Biography

Born with the neighborhoods from the year 800, count of Valves as from July 819, Nominoë is indicated missus imperatoris Louis the Piles and ducatus ipsius gentis of the Bretons starting from 831.

With died of this last in 840 it supports initially Charles the Bald person then asserts his independence, allied Lambert II of Nantes it kills the Count Renaud d' Herbauges.

Charles must recognize in 846 following the battles of Messac (843) and of Ballon (845). Overcome three times by the Vikings Nominoë must treat with them so that they are éloigent of Brittany. Two years after it emparre of Angers and the neighbouring countries. Thanks to the defection of the count Lambert II of Nantes It seizes then Nantes and Rennes in 850, lance of the raids on the Bessin and the Comté of Maine.

Nominoë dies in shift, the March 7th 851 close to Vendôme, after having conquered the Maine and the Anjou.

Contrary to the general belief, Nominoë forever carried the title of king (although the medieval chronicler Réginon de Prüm gives him this title). In the cartulaire of Redon, it is described in turn as duke of Breton the , of duke in Brittany , duke of all Brittany , of prince de Bretagne and prince of all Brittany . It is his/her son and successor Erispoë who has the worn first of this title, confirmed by Charles the Bald person after the Bataille of Jengland. With Alain Bores-Torte, one will give up the title of king and the sovereigns of Brittany will take the title of brittonum dux .

Its name in Breton is Nevenoe . In its History of Brittany , Arthur of Borderie decreed to him the qualifier of rear Tad Vro , i.e. “father of the fatherland”.

In French, the C-W communication Nominoé is also used.

Its origins

Some qualify it prince of the Vénètes , but it is perhaps only because of its function of count de Vannes. Others think that if it had many family goods in the city of Vénètes, it would make there more gifts with his friends vénètes. Its name, rare, was brought closer to the Breton name Nevenou , but the names are sometimes misleading, especially at that time. One found many Bernaardt in Low-Brittany but they were not Francs, i.e. they did not have anything Germanic besides their first name. A contrario , the Geoffroy which were going soon to become very numerous in Europe, inevitably did not share the Breton origins of their first name. Later, on the basis of imaginary genealogy, one found in Nominoë of the origins in the Poher. Others located its origins at Dinan or in its surroundings, undoubtedly because of the benefits which he lavished to the monks Léhon, close to Dinan. At the Francs, Réginon de Prüm indicates that Nominoë was wire of a peasant enriched by the discovery by a treasure, indications taken again by the Francs of Anjou of the family Foulques (Plantagenêt).

After the death of Nominoë and the assassination of his/her son Erispoë, their descendants succeed brilliantly with Rennes, always thanks to the effectiveness of their cavalry. As revealed it the conflict between Gurvant and Pascweten in 875, Vénètes did not have cavalry worthy of this name.

Another index, Renac, the preferred residence of Nominoë was certainly located on the territory of the city of Vénètes as it was appropriate for a count of Vannes, but in its borders bordering on the city of the Riedones, just beside the locality Roton or Conwoïon made build an abbey thanks to the active support of Nominoë. Did one knows how much Lambert hold with Nantes, but Nominoë it was not due as much to Rennes? In 850, it is initially of Rennes that they came to seize, right before repeating in the tread in Nantes. Their respective residences of Craon and Renac not being very distant with a good horse, one can think that these two confirmed riders went visit to residence to speak political. Renac surely made very countryside beside Craon, the ancient city with its abbey Saint-Clement and his priory, however Conwoïon had compensated already well while making build the abbey Saint-Saver on the building site of the locality “Roton”.

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