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Brittany is in France.
843 Battle of Blain aka Messac
1483 Edward Woodville puts to sea taking the Royal Treasure
On 15th September 1146 Alan "Black" Penthièvre 1st Earl Richmond (age 46) died at Brittany [Map]. His son Conan (age 8) succeeded 2nd Earl Richmond.
In 1471 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 13) fled to Brittany [Map].
In 1483 Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 27) travelled to Brittany [Map].
On 26th April 1483 Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 27) put to sea with around twenty ships taking a part of the Royal treasure with him eventually arriving in Brittany [Map].
Around November 1483 Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 28) and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde escaped to Henry VII in Brittany [Map]. Walter Hungerford (age 19), Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 32) and Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 24) took part. The rebellion was suppressed by Richard Guildford (age 33) and Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby 9th Baron Latimer (age 31).
In 1489 Parliament granted King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 31) £100,000 taxes to pay for his support of Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France 1477-1514's claim to the throne of Brittany [Map]. The North rebelled claiming to have already paid through local taxes.
In 1491 Thomas Wriothesley (age 3) accompanied King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 33) to Brittany [Map].
In 1491 Henry Willoughby (age 40) fought at Brittany [Map].
Blain, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 24th May 843 the Battle of Blain aka Messac was a battle between Brittany and the County of Nantes over control of Nantes which, at that time, was controlled by the Frankish Kingdom. The Franks were defeated.
Lambert Guideschi II Count Nantes commanded the Breton army.
Renaud Count of Herbauges, Poitiers and Nantes, who commanded the army of Nantes, was killed the following day.
Brest, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 10th August 1512 Edward Howard (age 36) commanded at Brest during the Battle of Saint Mathieu.
Thomas Knyvet (age 27) was killed in the fight between The Regent and La Reine
Wriothesley's Chronicle. 10th August 1512. This yeare the Regent of England, a shippe, and a carike of France, were burnt in Bristowe haveng, and Sir Thomas Knyvett (age 27) in her with all his men.
Note g. Note. This engagement, one of the most striking recorded in the annals of the English nayy, was fought off Brest Harbour on the 10th August, 1512, in which the Regent, a first-class English vessel, commanded by Sir Thomas Knyvett, Master of the Horse, and the French vessel Cordeliere, commanded by Primanget, called by the English chroniclers Sir Piers Morgan, were blown up with the loss of all their men. Hall's Chronicle, pp. 634-6. A letter of Wolsey, describing the loss of the Regent, may be seen in MS. Cotton. Vitcl. B. ii. p. 180.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 2nd January 1667. Up, I, and walked to White Hall to attend the Duke of York (age 33), as usual. My wife up, and with Mrs. Pen (age 16) to walk in the fields to frost-bite themselves. I find the Court full of great apprehensions of the French, who have certainly shipped landsmen, great numbers, at Brest; and most of our people here guess his design for Ireland. We have orders to send all the ships we can possible to the Downes. God have mercy on us! for we can send forth no ships without men, nor will men go without money, every day bringing us news of new mutinies among the seamen; so that our condition is like to be very miserable.
John Evelyn's Diary. 13th July 1694. Lord Berkeley (age 31) burnt Dieppe and Havre de Grace with bombs, in revenge for the defeat at Brest. This manner of destructive war was begun by the French, is exceedingly ruinous, especially falling on the poorer people, and does not seem to tend to make a more speedy end of the war; but rather to exasperate and incite to revenge. Many executed at London for clipping money, now done to that intolerable extent, that there was hardly any money that was worth above half the nominal icon.
Carnac, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Archaeologia Volume 22 Section XIV. Account of a Visit to the Monument usually considered as Druidical, at Carnac in Brittany, made in the month of September 1825, by Alexander Logan, Esq.: Communicated by James Logan, Esq. F.S.A. Edinb. in a Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. President. Read 14th June 1827.
Kerlescan Stone Rows, Carnac, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
Kerlescan Stone Rows is also in Prehistoric Brittany Stones.
Archaeologia Volume 25 Section XII. Kerlescan Stone Rows [Map].
Ménec Stone Rows, Carnac, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
Ménec Stone Rows is also in Prehistoric Brittany Stones.
Archaeologia Volume 25 Section XII. Ménec Stone Rows [Map].
Dinan, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Motte Broons, Dinan, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Around 1320 Bertrand Geusclin was born at Motte Broons.
