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During dinner, the Duke led the newly espoused lady to a room in the Hermine, where she sat in the middle of the canopy ... The Duke dined in the room with the main Lords ... The Duke had the groom near him, under his canopy ... After dinner, at about four hours, the dance began with the high
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minstrels. The Duke led the Lady Malestroit, Monsieur de Laval led the duchess, other Lords led other Ladies, and continued to dance to the night ... The next day the games began, which lasted four days; and after the Lords had passed the time in great joy and feasts they left Vennes.
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The relatively short reign of the Duke did not make a mark on history. His contemporaries described Peter II as simple, well advised by his wife, but little suited to the ducal function, heavy mind as body, prone to mood swings. He participated in the
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from falling into foreign hands, the Duke decided to marry his niece, Margaret, the eldest daughter of his deceased brother Francis, to his cousin,
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and Ferns. Upon the death of his brother in 1450, Peter became Duke. Since Francis did not have a son, according to the provisions of the first
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While he was still only Count of Guingamp, he had a tomb carved from himself in the Notre-Dame de Nantes which was lost during the
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that did not allow the succession of girls, he appointed Peter in preference to his own daughters,
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The wedding started on November 16 with a grand mass in Saint Peter's cathedral in
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Manuscripts, Market and the Transition to Print in Late Medieval Brittany
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Peter II died in 1457 with no known issue. He was succeeded by his uncle
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While he was Count of Guingamp, he fought against the English in
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Peter praying before the Virgin and Child, miniature from the
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Hours of Peter II
Duke of Brittany
Francis I
Arthur III
Nantes
Nantes
Françoise d'Amboise
House
Montfort
John V, Duke of Brittany
Joan of France
Duke of Brittany
Count of Montfort
earl of Richmond
John VI
Joan of France
Francis I

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