FRANCIS II, Duke of Brittany

1435–88, duke of Brittany. He succeeded (1458) his uncle Arthur III. In his struggle with the French crown for the independence of his duchy, Francis entered (1465) the League of the Public Weal against King Louis XI and invaded Normandy in 1467. Though forced to sign the Peace of Ancenis (1468), he continued to plot against Louis. In 1484 he joined in a rebellion against Louis's successor, King Charles VIII, but was decisively defeated in 1488. After Francis's death his daughter, Anne of Brittany, was married to Charles VIII.

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John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, 1504-1553
Book by David Loades; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Dudley Family, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1485-1603, Nobility--Great Britain--Biography, Northumberland, John Dudley--Duke Of--1502-1553, Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography
...1509-1558 London, 1982 , ii. 64. 55 L. and...Sir John sent him a copy of his statement to sign...rebellion in Lincolnshire. The duke of Norfolk was placed...ordered a full mobilization of the fleet in Apr., and...xii. i. 815-16; ibid., ii. 393, 535 . 72...
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Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158-1203
Book by J. A Everard; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Anjou, House Of, Brittany (France)--History, France--Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Relations--France, Henry--Ii--King Of England--1133-1189
...The government of Brittany under Henry II 76 4 Duke Geoffrey and Brittany...Geoffrey had become duke of Brittany in 1181. HENRY II AND BRITTANY...inheritance, Henry II became de facto duke of Brittany. I have deliberately...
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Religious Life for Women, C.1100-C.1350: Fontevraud in England
Book by Berenice M. Kerr; Clarendon Press, 1999
Subjects: Eleanor--Of Brittany, Abbess Of Fontevraud--1275-1342, Monastic And Religious Life Of Women--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Order Of Fontevraud--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Robert--Of Arbrissel--Ca. 1045-1117
...of Craon was on the border of Anjou and Brittany. See Map 1.1. without water, sleeping on...the interior battle against the demands of the flesh. This programme, he believed...his visit to Angers in 1096 Pope Urban II summoned Robert, bade him preach, and...
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The Threads of the Scarlet Letter: A Study of Hawthorne's Transformative Art
Book by Richard Kopley; University of Delaware Press, 2003
Subjects: Hawthorne, Nathaniel--1804-1864--Scarlet Letter--Sources, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Intertextuality, Literary Form--History--19th Century, Lowell, James Russell--1819-1891--Legend Of Brittany, Poe, Edgar Allan--1809-1849--Tell-Tale Heart, Wheelwright, Ebenezer--1800-1877--Salem Belle
...Heart, A Legend of Brittany, and The Salem Belle...skillful attenuation of these texts that...probing (accounts of Francis Cheynells torment...Chillingworths Sir Francis Varney, Richard...famous tale, but, of course, other historical...neglected: A Legend of Brittany. Lowells first...
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Gone with the Windsors
Book by Iles Brody; Winston, 1953
Subjects: Marriages Of Royalty And Nobility--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Nobility--Great Britain--Biography, Windsor, Edward--Duke Of--1894-1972, Windsor, Wallis Warfield--Duchess Of--1896-
...of Richard II . When Edward...became a subject of the new King...him the title Duke of Windsor...Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. . . . The Duke made a solo...Elizabeth II had taken place...possibility of recognition...When the Duke at last achieved...
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Family Members and Political Allies: the Portrait Collection of Margaret of Austria
Journal article by Dagmar Eichberger, Lisa Beaven; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Art, Collections, Margaret of Austria (1480-1530)
...1523-24. 135. The portrait of the duke of Berry is clearly the same work that...Charles VIII, nor the reigning king, Francis I, was present. 137. In addition...a more useful match with Anne of Brittany, she was forced to leave the court...
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Possessing the Sacred: Monarchy and Identity in Philip II's Relic Collection at the Escorial
Journal article by Guy Lazure; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Kings and rulers--History, Kings--History, Philip II, King of Spain--History, Spanish monarchy--History
...height of Philip IIs claims on the French throne, the Duke of Mercoeur, then Governor of Brittany, looked to form a strategic alliance with the King...relic of Saint Yvon from St-Brieuc, for which Philip II showed a special devotion during his agony, is related...
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Death and the Cardinal: The Two Bodies of Guillaume d'Estouteville [*]
Journal article by Meredith J. Gill; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Burial--Rites and ceremonies, Cardinals--Conduct of life, Rites and ceremonies--Planning, d'Estouteville, Guillaume--Conduct of life
...inventive example, fashioned the tomb for Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, in Dijon from alabaster. The brilliant white...Charles VIII (now destroyed) by Guido Mazzoni of 1498, of Francis II of Brittany and Marguerite de Foix of 1499 (fig. 3) in the Cathedral...
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Louis XII: The Unlikely Lad
Journal article by Glenn Richardson; History Review, 1998
Subjects: Henry VII, King of England--Conduct of life, Louis XII, King of France--Conduct of life, Monarchy--France
...overhauled substantially by Francis I. The Fortunes of War Louiss greatest...France following Anne of Brittanys marriage to Charles VIII...his grandfather, Louis I duke of Orleans, to Valentina...The new pope, Julius II, was determined to recover...
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Cannibalism, the First Crusade, and the Genesis of Medieval Romance
Journal article by Geraldine Heng; Differences, Vol. 10, 1998
Subjects: Feminism, Feminist Criticism, Women, Women--United States
...history by Cadwallo to his foster father, the king of Brittany, of excessive sexuality indulged in by the Britons, of a kind...culture that putatively inhabited the courts of William II, Robert Cuthose, and select Anglo-Norman nobility of the...
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The French Renaissance Court: R.J. Knecht Looks at the Practical Considerations Behind the Smooth Operation of the Huge Courts of the Valois Kings of France
Magazine article by R.J. Knecht; History Today, Vol. 57, July 2007
Subjects: Courtly life--Economic aspects, Courtly life--Military aspects, Courtly life--Social aspects, French history, 1328-1589 (Valois dynasty)--Personalities, French history, 1328-1589 (Valois dynasty)--Political aspects, Royalty--Homes and haunts, Royalty--Travel
...for Anne of Brittany, the salamander for Francis I. At Rouen...and skill. Francis I had both...alienated the Duke of Bourbon...of Henry II in 1559 and...Alencon, now Duke of Anjou, died...removed from Francis I than his...
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Anne De Montmorency: Great Master, Great Survivor: Glenn Richardson Explores the Talents and Fortune of the 16th-Century French Courtier Who Served Five Kings
Magazine article by Glenn Richardson; History Today, Vol. 52, September 2002
Subjects: France--Military aspects, Montmorency, Anne de--Conduct of life, Soldiers--History
...recognition Henry II created him a duke and peer of France. Montmorency...previous reign. Francis, Duke of...decade of Franciss life resented...1552 the Duke of Guise defended...against Philip II of Spain...upon the Duke of Guise. Once...estates. Francis II died in December...
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Premature Anti-Fascist
Magazine article by Bernard Knox; The Antioch Review, Vol. 57, Spring 1999
Subjects: Classicists--Personal narratives, Soldiers--Personal narratives, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939--Personal narratives
...enforce his claim. I knew that the Duke of Wellington had fought a long, hard...my military specialty in World War II) was a Spanish word. But I had no real...was the distinguished Greek scholar Francis MacDonald Cornford, author of brilliant...
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Welcome New Members
Magazine article; Corrections Today, Vol. 70, April 2008
Subjects: American Correctional Association--Officials and employees, Professional associations--Officials and employees, Trade and professional associations--Officials and employees
...Kasey Cain, Nathan Cain II, Cara DAgostino, Donna...William Sills, Tisha Smith, Francis Steinbach Jr., Linda Struck...Dehoag, Amy Doss, Michael Duke, Carla Fosbre, Michael...PENNSYLVANIA -- York College of Pennsylvania ASSOCIATE...Davidson, Chelsie Deardorff, Brittany Hancock, Joel Jackson...


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My Sainted Volvo! Answers to Correspondents
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 23, 2007
Subjects: Ghia Inc.
...true? IN 1700, William, Duke of Gloucester, last surviving...Anne, sister of Queen Mary II, died and it seemed unlikely...James II and his son, James Francis Edward Stuart. As a result...football pitch? Derek Scott, Brittany, France. Q: My grandfather...
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Movies; Mini-Reviews
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, September 6, 2001
...taken-for-granted son of hoops coach Duke Goulding, a ranting basket...Desi Brable, daughter of the dean, a thankless...Set just after World War II on a lonely, fog-shrouded...Hathaway, cast as a San Francisco prep school girl who discovers...ceding carefree townie slut Brittany Murphy to the zany team...


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encyclopedia articles on: Francis II Duke of Brittany  - 12 results

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Francis II , Duke of Brittany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRANCIS II , duke of Brittany 1435 88, duke of Brittany. He succeeded (1458...independence of his duchy, Francis entered (1465) the...defeated in 1488. After Franciss death his daughter, Anne of Brittany , was married to Charles...
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Anne of Brittany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...until her death. The daughter of Duke Francis II of Brittany, she was heiress to his duchy...to Francis of Angouleme (later Francis I of France) led to the eventual incorporation (1532) by France of Brittany, which had previously remained...
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Brittany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Hundred Years War. The unsuccessful rebellion of Duke Francis II against the French crown led to the absorption of Brittany into France after the accession of his daughter, Anne...
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Louis XI , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Philip the Good; Francis II , duke of Brittany; Jean, comte du Dunois...duke of Burgundy, with Francis II; Charles also obtained the support of King Edward IV of England. When the duke of Brittany invaded Normandy, Louis...
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Louis XII , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...as duke. While still duke, he rebelled against the regency of Anne de Beaujeu and...the personal union of Brittany and France by having...with King Ferdinand II of Aragon. By the treaties...betrothed to her cousin, Francis of Angouleme, later...
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