Dinard, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 14th November 1900 William Montagu 9th Duke Manchester (age 23) and Helena Zimmerman (age 22) were married at St Marylebone Church. They had met at a costume ball at a Brittany coast resort in Dinard in Brittany. They had two sons and two daughters. He the son of George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester and Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester (age 47).
Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Menhir de Champ-Dolent, Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
Menhir de Champ-Dolent, Dol-de-Bretagne is also in Prehistoric Brittany Stones.
Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Camaret, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 13th January 1403 Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 33) with her two daughters Marguerite Montfort Viscountess Rohan (age 11) and Blanche Montfort Countess Armagnac (age 6) departed from Camaret to travel to England intending to land at Southampton. A storm caused them to land at Falmouth, Cornwall from where they travelled to Winchester.
Commana, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Allée Couverte du Mougau-Bihan, Commana, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
Allée Couverte du Mougau-Bihan is also in Prehistoric Brittany Stones.
Allée Couverte du Mougau-Bihan [Map]. The monument was mentioned as early as 1843 by Jean-Baptiste Ogée. The first description given of it was by Jean-Marie Abgrall in 1884. The allée couverte was classified as a historic monument by decree of 14 June 1909. It is oriented north-south and opens to the north-northeast. It is 14m long with an internal width ranging from 1 to 1.40m. It is delimited by eighteen orthostats, ten on the east side and eight on the west side. Several slabs are decorated with bas-relief sculptures.
Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Finistère 1884 Section 16. The Sculptures of an Allee Couverte of Mogan-Bihan [Map], in Commana1.
Les Sculptures of an Allee Couverte du Mogan-Bihan, en Commana,
Note 1. Note de M. Abgrall, luc dans la séauce du 16 octobre 1834.
Plouigneau, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 5th September 1095 Main D'Aubigny (age 40) died at Plouigneau.
On 13th August 1417 Bryan Stapleton (age 33) died at Plouigneau.
Guerrand, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
On 2nd October 1386 John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 47) and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 16) were married at Saillé [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux, Countess Richmond. His third marriage, her first. The marriage proceeded when her father Charles "Bad" II King Navarre (age 53) agreed to give his daughter 120,000 gold francs and to pay 6,000 francs owed to John, duke of Brittany, for the rent of certain lands. He, John, gave her the cities of Nantes [Map] and Guerrand [Map]. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Guillac, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 26th March 1351 the Combat of the Thirty was an arranged joust, or melee, between selected combatants from both sides of the conflict, fought at at Guillac, a site midway between the Breton castles of Josselin and Ploërmel among 30 champions, knights, and squires on each side.
Robert Knollys (age 26) took part.
Hugh Calverley (age 27) fought, was captured and ransomed.
The date of the battle sometimes given as the 27th of March 1351. De la Borderie, History of Brittany, vol. III, p. 514, note 4: Up to now, all historians who have written about the Battle of the Thirty have dated it to March 27, 1351. That is also the date inscribed on the commemorative pyramid at Mi-Voie. However, this date is one day off. According to a contemporary poem, the battle was fought on a Saturday, the eve of Laetare Sunday (Jerusalem), that is, the fourth Sunday of Lent. In 1351, Easter fell on April 17, so Laetare Sunday was March 27. Therefore, the eve of that Sunday—the day of the Battle of the Thirty—was not March 27, but March 26. See the title and conclusion of the poem, ed. Crapelet, pp. 13 and 35, and stanza 34, Crapelet p. 30.
Hennebont, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
In 1295 John Montfort IV Duke Brittany was born to Arthur Capet Duke Brittany (age 33) and Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 34) at Hennebont. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 16th September 1345 John Montfort IV Duke Brittany (age 50) died at Hennebont. His son John (age 6) succeeded V Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux. Mary Plantagenet Duchess Brittany by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux.
Ille et Vilaine, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Grand Fougeray, Ille et Vilaine, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 22nd August 851 Lambert Guideschi II Count Nantes fought at Grand Fougeray during the Battle of Jengland.
Redon, Ille et Vilaine, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 22nd November 845 Lambert Guideschi II Count Nantes fought at Redon during the Battle of Ballon.
Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Auray, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 29th September 1364 Battle of Auray decided the Breton Succession in favour of John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 25). The Breton and English army was commanded by John Chandos (age 44) and included William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 34), Miles Stapleton (age 44) and Hugh Calverley (age 40). Charles "Saint" Chatillon Duke Brittany (age 45) was killed. Bertrand Geusclin (age 44) surrendered.
