Biography of John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 1218-1286
Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois
In 1203 [his uncle] Arthur Plantagenet 3rd Duke Brittany (age 16) was murdered at Rouen, France [Map]. His half sister [his mother] Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany (age 1) succeeded 5th Countess Richmond. Her half-sister [his aunt] Eleanor "Fair Maid of Britanny" 4th Countess of Richmond (age 19), who was imprisoned from 1202 to her death, also used the title Countess of Richmond.
In or before 1217 [his father] Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 30) and [his mother] Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany (age 15) were married. He by marriage Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux, Earl Richmond. She the daughter of Guy Thouars and Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany. He the son of Robert Capet II Count Dreux (age 62) and Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux (age 52). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In 1218 [his father] Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 31) was created 1st Earl Richmond.
In 1218 John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany was born to Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 31) and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany (age 16).
In 1221 [his mother] Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany (age 19) died. Earl Richmond extinct. It isn't clear why her son didn't inherit the title? Her husband had been created Earl Richmond in his own right in 1218 so possible her son didn't inherit the first, contested, creation since he would succeed to the second creation.
Before Feb 1232 [his father] Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 45) and Nicole Unknown were married. He the son of Robert Capet II Count Dreux and Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux.
In 1236 John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 18) and Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Theobald IV King Navarre (age 34) and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy. He the son of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 49) and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
Chronica Majora. Apr 1236. In the spring of the same year, many of the nobles rose in insurrection, to make war against the kingdom of France, for it excited their indignation that France, the kingdom of kingdoms, was governed by a woman's counsel. Men of rank and renown, and who had been trained to arms from their early youth, joined in the insurrection; the [his father-in-law] king of Navarre (age 34), that is, the count of Champagne; the count de la Marche (age 53), the count of Brittany (age 18), and a great many other nobles, allied themselves together by treaty and oath.
Chronica Majora. 1237. At this time the pope summoned the count of Brittany (age 19) to his counsel, to the astonishment of many, who wondered that he should call on a man notorious for such manifold acts of treachery to manage his arduous business. But he had chosem and selected the said count before all others, as a man most skilful in warfare, bold in fight, of illustrious family, and one who had gained experience by frequent conflicts both by sea and land, to intrust to him the guidance and command of the Christian army, and to consign to him the money to be expended in the necessary preparations for the march of the crusaders.
In 1239 [his son] John Capet II Duke Brittany was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 21) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 13).
In 1241 [his son] Peter Capet was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 23) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 15).
In 1243 [his daughter] Alix Capet Countess Saint Pol was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 25) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 17).
In 1245 [his son] Theobald Capet was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 27) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 19).
In 1246 [his son] Theobald Capet (age 1) died.
In 1247 [his son] Theobald Capet died.
In 1247 [his son] Theobald Capet was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 29) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 21).
In 1248 [his daughter] Eleanor Capet was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 30) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 22).
In 1248 [his daughter] Eleanor Capet died.
In 1249 [his son] Nicholas Capet was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 31) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 23).
On 26 May 1250 [his father] Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 63) died.
In 1251 [his son] Nicholas Capet (age 2) died.
In 1251 [his son] Robert Capet was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 33) and [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 25).
In 1259 [his son] Robert Capet (age 8) died.
On 22 Jan 1260 [his son] John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 17) were married. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 52) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 37). He the son of John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 42) and Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 34). They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1268 John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 50) was restored 2nd Earl Richmond.
In 1268 [his son] Peter Capet (age 27) died.
Before 09 May 1271 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 31) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 30) sailed from Palermo and travelled to Acre arriving on 09 May 1271. They were later joined by Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 26), John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 53) and Teobaldo Visconti Archdeacon of Liège (age 41) (who would become Pope a month later).
On 12 Aug 1283 [his wife] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 57) died.
On 08 Oct 1286 John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 68) died. His son [his son] John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 47) succeeded 2nd Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux, 3rd Earl Richmond.
Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 4 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 1
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre x 1
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France x 1
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg x 1
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden x 1
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France x 1
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France x 1
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile x 1
Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon x 1
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford x 1
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland x 1
Charlotte Savoy Queen Consort France x 1
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress x 1
Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France x 1
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile x 3
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon x 1
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre x 3
Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress x 1
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 3
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland x 7
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France x 4
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 5
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 5
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine x 2
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor x 1
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain x 1
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia x 2
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia x 1
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal x 11
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia x 13
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 3
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 3
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 3
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 4
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 4
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 3
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 3
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 3
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 6
Frederick VII King Denmark x 9
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 6
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 6
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 3
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 18
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 18
Frederick Charles I King Finland x 6
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 9
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 18
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 18
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 18
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 18
Carl XVI King Sweden x 36
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Amorous" I King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rurik Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ivrea I Count Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy
GrandFather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Father: Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany
Great x 2 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Beaugency
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Capet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandMother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders II Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Reginar Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerald I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Namur III Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Billung Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg
John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars III Viscount Thouars
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ameline Unknown
Great x 2 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars V Viscount Thouars
Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars IV Viscount Thouars
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Rouerge Duke Narbonne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne
GrandFather: Guy Thouars
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Fair and Pious" Lusignan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Devil" Lusignan VI Count Lusignan I Count La Marche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Brown" Lusignan VII Count Lusignan II Count La Marche
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hildegarde Thouars Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aremgarde Mauleon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aenor Lusignan Viscountess Thouars
Great x 2 Grandmother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Mother: Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo Penthièvre I Count Penthièvre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Penthièvre Count Tréguier
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Canhiart
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan "Black" Penthièvre 1st Earl Richmond
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Guingamp
Great x 1 Grandfather: Conan "The Young" Penthièvre IV Duke Brittany Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany
Great x 3 Grandfather: Conan "Fat" Canhiart III Duke Brittany
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertha Canhiart I Duchess Brittany Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzroy Duchess Brittany Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Malcolm III King Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl Surrey
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois