He wrote that his ancestors originated in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Brittany.

It was during a tour through the English strongholds that on 9 June Dagworth and his escort were trapped by Charles of Blois and his army near Saint-Pol-de-Léon.

Until this time, the town had effectively depended on Saint-Pol-de-Léon.

He was founder of the cathedral at Saint-Pol-de-Léon, the city named after him.

Alfred Jarry ( 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907 ) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany ; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side.

* 1532 – the Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France.

* Brittany or Lesser Britain, a region of France settled by ancient Britons

* Bangor, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Breton () is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany (; ), France.

Bodmin is twinned with Bederkesa in Germany ; Grass Valley, in California, United States ; and Le Relecq-Kerhuon ( Ar Releg-Kerhuon in Brittany, France.

The Battle of Bouvines, which took place on 27 July 1214, was a medieval battle ending the twelve year old Angevin-Flanders War that was fundamental in the early development of France in the Middle Ages by confirming the French crown's sovereignty over the Angevin lands of Brittany and Normandy.

One of the earliest references to couscous in France is in Brittany, in a letter dated January 12, 1699.

More French settlers, primarily from the Vienne, Normandie, and Brittany regions of France, continued to populate the colony of Acadia during the latter part of the 17th and early part of the 18th centuries.

* Breizh Cola is a local brand from Brittany ( France ).

Amongst the vast Neolithic collections of the Carnac stones in Brittany, France, several dozen dolmens are found.

In France, important megalithic zones are situated in Brittany, Vendée, Quercy and in the south of France ( Languedoc, Rouergue and Corsica ).

From 1487 to 1491, France attacked and defeated Brittany, an independent duchy.

In 1532, Brittany was incorporated into the Kingdom of France.

* 1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty.

* 1499 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany.

* Brittany, France

He drowned in 1924 while swimming off the coast of Brittany, France, near Batz-sur-Mer, and is buried there.

Philip, again acting as John's liege lord, summoned his vassal to appear before the Court of the Twelve Peers of France, to answer for the murder of Arthur of Brittany.

A teenage boy buried approximately 1550 BC was raised near the Mediterranean Sea ; a metal worker from 2300 BC dubbed the " Amesbury Archer " grew up near the alpine foothills of Germany ; and the " Boscombe Bowmen " probably arrived from Wales or Brittany, France.

Dickson was born on 3 August 1860 in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France.

The fleet carried an invasion force that included, in addition to troops from William's own territories of Normandy and Maine, large numbers of mercenaries, allies and volunteers from Brittany, northeastern France and Flanders, together with smaller numbers from other parts of Europe.

A yacht in Lorient, Brittany, France

The King of Brittany takes the oath to the King of France ( but not an hommage lige which would be an allegiance ).

The Larkins get together with the tomboy, Max ( short for Maxime ), and Angela Snow ( who, by a coincidence, is also visiting Brittany ) and her sister Iris, who with the hotel staff organise a wedding anniversary celebration for Charley and Mariette.

Brittany played the title role in the 30th anniversary tour of Mame in 1997.

Braving the ban by Adolphe Duparc on celebrating nationalist anniversaries during the occupation, he organised the members of Bleun-Brug in Tréguier on the 29 and 30 August to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Duke Jean V of Brittany.

At first, Alan of Brittany had custody of the duke, but when Alan died in either late 1039 or October 1040, Gilbert of Brionne took charge of William.

Starting in the 5th century, Bretons occupied the western part of the Armorican peninsula, which started to be called Little Britain, and then Brittany, while the Franks took the rest of Armorica.

The next attack came in 1345, when the Earl of Derby overran the Agenais ( lost twenty years before in the War of Saint-Sardos ) and took Angoulême, while the forces in Brittany under Sir Thomas Dagworth also made gains.

After his second marriage with Jeanne de Laval, daughter of Guy XIV, Count of Laval, and Isabella of Brittany, René took a less active part in public affairs, and devoted himself more to artistic and literary pursuits.

Following the return of the Yorkist king Edward IV from temporary exile in 1471, Jasper took the teenage Henry with him into exile, this time in Brittany.

Soon they were fighting in Alsace, the Alps and Brittany, and by the end of the war in Europe, they were 1, 300, 000 strong-the fourth-largest Allied army in Europe-and took part in the Allied invasion of Germany.

While Richard I was away on the Third Crusade, Constance took more independence for Brittany.

Conan IV landed in Brittany and took Rennes, while his ally Raoul de Fougères captured and imprisoned Eudas.

The Houses of Penthièvre and Montfort were united in their opposition of Charles V of France who took the opportunity of this Civil War to attempt the annexation of Brittany to the French crown.

However, upon his death, Anne returned to Brittany and took steps to return the Duchy to independent rule under herself as Duchess.

The citizens of Dinan, whose interests he always supported with zeal, appointed him mayor of their town in 1744, though he was resident at Paris, and in this capacity he took part in the assembly of the estates of Brittany.

In 1999, his first wife, Penny Allen, took their 13-year-old son to France after a court in Brittany ruled that the boy should be returned to his father, who had been granted sole custody over him and his 15-year-old brother.

In 1213, John took Eleanor to blackmail Pierre I of Brittany husband and co-ruler of Alix and tempted him with Richmond, but Pierre kept loyal to France, even after the capture of his elder brother Robert by John at Nantes.

He took part in the War of the Breton Succession as a partisan of Charles of Blois serving as advisor to John, Duke of Normandy during the latter ’ s campaign in Brittany autumn 1341.

In Summer 846, Charles marched on Brittany and again took no military action, instead coming to peace with Nominoe and exchanging oaths.

In 1206, however, Philip II of France took the regency of Brittany himself, much to the consternation of the Breton nobles.

When John died in 1345 in the midst of the Breton War of Succession, his wife Joanna of Flanders took arms to protect the rights of her son John V, Duke of Brittany against the party led by Charles and Joan.

Having achieved victory with English support ( and having married into the English royal family ), John was constrained to confirm several English barons in positions of power within Brittany, especially as controllers of strategically important strongholds in the environs of the port of Brest, which gave the English military access to the peninsula and which took revenue from Brittany to the English crown.

Faced with the defiance of the Breton nobility, John was unable to muster military support against Charles V, who took the opportunity to exert pressure over Brittany.

John was assumed to be behind the plot, and Charles VI took the opportunity to attack Brittany once more.

Stripped of his status as Constable, Clisson now took refuge in Brittany himself, and was reconciled with John ( 1397 ), becoming a close advisor to the duke.

In autumn 1341 he took part in the John, Duke of Normandy's campaign in Brittany.