Gavrinis, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Pierres Plats Chambered Tomb, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
Pierres Plats Chambered Tomb is also in Prehistoric Brittany Burials.
Pierres Plats Chambered Tomb [Map]. Well-preserved Passage Tomb with multiple carvings.
Morlaix, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 30th September 1342 the French army attacked the English besiegers of Morlaix forcing the English to retreat to the nearby woods. William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 32) commanded, John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford (age 30) and Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 34) fought.
In 1355 John Babington (age 55) died at Morlaix.
On 1st July 1522 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 79) was present at Morlaix during the Sacking of Morlaix. Giles Hussey (age 27) was knighted by Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk.
Nantes, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
In 952 Alan "Twisted Beard" Poher II Duke Brittany (age 52) died at Nantes [Map]. His son Drogo succeeded Duke Brittany.
On 26th July 1158 Geoffrey Plantagenet Count Nantes (age 24) died at Nantes [Map].
On 2nd October 1386 John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 47) and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 16) were married at Saillé [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux, Countess Richmond. His third marriage, her first. The marriage proceeded when her father Charles "Bad" II King Navarre (age 53) agreed to give his daughter 120,000 gold francs and to pay 6,000 francs owed to John, duke of Brittany, for the rent of certain lands. He, John, gave her the cities of Nantes [Map] and Guerrand [Map]. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 1st October 1431 Yolande of Laval was born to Guy 14th de Laval Count (age 25) and Isabella Montfort (age 20) at Nantes [Map].
On 4th May 1830 Jules Arnous de Rivière Chess Player was born to William Henri Arnous-Rivière and Marie Tobin (age 24) at Nantes [Map].
Rennes, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
Rennes Cathedral, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
On 25th December 1483 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 26) promised to marry Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 17) at a ceremony in Rennes Cathedral [Map].
Saillé, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
On 2nd October 1386 John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 47) and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 16) were married at Saillé [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux, Countess Richmond. His third marriage, her first. The marriage proceeded when her father Charles "Bad" II King Navarre (age 53) agreed to give his daughter 120,000 gold francs and to pay 6,000 francs owed to John, duke of Brittany, for the rent of certain lands. He, John, gave her the cities of Nantes [Map] and Guerrand [Map]. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
St Malo, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
Saint Aubin d'Aubigné, St Malo, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
In 1055 Main D'Aubigny was born at Saint Aubin d'Aubigné.
Ushant, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents [Map]
Ushant, Brittany [Map]. An island at the southwestern end of the English Channel, the north-western tip of Brittany, which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France.
Calendar of State Papers of Spain. 4th October 1501. Voyage of the Princess of Wales [Catherine of Aragon (age 15)], and arrival in England. 305. The Licentiate Alcares to Queen Isabella (age 50).
The Princess of Wales embarked1 on Monday the 27th of September. At five o'clock in the afteroon the ship weighed anchor, and set sail. The weather was favourable at first, but changed after midnight. Continued their voyage until they were off Ushant [Map], without any great inconvenience. The winds were variable, but the sea was not rough. When they had passed Ushant [Map], however, they were overtaken by a most furious vendabal2, thunderstorms, and immense waves. Had a thunderstorm every four or five hours during the rest of the voyage. "It was impossible not to be frightened."
The following Saturday [2nd October 1501], at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Princess entered the harbour of Plymouth [Map], which is the firston the coast of England. "She could not have been received with greater rejoicings, if she had been the Saviour of the world." As soon as she left the boat, she went in procession to the church [Plymouth Monastery [Map]], where, it is to be hoped, God gave her the possession of all these realms for such a period as would be long enough to enable her to enjoy life, and to leave heirs to the throne.—4th of October.
Addressed: "To the very powerful Queen of Spain, our excellent Lady." Spanish. Holograph, pp. 2.
Note 2. "Viento de abajo" (wind from below), that is, according to Castilian phraseology, south wind.
Vannes, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 17th December 1859 Paul César Helleu was born to Pierre-César Helleu and Marie-Esther Guyot at Vannes, Brittany.
Île de Bréhat, Brittany, France, Europe, Continents
On 15th September 1408 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 24) was killed at Île de Bréhat during the Battle of Île de Bréhat. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. Earl Kent, Baron Holand extinct. Baron Wake of Liddell abeyant.