- Anne Of Brittany
Anne of Brittany (January 25, 1477 - January 9, 1514), also known as Anna of Brittany (French: Anne de Bretagne; Breton: Anna Vreizh), was a Breton aristocrat, who was to become queen to two successive French kings, and ruling Duchess of Brittany. She was born in Nantes, in Brittany, and was the daughter of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Margaret of Foix. - Morgan Brittany
Morgan Brittany (born Suzanne Cupito on December 5, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the hit 1980s CBS television drama series "Dallas" as Katherine Wentworth, the scheming younger half-sister of Pamela Ewing (played by series star Victoria Principal) and Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval). - Salomon, King Of Brittany Duke of Brittany
Salomon, was king of Brittany, from 857 to his death. Salomon, himself son of Rivallo III, Earl of Poher, became ruler of Brittany after the murder of his cousin, King Erispoe. In 863, Salomon signed the treaty of Entrammes with Charles the Bald, wherein Anjou was recognised as a part of Brittany. He was murdered in 874, and was succeeded by his son-in-law. His name in Breton is "Salaün". - Gurvand, King Of Brittany Duke of Brittany
The count Gurvand of Rennes (died 877), was king of Brittany, from 874 to his death. He became ruler of Brittany after the murder of King Salomon, in the name of his wife, a granddaughter of the first King of Brittany, Nominoe, daughter of Erispoe, King of Brittany. His accession was disputed with Pasquitan of Vannes, son in law of King Salomon. He was the father of King Judicael. His daughter married Berengar of Rennes. - Pasquitan, King Of Brittany Duke of Brittany
The count Pasquitan of Vannes (died 877), was king of Brittany, from 874 to his death. He became ruler of Brittany after the murder of his father-in-law, King Salomon. His accession was disputed with Gurvand of Rennes, son-in-law of the first King of Brittany, Nominoe. Pasquitan was son of Count Ridoredh of Vannes and brother of Alan, the Great, who succeeded him. - Judicael, King Of Brittany Duke of Brittany
Judicael of Rennes (died in battle 888), was count of Rennes and duke of Brittany, from 877 to his death. He became ruler of Brittany after the death of his father Gurvand and his rival in Brittany, Pasquitan of Vannes. His accession was disputed with Alan of Vannes, brother of Pasquitan. He reconciled with Alan to fight the Vikings, however. Together, they defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Questembert in 888, but Judicael lost his life in the fighting. - John Of Brittany Earl of Richmond
Jean de Bretagne or John of Brittany (1266-1334) was English Earl of Richmond 1306-34. He was the second surviving son of John II, Duke of Brittany and his wife Beatrice of England, thus being a grandson of Henry III of England and nephew of Edward I of England. His elder brother duke Arthur II was the successor in Brittany. Richmondshire in Northern England has belonged to the ducal family since 11th century, though intermittently taken by English kings. - Eleanor, Fair Maid Of Brittany
Eleanor the "Fair Maid of Brittany" ("c." 1184-1241) was the daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Upon the death of King Richard "Lion Heart" of the Kingdom of England, a power struggle commenced between her younger brother Arthur and King John of England. At the Battle of Mirebeau, Arthur, Eleanor and Arthur's knights were captured. Eleanor was imprisoned at Corfe Castle. Her brother Arthur was murdered. - Michael Jones
Michael Jones is a British historian, born in Wrexham (Wales), on December 5th 1940,. He studied history at Oxford, and taught first in Exeter, then in Nottingham from 1991 to 2002, specialised in French meieval history. He is a member of many British and Breton historical societies: "Royal Historical Society" (1971), la "Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Bretagne" (1972), "Society of Antiquaries of London" (1977), … - Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician whose family came from the town of Gourin. He spent his childhood in Paris, absorbing the music of the city's many different populations from across France, Algeria, Morocco and elsewhere. He became interested in Breton music and culture, however, and returned often to Brittany as a teenager. His stage name, "Stivell", means "fountain" or "spring" in Breton. - Fréhel
Fréhel was a French singer and actress. Born in Paris, France to a poor and dysfunctional family, Marguerite Boulc'h was a child left to a life on the streets in the dark side of Paris. In her teens she got a break when she met one of the female music-hall performers who heard her sing and introduced her to show business promoters. She began performing under the stage name "Pervenche" and soon met and married Robert Hollard, … - Dan Ar Braz
Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras, is a Breton guitarist and the founder of "Héritage des Celtes". - Olivier de Kersauson
Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,” as he calls it. Very early on, Olivier de Kersauson was to break away from his family. Without being inattentive, he was a pupil, who did not settle in well to school life with the fathers at boarding school. - Francis Joyon
