Solomon of Brittany

Solomon (? - † 874), wire of Riwallon count of the Poher, was king de Bretagne of 857 with 874. Its festival is the June 25th.

Its name

The name comes from the name of the biblical king. Into old Breton, its name was Salamun , become Salavun , then into Breton modern Salaün, family name spread in Brittany.

He was assassinated in a church on June 25th, 874 in a place called today Ar Merzher Martyrdom in remembering this event. Its death makes it proclaim Martyr by the people and the Catholic church.

Its life

According to the yearly of Saint Bertin, the weather receives into 852 a third of Brittany of his cousin after being been the faithful one of the king Charles the Bald person.

It is crowned king of Brittany in 857, after having assassinated his cousin Erispoë, of which it did not approve the bringing together with the France, on the furnace bridge of a church, with the assistance of Frank Alcmar. Erispoë indeed projected to marry his/her daughter with Louis, wire of Charles II the Bald person.

In 863, by the Treated of Entrammes (Mayenne), it acquires on the Francs the Maine and part of the Anjou. In 867, the Traité of Compiegne concedes to him the Cotentin, the Avranchin as well as the Channel Islands. Brittany reaches its maximum geographical extension then.

Solomon tries to obtain the religious independence of Brittany compared to the archbishop's palace of Tours, while trying to obtain from the pope the erection of évêché of Fraud-of-Brittany in Archevêché.

The situation will remain (Fraud outstanding being archbishop's palace in the facts), but Rome will clarify officially the situation only in 1076, where the Pallium is granted to the Even archbishop. However, in 1199, the pope Innocent III puts an end to the polemic, by affirming the authority of Tours on the évêchés Breton ones.

In 853, it founds in the honor of Saint Maxent a monastery with Maxent (Ille-et-Vilaine). In the parish close to Plélan-the-Large, to the village of the Ford, a feudal mound bears the name of Motte of the king Solomon as remains castle that it would have occupied there.

After having made peace with the Vikings Solomon collected with his Breton wines of the territories which belonged to him with the country d" Angers.l' following year Solomon takes part with his army in the sides of Charles the Bald person in the seat of the town of Angers that the Vikings occupied after having devastated it. With this occasion his/her Wigon son recommends himself to the king and lends oath in the presence of his faithful

At the end of its reign, it is withdrawn in a monastery, either with Martyrdom, or in Langoëlan, for expier the murder of Erispoë. It is there that his son-in-law Pascweten and the son-in-law of Erispoë, Gurvant like his nephew Wigon wire of Rivelin, delivers it to the francs " Fulcoald and others " who after having captured and undoubtedly carried out his/her Wigon son, burst the eyes of the king and assassinate it the following day (874).

Of his Wembrit wife, Solomon had three children:

Riwallon IV, which made stock.
Wigon killed in 874
Prostlon marries Pascweten

Genealogy

Salaün died the June 25th 874.

Salaün ép. Wembrit │ ├─Prostlon ép. Pascweten († 877). ├─ Riwallon IV († before 874). └─Guigon († 874).

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