Arthur Ier of Brittany

Arthur Ier of Brittany (April 30th 1187 - April 3rd 1203). He was the posthumous son of Geoffroy Plantagenêt and the duchess Constance of Brittany. This first name, then uncommon in its family, was chosen by her mother, undoubtedly as a sign of challenge.

In 1196, it was proclaimed Duc of Brittany by the large aristocrats of Brittany. It was also Count de Richmond of 1201 with 1203.

It was high with the court of Philippe Auguste, which protected it from covetousnesses of Richard Lion-hearted. With died of this last, Arthur, being the only son of Geoffroy Plantagenêt, puîné brother of Richard Lion-hearted, the heritage of " asserted; the Empire Plantagenêt " (England, Normandy, Anjou, Maine, Poitou, Aquitaine) which was to him raid by his/her uncle Jean without Ground (the youngest brother of Richard) with the support of his/her grandmother, the old queen Aliénor of Aquitaine. He became the nominal chief of the Breton barons who tended to independence. Overcome, him and his/her sister is made prisoners in 1202 with Mirebeau (close to Loudun) by Guillaume de Broase, lord Norman with the pay of Jean without Ground.

He dies in prison with Rouen, perhaps at the request of his uncle (traditionally, the historians considered that he had been assassinated, to see strangled hands even of Jean Without Ground, position now called into question).

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