Francis II, Duke of Brittany

Francis of Etampes ( born June 23, 1435 Etampes, † September 9, 1488 in Couëron at Nantes) was Count of Etampes and Francis II Duke of Brittany. He was the son of Richard d' Etampes and Marguerite d' Orléans.

Life

When his father's death in 1438 he succeeded him as Count of Etampes. When in 1458 his uncle Arthur III. died and no son left behind, Franz as his heir also Duke of Brittany was. As King Louis XI. wanted to reduce his independence, he joined with several French Ligue du Bien Great the public. Ludwig lost the battle of Montlhery and had to understand the Peace of Saint -Maur on 29 October 1465 in which he conceded the Duke Franz claimed all of this right. Soon after, Franz came because of Normandy, which Louis had taken the Duke of Berry, again with the king in feud that was settled by the Peace of September 10, 1472 only temporarily; because Ludwig was in 1473 at the head of 50,000 men into Brittany and took Ancenis and some other tight places.

It was not until 1475 when Charles the Bold of Burgundy, the ally of the Duke Franz, with Louis XI. agreed to get a free hand against Lorraine and the Swiss, a lasting peace was concluded, in which the King promised Franz obedience and allegiance. His feud over the county Etampes had been drafted at the latest in 1477, this was 1478 Franz's brother Johann de Foix granted. After Ludwig's death in 1483 the court of the Duke again the meeting place of the discontented French Great, the Duke of Orléans, Count Dunois was and others who sought to save feudalism against the oppression of the royal power. But the war had an unfavorable outcome for the conspirators (see Guerre folle ).

The Battle of St. -Aubin on July 28, 1488 destroyed forever the independence of Brittany, and Franz had in the Treaty of Sablé on August 20, 1488 renounce all connection with the king's enemies and promise to his daughters not entitled to inherit without consent to marry the King. Shortly afterwards, on September 9, 1488, French died, he was buried in the Carmelite church of Nantes. His tomb is later transferred to the Cathedral of Nantes. His daughter and heiress Anna later married Charles VIII and Louis XII after his death. of France, whose daughter Claudia King Francis I, which Brittany came to France.

Marriages and descendants

In his first marriage he married in November 1455 in Vannes his cousin Margaret of Brittany († September 25, 1469 ), daughter of Duke Francis I and his second wife Isabella of Scotland. With her he had a son:

  • Franz ( * June 29, 1463; † August 25, 1463 ), Count of Montfort

His second wife he married on June 27, 1471 in Clisson, Margaret of Foix ( * after 1458, † May 15, 1486 ), daughter of Count Gaston IV of Foix and Bigorre and the Infanta Eleanor of Navarre (see also → Hours of Margarete de Foix, Duchess of Brittany ). With her he had two daughters:

  • Anne de Bretagne (* January 25, 1477; † January 9, 1514 ), Duchess of Brittany (also see → Hours of Anne de Bretagne ) ∞ I) King Charles VIII of France († 1498)
  • ∞ II) King Louis XII. of France ( † 1515)

Illegitimate Children

From the compound Antoinette de Maignelais he had a son:

  • Francis called by Brittany Avaugour (* 1462, † after 1494), Count of Vertus and Goello, ∞ 1492 Madeleine de Brosse, daughter of Jean de Brosse, Count of Penthievre.

From other mistresses he had four illegitimate children:

  • Antoine ( * 1463, † young)
  • N.n. ( Daughter * 1465, † young)
  • N.n. ( Son, * 1466, † young)
  • Françoise ( * 1473, † 1498)
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