NOBLEMAN

John III, Duke of Brittany

1286 - 1341

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John III the Good (in Breton Yann III, in French Jean III; 8 March 1286 – 30 April 1341) was Duke of Brittany, from 1312 to his death and 5th Earl of Richmond from 1334 to his death. He was the son of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, and his first wife Marie, Viscountess of Limoges. John was strongly opposed to his father's second marriage to Yolande and attempted to contest its legality. In 1297, John married Isabella of Valois, eldest child of Charles, Count of Valois and his first wife Margaret of Naples. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John III, Duke of Brittany is the 898th most popular nobleman (down from 485th in 2019), the 3,171st most popular biography from France (down from 2,105th in 2019) and the 126th most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John III, Duke of Brittany ranks 898 out of 1,415. Before him are Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, and Burchard III, Duke of Swabia. After him are Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, António de Noli, Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine, Magdalena of Saxony, Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois, and Anna of Hesse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1286, John III, Duke of Brittany ranks 4. Before him are Odoric of Pordenone, Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, and George V of Georgia. After him are Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, and James Douglas, Lord of Douglas. Among people deceased in 1341, John III, Duke of Brittany ranks 9. Before him are Öz Beg Khan, Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, An-Nasir Muhammad, Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond, Juliana Falconieri, and Leo IV, King of Armenia. After him are Al-Mansur Abu Bakr, Martha of Denmark, and Al-Wathiq I.

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In France

Among people born in France, John III, Duke of Brittany ranks 3,171 out of 6,770. Before him are Octave Feuillet (1821), Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), Guillaume Rondelet (1507), Gérard Larrousse (1940), and Albert Kahn (1860). After him are Michel Berger (1947), Patricia Kaas (1966), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Achille Richard (1794), Charles Dullin (1885), and Pierre Poivre (1719).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, John III, Duke of Brittany ranks 126. Before him are Marie of Lorraine (1674), Salomon, King of Brittany (900), Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612), Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320), Philip I of Namur (1174), and Marie Antoinette Murat (1793). After him are John II, Count of Nevers (1415), Joseph, Duke of Parma (1875), William IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902), Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908), and Albert I, Count of Namur (1000).

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