Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany was the nephew of King John of England and a Plantagenet prince whose disputed claim to the English throne and mysterious early death made him a notable figure in medieval English history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Count of Anjou ⓘ
Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Plantagenet prince ⓘ
heir apparent ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of France ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries ⓘ
surface form: Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry
birthDate 1187 ⓘ
birthPlace Duchy of Brittany ⓘ
Nantes ⓘ
capturedAt Battle of Mirebeau ⓘ
capturedBy King John of England ⓘ
capturedDate 1202 ⓘ
causeOfDeath unknown ⓘ
country Duchy of Brittany ⓘ
deathAge about 16 ⓘ
deathDate 1203 ⓘ
deathPlace Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Rouen ⓘ
disputedHeirTo Angevin Empire ⓘ
English throne ⓘ
father Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
fullName Arthur I of Brittany ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
grandfather Henry II of England ⓘ
grandmother Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
mother Constance, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ
notableFor disputed claim to the English throne ⓘ
mysterious early death ⓘ
role in the succession crisis after Richard I ⓘ
portrayedIn William Shakespeare's play "King John" ⓘ
predecessorAsDukeOfBrittany Constance, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ
reignAsDukeOfBrittanyEnd 1203 ⓘ
reignAsDukeOfBrittanyStart 1201 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Plantagenet ⓘ
sibling Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
successorAsDukeOfBrittany Constance, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ
surface form: Alix of Thouars
supportedBy Philip II of France ⓘ
title Count of Anjou ⓘ
Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Earl of Richmond ⓘ
uncle King John of England ⓘ
King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ
surface form: Richard I of England

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Worcester Cathedral → burialPlaceOf → Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Peter I, Duke of Brittany → child → Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur of Brittany (son of Peter I)
Merlin (TV series) → mainCharacter → Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince Arthur
Ranulf de Blondeville → stepchild → Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
Treaty of Le Goulet → settledSuccessionDisputeBetween → Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
Treaty of Le Goulet → limitedClaimsOf → Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur I, Duke of Brittany