Francis Joyon (born May 28, 1956) is a professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. In February 2004 Breton Francis Joyon became the fastest world solo yachtsman, setting a time over 20 days faster than the previous record for a circumnavigation of 72 days 22 hours and 54 minutes and 22 seconds of covering more than 28,000 miles at an average speed of 15.5 knots on the 90 foot(27.4m) trimaran IDEC. - Childebert I
Childebert I (Rheims, c.496 - 13 December 558) was the Frankish king of Paris, a Merovingian dynast, one of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511. He was one of the sons of Saint Clotilda. In the partition of the realm, he received as his share the town of Paris, the country to the north as far as the river Somme, to the west as far as the English Channel, and the Armorican peninsula (modern Brittany). - Saint Armel
Saint Armel (Welsh: Arthfael ('Bear-Prince'); Latin: Armagilus) was an early 6th century holy man in Brittany. Armel is said to have been a Breton prince, born to the wife of King Hoel while they were living in Glamorgan in Wales in the late 5th century. It is conjectured that he and Athrwys ap Meurig may have been one and the same person. He founded the abbey of Plouarzel in Brittany and was, from there, … - Saint Ursula
Ursula ("small female bear" in Latin) is a British Christian saint. Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is October 21, though her feast was removed from the general calendar of saints in 1969. Her legend, probably unhistorical, is that she was a Romano-British princess who, at the request of her father King Donaut of Dumnonia in south-west England, set sail to join her future husband, the pagan Governor Conan Meriadoc of Armorica (Brittany), … - Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320 - 13 July 1380), known as "the Eagle of Brittany", was a Breton knight and French military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was Constable of France from 1370 to his death. His strategy of wearing down the English while avoiding major battles allowed the French to recapture most of what they had lost earlier in the war - Christian Lemaitre
Christian Lemaitre is a Breton traditional fiddler. He learned the instrument in his teens in Paris and later moved to Brittany. He joined Kornog in 1981 and later formed a Breton dance-band. - Gilles Servat
Gilles Servat is a Breton singer, born in Tarbes in southern France in 1945, into a family whose roots lay in the Nantes region of Brittany. He spent his early childhood around Naoned/Nantes and Cholet and fell in love with Brittany, and particularly the Isle of Groix, off the coast of Morbihan a place that often features in his music. The title song from his first album, "La blanche Hermine", the White Ermine being the national emblem of Brittany, … - Denez Prigent
Denez Prigent, born 17 Feb, 1966, is a singer from Santec, in the Finistère (Breton: "Penn ar Bed") region of Brittany, singing in the "gwerz" and "kan ha diskan" Breton styles, who has recorded 5 albums and has appeared with Lisa Gerrard on two duets. The first track of his "Irvi" album, "Gortoz a ran", recorded with Lisa Gerrard, was chosen by Ridley Scott for the soundtrack of his movie "Black Hawk Down". - Didier Squiban
Didier Squiban (born 23 September 1959 in Saint-Renan (Finistère)) is a Breton pianist and composer from France. His musical work is a combination of traditional Breton music, jazz improvisation and classical romanticism and has added the piano to the repertoire of modern Breton music. He has been influenced by Duke Ellington, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Parker and Bill Evans as well as Debussy, Stravinsky, Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Schönberg and Glenn Gould. - Jennifer Sullivan
Jennifer Sullivan (1945-), often credited as Jenny Sullivan, is a Welsh children's author and former literary critic. Sullivan was born in Cardiff in 1945 to Londoner Frederick Anderson (1900-1993), a former physical instructor in the Royal Navy and electrician and Phyllis (born 1905 and still living) a short story writer. Working chiefly as a book critic for much of her life, she has written a number of popular books, mostly suitable for 7-12 year olds, … - Nolwenn Leroy
Nolwenn Leroy (born September 28, 1982 in Saint-Renan, Brittany, France) is a French singer, revealed by Star Academy, a popular French TV show, in 2002. - Saint Hervé
Saint Hervé (Harvey, Herveus, Houarniaule, Huva) of Brittany is a Breton saint of the sixth century. Along with Saint Ives, he is one of the most popular Breton saints. His birthplace is stated as being Gimiliau (Guimileau) (and sometimes as Wales), and his legend states that he was the son of a renowned bard named Hyvarnion, a former member of the court of Childebert I. The name of Hervé's mother was Rivanone. Hervé was born blind. - Cadoc
Saint Cadoc or Cadog, Abbot of Llancarfan, was one of the 6th century Welsh saints whose life touched King Arthur. The Abbey of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorganshire, which he founded circa 518, became famous as a centre of learning. The prefix of his name means 'battle'. Cadoc's story appears in the "Buchedd Cadog" (or 'Life of Cadoc') written by Lifris of Llancarfan in circa 1100. - Rohan
The house of Rohan was a family of viscounts, later dukes and princes, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany, descending from the viscounts of Porhoët and said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc. Through the Porhoët, the Rohan were related to the Dukes of Brittany, with whom the family intermingled again in after its inception. They developed ties with the French and English royal houses as well, … - Barry Cunliffe
Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe CBE (born December 10, 1939), known as Barry Cunliffe, has been Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford since 1972. After studying at Northern Grammar School (now Mayfield School (Portsmouth), and reading archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge, he became a lecturer at the University of Bristol in 1963. - Louison Bobet
Louis ("Louison") Bobet was a French professional road cyclist. He was one of just eight riders to win the Tour de France at least three times, and also the first ever to win the race three times in succession, a feat he accomplished from 1953 to 1955. He also won the Tour's King of the Mountains competition in 1950. Bobet's exceptional career included victories in the French Road Race Championship (1950 & 51), Milan-Sanremo (1951), Giro di Lombardia (1951), … - Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 - November 1, 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. Best known for his play "Ubu Roi" (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the theatre of the absurd, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. - Xavier Grall
Xavier Grall (1930 - 1981) was a journalist and poet from Brittany, France. - Christopher Wood
John Christopher Wood (7 April, 1901 - 21 August, 1930), often called Kit Wood, was an English painter born in Knowsley, near Liverpool. Wood studied architecture at Liverpool University, where he met Augustus John, who encouraged him to be a painter. He trained to be a painter in Paris, where he met Picasso and Diaghilev, and he travelled around Europe and north Africa between 1922 and 1924. - Mary Kennedy
Mary Kennedy is an Irish television personality. Mary Kennedy was born in Clondalkin, Dublin. She was educated at Colaiste Bride in Clondalkin and University College Dublin where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. She taught English in Brittany, France before returning to her alma mater to teach Irish and French. Kennedy's broadcasting career started in 1978 when she applied for a job as continuity announcer in RTÉ. She went on to join the RTÉ News team, … - Yves Tanguy
Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy was a surrealist painter. He was born in Paris, France, the son of a retired navy captain. His parents were both of Breton origin. After his father's death in 1908, his mother moved back to her native Locronan, Finistère, and he ended up spending much of his youth living with various relatives. In 1918, Yves Tanguy briefly joined the merchant navy before being drafted into the Army, where he befriended Jacques Prévert. - Olivier de Clisson
Olivier de Clisson (1326 - April 23, 1407), nicknamed "The Butcher", was a French soldier, the son of the Olivier de Clisson who was put to death in 1343 on the suspicion of having wished to give up Nantes to the English. He was brought up in England, where his mother, Jeanne de Belleville, had married her second husband. On his return to Brittany he took arms on the side of John de Montfort, who was supported by the English. - Ermengarde Of Anjou
Ermengarde of Anjou, daughter of Count Fulk IV of Anjou and Hildegarde de Beaugency, was successively Duchess of Aquitaine, Brittany, and the patron of Fontevraud Abbey. She was born in Angers around 1067. Having lost her mother at a young age, she received a good education and grew to be pious and concerned about religious reform, especially the struggle against the secular appropriation of church property. She was also noted for her beauty in her youth. - Riothamus
Riothamus (also spelled Riotimus, Rigothamus, Rigotamos), was a military leader, active circa 470, called "King of the Brittones" by Jordanes, who states in "The Origin and Deeds of the Goths": If the name is a Latinization of "highest leader", some scholars have suggested, it may be a title, and not a personal name. It has been argued whether Jordanes' "Brittones" refers to the Bretons of Brittany, … - Max Jacob
Max Jacob (July 12, 1876 - March 5, 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Born in Quimper, Brittany, France, he enrolled in the Paris Colonial School, which he left in 1897 for an artistic career. On the Boulevard Voltaire, he shared a room with Pablo Picasso, who introduced him to Guillaume Apollinaire, who in turn introduced him to Georges Braque. He would become close friends with Jean Cocteau, Christopher Wood and Amedeo Modigliani, … - Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187 - 1203), was the posthumous son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany, and designated heir to the throne of the Kingdom of England, originally intended to succeed Richard I. While Richard was away on the Third Crusade, Constance took more independence for Brittany, and in 1194 had the young Arthur proclaimed as its Duke. When Richard died in 1199, his brother John immediately claimed England, … - Jasper Tudor
Jasper Tudor (Welsh: Siasbar Tudur: c. 1431 - December 21/26, 1495), Earl of Pembroke and 1st Duke of Bedford, was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485. Jasper was the third son of Owen Tudor and the former queen Catherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V. Hence he was a half-brother to King Henry VI, who, on attaining his majority, …
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