Nominoe

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").

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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

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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
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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).