Charles

duke of Brittany
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Also known as: Charles of Blois
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Byname:
Charles Of Blois
Born:
1319
Died:
Sept. 29, 1364, Auray, Fr. (aged 45)

Charles (born 1319—died Sept. 29, 1364, Auray, Fr.) was a rival duke of Brittany, a son of the French king Philip VI’s sister Margaret. Charles’s claim to Brittany through his marriage to Joan the Lame of Penthièvre, niece of Duke John III of Brittany, led to a conflict with the other claimants, John of Montfort and later his son Duke John IV of Brittany, in the 20-year War of the Breton Succession, which also involved the kings of England and France. When John of Montfort began to win most of Brittany, Charles appealed to Philip, who had the peers of ...(100 of 221 words)