Jean (Dreux) de Bretagne (1238 - 1305)

Born 4 Jan 1238 in Nantes, Loire Atlantique, Anjou Pays De La Loire, France

Ancestors

Husband of Beatrice (Plantagenet) de Dreux — married 22 Jan 1260 in Saint Denis, Île-de-France, France

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1305 at age 67 in Lyons, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France

Jean II Dreux was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Jean/John II was 3rd Earl of Richmond and Duke of Brittany/Bretagne from 1268 to his death. He was son of Duke Jean/John I and Blanche of Navarre. Also during this time, there is the dual use of "of Brittany" and "de Bretagne", the French translation.

On 22 January 1260, John married Beatrice of England, a daughter of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.

He was killed during the celebrations surrounding the coronation of Pope Clement V in 1305.^[1]

Sources

• ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. I, page 549

1. ↑ Nicolas Cheetham, Keepers of the Keys, (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982), pg 152.

• Jean's Wikipedia Page
• Source: S2 Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 49 Abbreviation: Pedigree Resource File CD 49 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2002)
• Source: S3 Title: Ancestral File (TM) Abbreviation: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
• Source: S3613 Title: Type: Ancestral File Number Abbreviation: Type: Ancestral File Number
• Source: S4 Title: hofundssonAnces.ged Abbreviation: hofundssonAnces.ged

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