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William, Viscount of Limoges

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193:. Two of William's brothers were found guilty of felonies and treachery on 16 February 1425 and their properties in Brittany were confiscated. William himself had already been given over to the duke of Brittany as a hostage on 29 July 1420. 236:
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from his brother John in 1454, but he died the following year. His daughter, Frances, succeeded him in Périgord and Limoges.
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for twenty-eight years, during which time he lost his sight. He was finally freed in 1448 after his family reconciled with
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and Margaret de Clisson. As a younger son, William was intended to join the clergy. He attended the
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and, while he was young, his family negotiated with the duke of Brittany to grant him the
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between 1420 and 1422, the Penthièvre family was forced to appear before both the
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After Margaret de Clisson and her sons failed in their plot to overthrow
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Index

Viscount of Limoges
John
Frances
Isabelle de la Tour d'Auvergne
Issue
Frances
House
House of Châtillon
John I, Count of Penthièvre
Seigneur de Avesnes
Viscount of Limoges
Count of Périgord
John II, Count of Penthièvre
John I, Count of Penthièvre
University of Angers
Bishopric of Vannes
Saint-Brieuc
John V, Duke of Brittany
their claim to Brittany
French Parliament
Breton Estates
Vannes
Auray
Francis I, Duke of Brittany
Isabelle de la Tour d'Auvergne
Frances
County of Périgord
Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume
Histoire de la Maison de Chastillon sur Marne avec les genealogies et armes des illustres Familles de France & des Pays-bas, lesquelles y ont esté alliées
French nobility

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