Duke of Brittany

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ducal title hereditary noble title monarchical office

The Duke of Brittany was the sovereign or semi-sovereign ruler of the historic region of Brittany in northwestern France, holding a ducal title central to the area's medieval political and cultural identity.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Alan II, Duke of Brittany	1
Conan II, Duke of Brittany	1
Conan III, Duke of Brittany	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ducal title ⓘ hereditary noble title ⓘ monarchical office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Brittany ⓘ
coatOfArms	ermine field with black spots ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Brittany ⓘ surface form: Duchy of Brittany
dissolvedAbolishedOrDemolished	16th century ⓘ
endCause	union of Brittany and France ⓘ
follows	King of Brittany ⓘ
governmentForm	feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasAssociatedEvent	Treaty of Guérande ⓘ Treaty of Union of 1532 ⓘ War of the Breton Succession ⓘ
hasCapital	Nantes ⓘ Rennes ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	central to Breton identity ⓘ symbol of Breton autonomy ⓘ
hasDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Cornouaille ⓘ House of Dreux ⓘ House of Montfort ⓘ House of Nantes ⓘ House of Penthièvre ⓘ House of Rennes ⓘ House of Valois ⓘ
hasGenderedForm	Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ surface form: Duchess of Brittany
hasJurisdictionOver	Breton March ⓘ
hasLanguage	Breton ⓘ surface form: Breton language French ⓘ surface form: French language Gallo language ⓘ
hasMotto	Potius mori quam foedari ⓘ
hasSeat	Château des Ducs de Bretagne ⓘ surface form: Château des ducs de Bretagne
hasSymbol	ermine ⓘ
hasTitle	Duke ⓘ
historicalRegion	Brittany ⓘ
inception	10th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Nantes ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	northwestern France ⓘ
nobleRank	duke ⓘ
officeHolder	Duke of Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alan II, Duke of Brittany Anne of Brittany ⓘ Arthur II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ Claude of France ⓘ Duke of Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conan II, Duke of Brittany Duke of Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conan III, Duke of Brittany Conan IV, Duke of Brittany ⓘ Francis I, Duke of Brittany ⓘ Francis II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ Henry II of France ⓘ John I, Duke of Brittany ⓘ John II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ John III, Duke of Brittany ⓘ John IV, Duke of Brittany ⓘ John V, Duke of Brittany ⓘ John VI, Duke of Brittany ⓘ John of Montfort ⓘ Louis XII of France ⓘ Peter I, Duke of Brittany ⓘ Peter II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of France ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ surface form: medieval France
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
translationOfMotto	Rather death than dishonor ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Normandy → distinctFrom → Duke of Brittany ⓘ

Duke of Brittany → officeHolder → Duke of Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alan II, Duke of Brittany

Duke of Brittany → officeHolder → Duke of Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conan II, Duke of Brittany

Duke of Brittany → officeHolder → Duke of Brittany self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conan III, Duke of Brittany

Beatrice of England → spouseTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ

Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany → spouseTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