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Edward III's Breton campaign, 1342–1343 Part of the Breton Civil War and the Hundred Years' War Edward III outside a walled town Date 26 October 1342 – 19 January 1343 Location Brittany Result Inconclusive (Truce of Malestroit) Belligerents France House of Blois England House of Montfort Commanders and leaders Charles of Blois John, Duke of Normandy Edward III Strength Unknown but large ...
From a historical perspective, the Bretons had steadily lost lands to the Norman's ancestors, the Seine River Vikings. The 1064–1065 animosity between Brittany and Normandy was sparked after William the Conqueror, as Duke of Normandy, supported a Breton, Rivallon I of Dol's rebellion against the hereditary Duke of Brittany, Conan II.
Brittany was a province of France, but although the dukes of Brittany were vassals of the French kings they governed the duchy as independent rulers. When Duke John III ( r. 1312–1341 ) died on 30 April 1341, title to the duchy was claimed by both his niece, Joan of Penthièvre , and his younger half-brother, John of Montfort .
[2] At the end of 1372, the Parliament of England approved a project to reinforce the naval forces and to send an expeditionary force of 4,000 men led by John of Gaunt. According to the initial plan, he would land in Brittany to restore the authority of John IV of Brittany, then cross the river Loire at Nantes and enter Aquitaine through Bas ...
The Mont-Saint-Michel Bay (French: baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, pronounced [bɛ dy mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Breton: Bae Menez-Mikael) is located between Brittany (to the south west) and the Normandy peninsula of Cotentin (to the south and east). [2]
The 1064–1065 war between Brittany and Normandy (the Breton-Norman War) was sparked after Duke William supported the rebellion against Conan II led by Rivallon I of Dol. In 1065, before his invasion of Anglo-Saxon England , William of Normandy warned his rivals in Brittany and Anjou to abstain from any attacks on his duchy, on the grounds ...