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    Anne of Brittany (Breton: Anna; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from...
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    Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer, known for her work in both comedy...
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    The Duchy of Brittany (Breton: Dugelezh Breizh, [dyˈɡɛːlɛs ˈbrɛjs]; French: Duché de Bretagne) was a medieval feudal state that existed between approximately...
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    daughter of King Louis XII of France and Duchess Anne of Brittany. Claude was born on 13 October 1499 in Romorantin-Lanthenay as the eldest daughter of King...
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  • This is a list of monarchs of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was...
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    Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany (Les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne in French) is a book of hours, commissioned by Anne of Brittany, Queen of France to...
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    Brittany (/ˈbrɪtəni/ BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced [bʁətaɲ] ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx];[dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or...
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    quasi-independence of Brittany from France. As such, his reign was characterized by conflicts with King Louis XI of France and with his daughter, Anne of France,...
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    victory for the royal government. In a remarkable stroke of audacity, Charles married Anne of Brittany in 1491 after she had already been married by proxy...
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    union of the Duchy of Brittany with the Crown of France was the culmination of a political process begun at the end of the 15th century in the wake of the...
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    House of Montfort-Brittany was a Breton-French noble family, which reigned in the Duchy of Brittany from 1365 to 1514. It was a cadet branch of the House...
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    The Tomb of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany is a large and complex silver-gilt and marble sculptured 16th century funerary monument. Its design and build...
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    The Anne of Brittany heart jewel case, often referred to as the Anne of Brittany heart reliquary, is a gold funerary object made in the early 16th century...
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    Anne of Brittany was the object of representations very early on. The royal propaganda of Charles VIII and, later on, of Louis XII idealized her as a symbol...
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    Francis I, Duke of Brittany and duchess consort of Brittany. Margaret was the elder of the two daughters of Francis I, Duke of Brittany (died 1450), by...
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    d'Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI. She was the younger surviving child of Louis XII of France and the duchess regnant Anne of Brittany. In her later...
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    Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her role in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light (1998–2001), for...
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  • Anne de Bretagne is a rock opera by Alan Simon, based on the life of Anne of Brittany. The story follows the historical events that made her the last...
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    tomb of Francis II, Duke of Brittany is a monument located in Nantes, in the Cathedral of St. Peter. The project was commissioned by Anne of Brittany, Queen...
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    of King Charles VIII of France and Duchess Anne of Brittany. Charles Orlando's parents, Charles VIII and Anne, had married in December 1491, less than a...
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    King of France as Louis XII House of Valois–Orléans Claude, duchess (1514–1524), daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany House of Valois-Orléans-Angoulême...
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    Brittany. When the last male Montfort duke, Francis II of Brittany, died, the duchy passed to his daughter, Anne of Brittany. See: Category:Coats of arms...
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  • and the king of France would also hold the title of Duke of Brittany jure uxoris. During their marriage, the Charles VIII prohibited Anne from using the...
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    of Brittany and the Kingdom of France can be divided into a series of military and diplomatic episodes between 1465 and 1491, until Anne of Brittany married...
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    of Joan's brother, King Charles VIII, he appealed to the pope to have the marriage annulled in order to marry the late king's widow, Anne of Brittany...
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    continuity of the French Monarchy. Tomb of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany, (c. 1515) Tomb of Catherine de Medici and Henry II of France (1559) Funeral urn of Francois...
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  • year 1200 Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and twice Queen of France Claude of France, elder daughter of Anne of Brittany; also a Queen of France Jacques...
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  • marriage of the king with the Duchess Anne of Brittany continues the personal union of Brittany to the kingdom which had been interrupted when Anne, as widow...
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    Salvator Mundi (Leonardo) (category Recovered works of art)
    VIII of France, and others. Joanne Snow-Smith argued that Leonardo painted the Salvator Mundi for Louis XII of France and his consort, Anne of Brittany. This...
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    Nantes (redirect from History of Nantes)
    University of Nantes, the first in Brittany, was founded in 1460. The marriage of Anne of Brittany to Charles VIII of France in 1491 began the unification of the...
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