Domnonée

Domnonée is the

Penthièvre

.

History

At the time of the

Saxon invasions of Britain. Domnonée retained close political links between the Celtic territories in Great Britain (Wales, Cornwall, Devon), and the newly created Brittany. Many kings, princes, clerics and other leaders came over from Great Britain. The sea was a unifying rather than divisive factor. In the traditions relating to the settlement of Brittany by the Bretons there are several kingdoms of this kind.^[1] A number of legends and lives of Breton saints contain references to the close political ties between religious communities in Wales and Brittany. The close proximity resulted in possessions on both sides of the Channel by some religious orders. For example, the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Beauport, before Henry VIII

, had parishes on the coast of Goélo and in Devon.

It has been suggested that the British and Breton branches were unified for a period.

Clotaire I, king of the Franks, is referred to in stories from both Great Britain and Brittany. He would have been a British military leader who was guarding the English Channel from attacks by pirates, perhaps in alliance with Childebert I, son of Clovis I

.

In 1034, the term was used to designate the comté of Penthièvre said to be the preserve of Eudes, second son of Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany. The name disappeared shortly after.

History of the Principality of Dumnonia or Domnonée

Situated to the north east of Brittany, the earliest princes are mentioned in several Lives of the Saints. The three Armorican principalities were all subservient to the King of Brittany. Until the reign of Jonas, the rulers of Domnonia were titled princes. After that, they supply the Kings of the Bretons, and Domnonia itself was elevated as a result.

List of rulers

St. Fracan
Riwal I.
Conan
?–513: Conothec
513–520: Riwal II, brother of Saint Pompeia of Langoat
520–530: Deroch
530–535: Riathen
535–540: Jonas
540: St. Judual
540-554: Conomor, regent and usurper
554–580: St. Judual (again)
580–605: St. Judhael
605–610: Judicaël († 652)
610–615: Haeloch
615–640: Judicael (again; † 652)

References

^ Nora Kershaw Chadwick, Celtic Kingdoms

[1] Nora Kershaw Chadwick, Celtic Kingdoms

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