Arthur II (Dreux) de Bretagne
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Arthur (Dreux) de Bretagne (1262 - 1312)

Arthur (Arthur II) "Vicomte de Limoges et Duc de Bretagne" de Bretagne formerly Dreux aka de Dreux
Born in Rennes, Ille-Et-Vilaine, Francemap
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Husband of — married May 1294 [location unknown]
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Died at age 50 in Château De L'Ile, Roche Bernard, Francemap
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European Aristocracy
Arthur II Dreux was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Arthur II de Montfort, Duc de Bretagne was born in 1262. He was the son of John II de Montfort de Dreux, 2nd Earl of Richmond and Beatrice of England.[1] He married, firstly, Beatrice de Limoges, daughter of Gui VI de Limoges, Viscomte de Limoges and Marguerite de Bourgogne, in 1275 at Tours, France. He married, secondly, Yolande de Dreux, daughter of Robert IV de Dreux, Comte de Dreux and Beatrix de Montfort, Comtesse de Montfort, in May 1294. He was also reported to have been married circa 1292. He died in 1312.

He was also known as Arthur II de Dreux. He succeeded to the title of Duc de Bretagne in 1305.[2]

Arthur II de Bretagne (né le 25 juillet 1261 - décédé le 27 août 1312, château de L'Isle), fils de Jean II, duc de Bretagne, et de Béatrice d'Angleterre, fut vicomte de Limoges du « droit de son épouse » à compter de 1275 et duc de Bretagne de 1305 à 1312.

En 1275, à Tours, il épouse Marie (1260-1290), vicomtesse de Limoges, fille et héritière de Guy VI, vicomte de Limoges, et de Marguerite de Bourgogne. Ils ont trois enfants:

  1. Jean III le Bon (1286 – 1341), duc de Bretagne;
  2. Guy VII de Limoges (1287 – 1331), comte de Penthièvre et vicomte de Limoges
  3. Pierre (1289 – 1312), seigneur d'Avesnes.

En mai 1294, devenu veuf, il se remarie avec la reine douairière d'Écosse Yolande de Dreux, (1263 – 1330), comtesse de Montfort, fille de Robert IV, comte de Dreux et de Braine, et de Béatrice, comtesse de Montfort. Ils auront six enfants :

  1. Jean (1294 – 1345), comte de Montfort;
  2. Béatrix (7 décembre 1295 – 9 décembre 1384), dame de Hédé, mariée en 1315 à Guy X de Laval († 1347)
  3. Jeanne (1296 – 24 mai 1364), mariée en 1323 à Robert de Flandre († 1331), comte de Marle
  4. Alix (1297 – 1377), mariée à Bouchard VI, comte de Vendôme († 1354) et de Castres
  5. Blanche (née le 18 juillet 1300), morte jeune;
  6. Marie (1302 – 24 mai 1371), religieuse à Poissy.[3]

Sources

  1. Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html.
  2. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999).
  3. From Wikipédia: Arthur II de Bretagne, accessed Jan 22, 2014
  • ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. I, page 550
  • Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV p. 594
  • Arthur's Wikipedia Page
  • Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
  • hofundssonAnces.ged




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