Francis I, Duke of Brittany

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Francis I (in Breton Fransez I, in French François I) (11 May 1414 – 17 July 1450), was

Family

Francis I was originally engaged to Bonne of Savoy, the daughter of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy, and his wife Mary of Burgundy. She died just before their marriage in 1430, at the age of 15.^[2]

Francis I's first marriage was to Yolande of Anjou,^[1] daughter of Louis II, Duke of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon; they were married in Nantes in August 1431. Francis and Yolande had a son, Renaud, Count of Montfort. His son Renaud died young^[3] and his wife Yolande died in 1440.^[3]

Francis' second marriage was to

• Margaret of Brittany (1443–1469, Nantes),^[1] married Francis II, Duke of Brittany^[4]
• Marie of Brittany (1444–1506),^[1] married John II, Viscount of Rohan and Count of Porhoët.^[5]

Succession

Francis I died on 17 July 1450 at the Château de l'Hermine, being only 36 years of age. Because he had no surviving male heirs at the time of his death, he was succeeded as Duke of Brittany by his younger brother, Peter II of Brittany.

During his time, the residences of the Dukes of Brittany consisted of: the Château de l'Hermine; the

Sources

• Booton, Diane E. (2010). Manuscripts, Market and the Transition to Print in Late Medieval Brittany. Ashgate Publishing.
• Rohr, Zita Eva (2016). Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. Palgrave Macmillan.

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