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Salomon, King of Brittany

900 - 874

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Salomon (Breton: Salaün) (died 874) was count of Rennes and Nantes from 852 and duke of Brittany from 857 until his assassination in 874. In 867, he was granted the counties of Avranches and Coutances, and he used the title king of Brittany intermittently after 868. In popular tradition within Brittany he was canonised as "Saint Salomon" after his death and raised to the rank of martyr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salomon, King of Brittany is the 836th most popular nobleman (down from 780th in 2019), the 3,009th most popular biography from France (down from 2,936th in 2019) and the 121st most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Salomon, King of Brittany ranks 836 out of 1,415. Before him are Marie of Lorraine, Girart de Roussillon, Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Robert III, Count of Dreux, and Charles II, Lord of Monaco. After him are John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Adalbert I of Ivrea, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Burchard II, Duke of Swabia, and Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Salomon, King of Brittany ranks 47. Before him are Naddodd, Æthelred II of Northumbria, Ibn Wahshiyya, Wiborada, Wifred II, Count of Barcelona, and Engelberga. After him are Jayavarman IV, Herman I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Eudokia Baïana, Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, and Godfrid, Duke of Frisia. Among people deceased in 874, Salomon, King of Brittany ranks 6. Before him are Hasan al-Askari, Bayazid Bastami, Antipope John VIII, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, and Girart de Roussillon. After him are Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Unruoch III of Friuli, and Yahya ibn Yahya.

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In France

Among people born in France, Salomon, King of Brittany ranks 3,009 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria (1403), Henri Alekan (1909), Michel Blavet (1700), Guillaume Depardieu (1971), Christian d'Oriola (1928), and Pierre Berthier (1782). After him are Patrick Battiston (1957), Nicholas Rémy (1530), David Kimhi (1160), Claude Lefort (1924), Oscar Cullmann (1902), and Nicolas Lemery (1645).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Salomon, King of Brittany ranks 121. Before him are Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1722), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (1616), Corbinian (670), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), and Marie of Lorraine (1674). After him are Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612), Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320), Philip I of Namur (1174), Marie Antoinette Murat (1793), John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), and John II, Count of Nevers (1415).

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