died in 1384 and left Penthièvre to her oldest son, John (1340–1404). In turn, John left the county to his son, Olivier, Count of Penthièvre (1389–1433)...

Illustrated History of France (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-521-43294-4. Titles of the counts and dukes of Anjou in the 11-16th...

Duke of Normandy Duke of Orléans Counts and dukes of Penthièvre Counts and dukes of Rethel Counts and Dukes of Vendôme Counts of Arles Count of Armagnac...

Odo of Rennes (Medieval Breton: Eudon Pentevr, Modern Breton: Eozen Penteur, Latin: Eudo, French: Eudes/Éon de Penthièvre) (c. 999–1079), Count of Penthièvre...

Montespan. From birth he was known as the Duke of Penthièvre. He also possessed the following titles: Prince of Lamballe (given later as a courtesy title to...

intrigues with the House of Penthièvre. Joan of Penthièvre's later descendants, the Brosse line of the House of Penthièvre through Jean de Brosse, were...

Countship of Penthievre to his brother Eudes, thereby founding the Cadet Branch of the House of Rennes. Ruled with Odo, Count of Penthièvre until 1035...

Hereditary dukes were sometimes a female ruler, carrying the title duchesse of Brittany. Its principal cities and regions were ruled by counts who often...

The Seigneurs and Dukes of Mercœur were a line of powerful lords deriving their name from the estate of Mercœur in Auvergne, France. The line became extinct...

the French Wars of Religion. In 1565 on the death of his uncle, he gained both the governorship of Brittany and the county of Penthièvre which was subsequently...

French soldier and Governor of New France from 1661 to 1663. He was related to the old family who were counts and dukes of Penthièvre in Brittany. Davaugour...

Duchess of Brittany to her death. She was Countess of Penthièvre in her own right throughout her life. Joan was the only child of Guy de Penthièvre (brother...

Bourbon-Penthièvre. Due to the illegitimate birth of the comte de Toulouse, members of the House of Bourbon-Penthièvre were not Princes and Princesses...

Upon the count's death, the duc de Penthièvre succeeded his father in his posts and titles. Because of the marriage of Mademoiselle de Penthièvre to Louis...

Duke of Penthièvre (Charles Ferdinand Louis Philippe Emmanuel; 1 January 1820 – 25 July 1828) was the eighth child of the Duke and Duchess of Orléans...

of Penthièvre, he had five children: John I, Count of Penthièvre (1340–1404) and Viscount of Limoges. Guy Henry (d. 1400) Marie of Blois, Duchess of Anjou...

John III and Guy, count of Penthièvre (d. 1331). From Yolande, Arthur had another son, also named John, who became Count of Montfort. (See Dukes of Brittany...

Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (13 March 1753 – 23 June 1821), was the daughter of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and Princess Maria Teresa...

Yolande of Dreux. They were parents of three children: John III, Duke of Brittany (8 March 1286 – 30 April 1341). Guy de Penthièvre, Count of Penthièvre (1287...

Duke of Orléans, younger son of Louis XIII and younger brother of Louis XIV, the "Sun King". From 1709 until the French Revolution, the Orléans dukes were...

marrying Mademoiselle de Penthièvre due to her bastard race; this is an irony in itself due to Louis Philippe and the Duke of Penthièvre were both descended...

Bretagne de Penthièvre or Guy VII de Limoges (1287 – March 27, 1331), was Viscount of Limoges from 1314 to 1317 and Count of Penthièvre from 1317 to...

the House of Dreux as Dukes of Brittany. The House of Penthièvre had lost the dukedom of Brittany to the House of Montfort in the Breton War of Succession...

IV over Joan of Penthièvre and her husband, Charles of Blois. John of Montfort was born in 1295, the only son to Arthur II of Brittany and his second wife...

the duchy would revert to the Penthièvres. Despite the military loss and the diplomatic treaty, the Counts of Penthièvre had not renounced their direct...

Saint-Brieuc, Dol-de-Bretagne and Rennes. Lamballe was the capital of the territory of the Counts of Penthièvre, who in 1569 were made dukes. La Noue, the famous...

peers. The title of Peer of France was an extraordinary honour granted only to a small number of dukes, counts, and princes of the Roman Catholic Church...

de Penthièvre (1505 in Lamballe – 31 January 1565) was a French governor, military commander and courtier. The son of René de Brosse and member of a prominent...

Listed are the wives of the Dukes of Brittany (some of whom claimed the title of King of Brittany) who were styled Duchesses of Brittany. Although there...

townhouse of the fabulously wealthy Duke of Penthièvre. Penthièvre was the only legitimate son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse and in turn...