The counts of Nantes were originally the Frankish rulers of the Nantais under the Carolingians and eventually a capital city of the Duchy of Brittany. Their county served as a march against the Bretons of the Vannetais. Carolingian rulers would sometimes attack Brittany through the region of the Vannetais, making Nantes a strategic asset. In the mid-ninth century, the county finally fell to the Bretons and the title became a subsidiary title of the Breton rulers. The control of the title by the Breton dukes figured prominently in the history of the duchy. The County of Nantes was given to Hoel, a disinherited son of a duke. He lost the countship due to a popular uprising. That uprising presented an opportunity for King Henry II of England to attack the Breton duke. In the treaty ending their conflicts, the Breton duke awarded the county to Henry II.
control of the title by the Breton dukes figured prominently in the history of the duchy. The CountyofNantes was given to Hoel, a disinherited son of a duke...
Nantes (/nɒ̃t/, US also /nɑːnt(s)/, French: [nɑ̃t] ; Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt [nɑ̃(ː)t]; Breton: Naoned [ˈnãunət]) is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France...
Lambert ofNantes may refer to: Lambert I ofNantes, Count ofNantes (818–831) and Duke of Spoleto (834–836) Lambert II ofNantes, Count ofNantes (843–851)...
Judith ofNantes (died 27 February 1063) was titular Countess ofNantes from 1051 to her death in 1063. Judith was the daughter of Judicaël ofNantes and...
which the Bretons knew French policy. His actual territory of control was the CountyofNantes. Carolingian infighting distracted Guy and prevented him...
Budic ofNantes was Count ofNantes from 1005 to his death in 1038. Budic was the son of Count Judicaël ofNantes, From 1005 to 1010, he ruled under the...
Count ofNantes. It arose from Breton resistance to Frankish power within Brittany and disputes over control of the CountyofNantes. The defeat of the...
Brittany to his eldest son, Alan Fergant, and the CountyofNantes, which was not always regarded as a part of Brittany at the time, to Matthew. Some modern...
beginning of the 10th century. The kingdom lost its eastern territories, including Normandy and Anjou, and the countyofNantes was given to Fulk I of Anjou...
was pretender to the CountyofNantes. Lambert was the son of Lambert II ofNantes, at whose death in 851, the administration of the region fell effectively...
Lambert II (died 852) was the Count ofNantes and Prefect of the Breton March between 843 and 851. Lambert ruled the county in opposition to Amaury, the puppet...
easily influenced. Conan's uncle, Hoël, continued to control the county of Nantes in the east until he was deposed in 1156 by Henry's brother, Geoffrey, possibly...
as of the countiesof Anjou, Poitou, Maine, Touraine, Saintonge, La Marche, Périgord, Limousin, Nantes and Quercy. While the duchies and counties were...
Renaud (795–843) was Frankish Count of Herbauges, Count of Poitiers and Count ofNantes. His name is also spelled Rainaldus or Ragenold, and he is sometimes...
only the Breton territories of Léon, Domnonée, Cornouaille, and the Vannetais, but also the Frankish countiesof Rennes, Nantes, Coutances, and Avranches...
in Brittany, the countyofNantes was annexed by Anjou. Henry II Plantagenêt kept it for more than 30 years. The grandson of Henry I of England, he also...
possession of the CountyofNantes and especially during the Battle of Conquereuil. Fulk awarded custody ofNantes Aimery during the minority of small Comte...
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