rale de Transportes Maritimes a Vapeur Shipindex ... more details
Marie or Mary of Brittany may refer to Marie of Brittany, Countess of Saint Pol 1268 1339 , daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England wife of Guy IV, Count of Saint Pol Marie of Brittany 1302 1371 , daughter of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany and Yolande of Dreux Scotland Yolande of Dreux became a nun at Poissy Marie of Brittany, Lady of La Guerche 1391 1446 , daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and Mary of Waltham wife of Jean I, Duke of Alen on Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan 1444 1506 , daughter of Francis I, Duke of Brittany, by Isabella of Scotland wife of John II, Viscount of Rohan Marie of Brittany 1424 1477 , daughter of Richard of Brittany and Marguerite d Orl ans Abbess of Fontevrault Mary of Waltham 1344 1362 , wife of John V, Duke of Brittany hndis ... more details
otheruses Brittany disambiguation Infobox Given Name Revised image imagesize caption pronunciation gender Female meaning Land of the Britons, either Brittany or Britain. region USA footnotes 1970s related names Britany, Brittney, Britney Brittany is a female given name of French and Latin origins, after Brittany , a region of France . Brittany first came into use during the 1970s and was at its height of popularity during the 1990s. Other forms of the name Brittany include Britney, Brittnie, Britta and Brit. Brittany is also derived from Britannia , a 2nd century Roman goddess. Early portraits .... She has appeared consistently on British coinage ever since. Brittany may also refer to In film and television Brittany Byrnes , actress Brittany Curran , actress Brittany Daniel , actress Brittany Finamore , actress Brittany McConnell , child actress Brittany Murphy 1977&ndash 2009 , American actress Brittany Perrineau , actress and former model Brittany Petros , actress Brittany Snow , actress Brittany Tiplady , actress Brittany Underwood , actress Brittany Flickinger , reality TV personality In music Brittany Hargest , singer and dancer Britney Spears born 1981 , American singer and actress In sports Brittany Bock , American soccer player Brittney Griner born 1990 , American basketball player Brittany Jackson , basketball player Brittany Lincicome born 1985 , American golfer Brittany Timko , Canadian soccer player Brittany Viola , diver In fiction Brittany Diggers , comic character Brittany Marsino , on the soap opera The Young and the Restless Brittany Miller , lead singer of the fictional group The Chipettes Brittany Pierce , a cheerleader from the TV series Glee Other Brittanie ... Brittany CoxXx born 1978 , American trans woman performer in pornography Brittany Hensel , sister ... name 0 Brittany Origin of the word Brittany http www.ssa.gov OACT babynames Social Security Administration Office of the Chief Actuary Category Given names be de Brittany ... more details
Duchy of Poznan can refer to Duchy of Pozna 12th 14th century Grand Duchy of Posen 19th century geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Infobox former country native name conventional long name Duchy of Burgundy ... The Duchy is not to be confused in historiography with the County of Burgundy Palatine County of Burgundy ... were absorbed by France, spawning the duchy . The Duchy of Burgundy 1361 or 1378 1477 , was heir ... of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger duchy ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe . Even in that diminished size, the duchy ... cadet branch as well as the Free County of Burgundy . The duchy roughly conforms to the borders and territories ... 1477, the Duchy was ruled by a succession of Duke of Burgundy dukes , whose extinction with the death of Charles the Bold or the Brash in 1477 led to the southern part of the Duchy being absorbed ... of the Protestant Reformation . Origins File Duchy of Burgundy.png left thumb 200px Duchy of Burgundy ... 534 and 843 The origins of the Duchy lie in the far older Kingdom of Burgundy. The kingdom had evolved ... these counties would emerge both the Duchy of Burgundy and the County of Burgundy , aided by the collapse ... legend FBCB8C Lower Burgundy legend D6B68A Duchy of Richard, Duke of Burgundy Richard the Justiciar By the time of Richard the Justiciar , the Duchy of Burgundy was beginning to emerge. Richard was officially ... in France and against the Carolingian kings, attempted to subject the Duchy to the suzerainty of their own Duchy. They failed eventually, when they appeared close to success, they were forced to scrap the scheme, and instead maintain Burgundy as a separate Duchy. Two brothers of Hugh Capet , the first ... and then Henry I, Duke of Burgundy Henry the Venerable maintained the Duchy s independence, and the death of the latter without children proved a defining moment in the history of the Duchy. The First ... before. Robert claimed the Duchy by his dual rights as feudal overlord and nearest blood relative of the deceased Otto William disagreed, and sent soldiers into the Duchy, and war broke out. Had the two ... more details
