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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Brittany canonical 42
Dukes of Brittany 2
Alan II, 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 (49)

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 ⓘ
House of Ingelger → heldTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Arthur de Richemont → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Dauphin of France → associatedTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
House of Montfort → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
King of Brittany → precedes → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
King of Brittany → followedBy → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
King of Brittany → relatedTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
House of Nantes → hasTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
House of Nantes → usedTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
House of Rennes → hasTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
House of Cornouaille → hasTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
House of Cornouaille → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
House of Cornouaille → usedTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brittany by the grace of God
Potius mori quam foedari → associatedWith → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Brittany
John of Montfort → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Brittany (disputed)
House of Dreux → notableTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John I, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John I, Duke of Brittany → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John II, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John II, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John III, Duke of Brittany → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John III, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John IV, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John V, Duke of Brittany → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John V, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Francis I, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Francis I, Duke of Brittany → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Francis II, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Peter I, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Countess of Richmond → linkedToDynasty → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Brittany
Peter II, Duke of Brittany → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Peter II, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John VI, Duke of Brittany → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
John VI, Duke of Brittany → title → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Mary → spouseTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary of Waltham
Geoffrey, son of Henry II → nobleTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Geoffrey, son of Henry II → positionHeld → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Countess of Montfort → spouseTitle → Duke of Brittany ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary of Waltham