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Nominoe
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Also known as Nevenoe

Nominoe or Nomenoe (; ; c 800,  7 March 851) was the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death. He is the Breton pater patriae and to Breton nationalists he is known as '''' ("father of the country").

Key facts

Monarch.name
Nominoe
Monarch.image
Noménoë (Tenniel).png
Monarch.caption
''Nominoe's Vow'', a Victorian illustration to a ballad about Nominoe in Barzaz Breiz in which he vows vengeance on the Franks for killing a Breton emissary
Monarch.succession
Duke of Brittany
Monarch.reign
841–851
Monarch.predecessor
Wihomarc
Monarch.successor
Erispoe
Monarch.birth_date
c 800 Rennes, France
Monarch.death_date
(aged ~50–51) Vendôme, France
Monarch.burial_place
Redon Abbey, Ille-et-Vilaine
Monarch.spouse
Von Argenthal
Monarch.issue
Erispoe Gurvand de Bretagne

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Armorica
Place of death
Vendôme
Child
Erispoe
Occupation
monarch
Languages spoken
Old Breton
Religion
Catholicism
Noble title
count
Image
Noménoë (Tenniel).png
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Commons category
Nominoë
date of death
0851-03-07
ethnic group
Bretons
date of birth
0800-00-00
nickname
Tad ar Vro
name in native language
Nominoë
place of burial
Redon Abbey
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Origins
  • Rise and titulature under Louis the Pious
  • Loyalty and falling out with Charles the Bald
  • Renewed loyalty and second rebellion
  • Deposition of the bishops
  • Succession
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes

Nominoe or Nomenoe (; ; c 800,  7 March 851) was the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death. He is the Breton pater patriae and to Breton nationalists he is known as '' ("father of the country").

==Origins== He was the second son of Count Erispoe or Erispoë of Poher, King of the Browaroch (775–812), and younger brother of Count Riwallon or Rivallon III of Poher (?–857).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nominoe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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