infobox actor image imagesize caption birthname Brittany Alexandra Tiplady birthdate birth date and age 1991 01 21 birthplace flagicon CAN Richmond, British Columbia , Canada CAN Brittany Alexandra Tiplady born January 21, 1991 is a Canadian Child actor child actress best known for her role as Jordan Black in the television series Millennium TV series Millennium 1996 1999 . She won a 1998 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Supporting Actress . Her brother Avery Tiplady Avery is also a child performer. External links imdb name id 0864117 name Brittany Tiplady tvtome person 44457 Brittany Tiplady http www.childstarlets.com lobby bios brittany tiplady2.html Childstarlets Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Tiplady, Brittany ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1991 PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond, British Columbia , Canada CAN DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Tiplady, Brittany Category 1991 births Category Canadian child actors Category Canadian film actors Category Canadian television actors Category Living people Category People from Richmond, British Columbia Canada screen actor stub it Brittany Tiplady pl Brittany Tiplady fi Brittany Tiplady ... more details
File Mariage de Marguerite de Bretagne et de Fran ois d Etampes Fran ois II de Bretagne .png thumb right Marriage of Margaret and Francis Margaret of Brittany 1443 1469 was the elder of the two daughters of Francis I, Duke of Brittany died 1450 , by his second wife, Isabella of Scotland . Marguerite s maternal grandparents were James I of Scotland and his wife Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland Joan Beaufort . Her paternal grandparents were John VI, Duke of Brittany , and his wife Joan of France 1391 1433 Joan of France . Margaret s paternal aunt was Isabella of Brittany , wife of Guy XIV de Laval . Her uncle was Peter II, Duke of Brittany . Margaret s mother was a sister of Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France , Eleanor of Scotland Eleanor, Archduchess of Austria , James II of Scotland and Annabella of Scotland . She was married to her cousin Francis II, Duke of Brittany died 1488 , but died without surviving issue. Anne, Duchess of Brittany Anne of Brittany 1476 7 1514 , queen successively of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France , was her widower s daughter by a subsequent marriage. Category 1443 births Category 1469 deaths Category House of Dreux Category Duchesses of Brittany br Marc harid Breizh France noble stub ... more details
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size image map Duchy of Normandy.png mapsize 250px map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 image ... code area code blank name sec1 blank info sec1 website footnotes The Duchy of Normandy stems from ... into Brittany Breton territory, eventually roughly corresponding to the two Regions of Haute ... former mainland territory is now part of France , and the Duchy now consists solely of the Channel ... of the region. When the Old Norse language Norse speaking settlers spread out over the lands of the Duchy ... into the Anglo Norman language . The literature of the Duchy and England during the period of the Anglo Norman realm is known as Anglo Norman literature . Chronology of the Duchy Image Rollo statue ... was established at Rouen in 912, and a western capital was later established at Caen as the Duchy ... over the borders of the territory, while at the same time the power of the Kings of France grew. The Duchy ... the continental lands of the Duchy. It became part of the royal demesne. The English sovereigns continued ... duchy. Having little confidence in the fidelity of the Normans, the King of France installed ... had regained its power. The Duchy of Normandy survived mainly by the intermittent installation ... . In 1465, Louis XI of France Louis XI was forced by his nobles to cede the duchy to his eighteen year ... for the Duke of Aquitaine Duchy of Guyenne Aquitaine . Finally, to signify that Normandy would not be ceded ... end of the duchy on the continent. Nevertheless, James II of England James II was honourarily ... of Normandy before the death of his elder brother in 1789. But that title was purely honourary. The Duchy today Main Duke of Normandy The Duchy of Normandy survives as the Channel Islands , which for administrative ... of the United Kingdom . The Duchy is not part of the United Kingdom but is a Crown Dependency of the Monarch ... coord 49.1333 N 0.366667 W source kolossus nowiki display title DEFAULTSORT Duchy Of Normandy ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Duchy of Reggio was one of the states that belonged to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio , ruled by the house of Este , in the north of Italy, in a territory now belonging to the Province of Reggio Emilia . The capital was Reggio Emilia Reggio . The perimeter of the duchy was from the Apennine Mountains Apennines to the river Po River Po . The ancient borders were with Guastalla , the County of Novellara , the Principality of Correggio, Italy Correggio , the Duchy of Modena and Garfagnana all ruled by the duke of Este. Other neighbour states were the State of Lucca, the states of Tuscany, the Duchy of Parma and the State of Mantua. Coord missing Italy DEFAULTSORT Duchy Of Reggio Category Former countries on the Italian Peninsula Reggio, Duchy of Category House of Este Category Reggio Emilia Category Dukes of Reggio EmiliaRomagna geo stub Italy hist stub eml Duch t ed R z it Ducato di Reggio ru ... more details
