War of the Breton Succession

…its walls in 1364 the War of the Breton Succession was ended by the victory of Jean de Montfort and his English allies over Montfort’s cousin, Charles de Blois. The battle involved two French military folk-heroes, Bertrand du Guesclin and Olivier de Clisson. The church erected on the battleground by…

…Nantes, and thus started the War of the Breton Succession. John was supported by Edward III of England (who claimed suzerainty over Brittany), but Philip VI favoured his own nephew and captured John at Nantes (1341). John, however, escaped from prison and defeated Charles’s partisans at Cadoret (1345). When John…

He ended the War of the Breton Succession in September 1364 by defeating Charles of Blois at Auray; he was recognized as duke of Brittany by King Charles V of France in the Treaty of Guérande (April 12, 1365). John secretly aided Edward’s cause in 1370, giving the…