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The first known king of Brittany is Nominoé( 831-851 ), a
prince of the County of Vannes.
Erispoë (851-857) and Salomon (857-874) succeeded to him and
made of Brittany a powerful state which conquered
Normandy,
Maine and
Anjou. Later on, the Houses of
Rennes,
Cornouaille, Plantagenêt,
Porhoët and Rohan succeeded to eachother.
In 1212, Pierre de Dreux came to power and his dynasty ruled over the
duchy until 1532, date of the treaty of forced union between Brittany
and France.
Pierre Mauclerc (litt. Bad Clerk) was appointed count of Brittany
by the king of France Philippe-Auguste. He was married to the duchess
Alix of Brittany and became duke after the death of her father-in-law
in1213.
The banner includes the coat of arms of Dreux House and the ermine
spots (distinctive of the clergy) in canton.
Variant of the banner
Origin of the banner
The coat of arms of Dreux House has for origin the arms of Vermandois county in Picardie. This family having died out in the XIIth century, Vermandois was incorporated to the the knigdom of France and granted to Dreux, cousins of Vermandois.
Robert I of Dreux, count of Braine, added a red border all around the coat of arms of Vermandois. His son Robert II, father of Pierre Mauclerc used the same arms.
Robert of Dreux ( Gâteblé) used his own banner before the death of his father Robert II, and later on Robert II's banner.
Jean I, duke of Brittany, used the banner of his father Pierre I.
Variant of the banner
The banner of Jean I as count of Brittany
The banner was granted by king Albert the Great to the eldest son of Pierre Mauclerc. The leopards probably refer to the British fief of Richemont.
The banner of Jean I as crown prince
Olivier de Braine was the son of Pierre de Braine (formerly duke of Britanny as Pierre I)
Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez, 14 June 2000
Based on Généalogie et vexillologie des ducs de
Bretagne by B. Le Brun, Ar Banniel
[arb] #9, 1999.