Infobox adult biography name Brittany Andrews gender female image Image Brittany Andrews 2010.jpg 200px caption Brittany Andrews, Los Angeles, California on July 1, 2010 birth date birth place birthname ... BAndrews egafd bgafd imdb 0028587 afdb 195 eurobabeindex spelling US Brittany Andrews is an United ... 2003, Brittany Andrews was appointed to the Women In Adult WIA Board of Directors as the Talent Liaison. ref name WIA cite web url http www.xbiz.com news news piece.php?id 1217 title Brittany Andrews ... cite web url http www.facebook.com pages Brittany Andrews 54288985964?v info title Brittany ... pornographic movies such as the strap on dildo strap on movie Brittany s Bitch Boys . ref name BBB cite web url http ainews.com Archives Story2656.phtml title Brittany Andrews Straps One On While McCain ... . ref name lesbiansinlust cite web url http www.imdb.com title tt0794116 title Brittany Andrews ... 17 brittany andrews plays it safe title Brittany Andrews Plays It Safe accessdate 2008 07 16 author Gretchen Gallen date 2004 07 17 publisher Brittany Andrews Press ref In 2007, Andrews was featured ... Tyra cite web url http business.avn.com articles 4097.html title Brittany Andrews Featured on Tyra Banks ... title Miss Brittany Andrews Bids Farewell To Porn accessdate 2008 07 16 author David Sullivan date ... cite web url http www.adversus.com glamour models brittany andrews.html title Brittany Andrews ... film Sex and the City A XXX Parody . ref cite web url http business.avn.com articles Brittany Andrews Returns for Sex and the City A XXX Parody 401020.html title Brittany Andrews Returns for Sex and the City ... Brittany Andrews Portal Pornography http www.lukeisback.com stars stars brittany andrews.htm Interview ... . NAME Andrews, Brittany ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1973 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Andrews, Brittany Category American erotic dancers Category ... People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin Category 1973 births ca Brittany Andrews da Brittany Andrews ... more details
Saint Tremorus of Brittany is a sixth century child martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic Church . He was murdered by his stepfather Count Conmore while being educated at a monastery in Carhaix, Brittany . Conmore killed the boy because he hated Christianity. He was the son of Saint Triphena, who retired to a convent after her son s murder, and was taught by Gildas the Wise . ref http saints.sqpn.com saint tremorus of brittany ref Notes reflist Category Child saints ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 The Duchy of Montferrat was created out of what was left of the March of Montferrat after the last Palaeologus heir had died 1533 and the margraviate been briefly controlled by Spain until 1536 . After that brief interlude, it passed to the House of Gonzaga Gonzaga Dukes of Mantua . In 1574 , Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor , raised Montferrat to the status of a duchy. At that time, Montferrat had an area of 2750 km , and consisted of two separate parts bordered by the Duchy of Savoy , the Duchy of Milan , and the Republic of Genoa . Its capital was Casale Monferrato . With the War of the Mantuan Succession 1628 &ndash 1631 , a piece of the duchy passed to Savoy the remainder passed to Savoy in 1708, as Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor , gained possession of the principal Gonzaga territory, the Duchy of Mantua . The next heir of the House of Gonzaga was later compensated with the Duchy of Teschen in Silesia . See also Rulers of Montferrat , for a list of margraves and dukes Countries of the Kingdom of Sardinia Coord missing DEFAULTSORT Duchy Of Montferrat Category 1708 disestablishments Category States of the Holy Roman Empire Montferrat, Duchy of Category Dukes of Montferrat Category States and territories established in 1574 Italy hist stub it Marchesato del Monferrato ... more details
shades of grey, Upper Brittany in colours, Lower Brittany . Upper Brittany lang fr Haute ... part of Brittany which is predominantly of a Romance languages Romance culture and is associated with the Gallo language . The name is in counterpoint to Lower Brittany , the western part of the ancient ... between Upper and Lower Brittany falls. In many regards, Upper Brittany is dominated by the industrial ... Upper Brittany University of Rennes 2 . ref George Thomas Kurian, Geo data the world geographical encyclopedia 1989 , p. 151 ref Distinctions The principal distinction between the two parts of Brittany is that Lower Brittany is the historic realm of the Breton language , while Upper Brittany is that of Gallo language Gallo , closely related to French language French . The isolation of Brittany from the mainsteam of French society was always less acute in Upper than in Lower Brittany, largely thanks ... Revolt of the Papier Timbr of 1675 was more ferocious in Lower Brittany than in Upper, but the Chouannerie ... support in Upper Brittany than in Lower. ref Donald Sutherland, The Chouans the social origins of popular counter revolution in Upper Brittany, 1770 1796 Oxford Clarendon Press, 1982 ref ref Donald Sutherland ... Brittany , in Social History , v. 9 1984 , pp. 351 360 ref ref Roger Dupuy , Chouans Chouannerie ... Brittany accounted for some sixty per cent of the province s emigrants to French Canada , with especially ... a smaller population than Lower Brittany until the middle of the 20th century. In the realm of cuisine , the pancake s known as galette s, made with buckwheat , originated in Upper Brittany, cr pe s, made with wheat flour, in Lower Brittany. ref http www.french property.com regions bretagne food gastronomy crepes galettes Brittany Crepes and Galettes at french property.com ref ref http www.theworldwidegourmet.com recipes crepes bretonnes brittany style pancakes Cr pes bretonnes Brittany Style Pancakes ... and industry has been more pronounced in Upper Brittany than in Lower Brittany, the character of which ... more details
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