User:LloydTaylor1/Pierre de Bretagne, Viscount de Leon

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Pierre of Brittany, Viscount de Leon (1269–1312) aka

Viscount of Leon
(Viscomte de Leon) until 1293.

Ancestry

Pierre was born to

Henry Plantagenet, III, King of England and Eleanor of Provence. [1]
Pierre was buried in eglise des Cordeliers, Paris, France.

Family

Pierre was the father of Pierre Morlaiux (1320–1380). Pierre Morlaiux was also known as Pierre Perkyns, Pierre Morlais, Pierre de Morlais, Pierre Morley, and Pierre de Morlaix. Pierre Morlaiux married Agnes Taylor (1352–1399) the daughter of John Taylor (1327–1377) and Margaret Welmote (1328-xxxx). [The writer provides no evidence for any of these claims. Please provide some sources for this speculative connection to the Morley/Perkins families.]

References

  • Britanny, by Charles Cawley and FMG, 2006

"JEAN II 1286-1305 JEAN de Bretagne, son of JEAN I Duke of Brittany & his wife Infanta doña Blanca de Navarra [Champagne] (3/4 Jan 1239-Lyon 16 Nov 1305).... m (13 Oct 1260) BEATRIX of England, daughter of HENRY III King of England & his wife Eléonore de Provence (Bordeaux 25 Jun 1242-London 24 Mar 1275). Duke Jean II & his wife had six children: 4. PIERRE de Bretagne (1269-Jul 1312, bur Paris, église des Cordeliers). Vicomte de Léon until 1293." http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm.

Notes

  1. ^ [Britanny, by Charles Cawley and FMG, 2006]

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