57 BC

Julius Caesar conquers the Veneti

The Series

ca 450 AD

Immigration of Britons from Devon,

St Efflamm and King Arthur

d°

Cornwall and Wales led by their clergy (partly coming from Ireland)

Legend of St Ronan

d°

The independence of the new nation is defended by leaders (machtiern) such as Morvan Lez-Breiz

Lez-Breiz

831

Nominoé, appointed as a missus dominicus in Brittany to the King of France

the Tribute of Noménoé

851

His son, Erispoé, founds the Duchy of Brittany.

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913

Norman raids:destruction of Landévénec Abbey.

932

Reconquest of the Duchy by Alan Barbetorte ("Twisted Beard").

Alan the Fox

1008

Rising against the Duchess Dowager Edwige

The Hawk

1066

Bretons join their Norman neighbours in the conquest of England.

Back from England

1341

Succession war: 2 pretenders to the ducal coronet:
-Charles of Blois, nephew to the King of France and his wife, Joan of Penthièvre, and
-John of Monfort, allied with England and his wife, Joan of Flanders, known as "Joan the Arsonist".

Joan the Arsonist