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John V, Duke of Brittany

1389 - 1442

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John V, sometimes numbered as VI, (24 December 1389 – 29 August 1442) bynamed John the Wise (Breton: Yann ar Fur ; French: Jean le Sage), was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. John's reversals in that conflict, as well as in other internal struggles in France, served to strengthen his duchy and to maintain its independence. His alternative regnal name, John VI, as he is known traditionally in old English sources, comes from English partisan accounting as to who was the rightful duke of Brittany during the War of the Breton Succession (1341–65), which had preceded the rule of his father. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John V, Duke of Brittany is the 324th most popular nobleman (up from 381st in 2019), the 1,490th most popular biography from France (up from 1,842nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 324 out of 1,415. Before him are Richard, Duke of Burgundy, Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Louis, Count of Vendôme, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, and Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Henry I, Count of Champagne, Theobald V, Count of Blois, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, and Otto I, Count of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1389, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 4. Before him are Cosimo de' Medici, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, and Isabella of Valois. After him are Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Philip II, Count of Nevers, Antoninus of Florence, and Zbigniew Oleśnicki. Among people deceased in 1442, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 5. Before him are Elizabeth of Luxembourg, Yolande of Aragon, Pierre Cauchon, and Al-Maqrizi. After him are John, Constable of Portugal, Margaret of Nevers, and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 1,490 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Barrès (1862), Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Georges Feydeau (1862), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), and Austen Henry Layard (1817). After him are Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Victor Cousin (1792), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), and Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 48. Before him are Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179), Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (1360), Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858), and Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376). After him are Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187), Adela of Normandy (1065), Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), and Fulk III, Count of Anjou (970).

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