Nominoe

Nominoe
Nominoe's Vow, a Victorian illustration to a ballad about Nominoe in Barzaz Breiz in which he vows vengeance on the Franks for killing a Breton emissary
Duke of Brittany
Reign841–851
PredecessorWihomarc
SuccessorErispoe
Bornc. 800
Died(851-03-07)7 March 851 (aged ~50–51)
Burial
Redon Abbey, Ille-et-Vilaine 47°39′00″N 2°05′02″W / 47.650°N 2.084°W / 47.650; -2.084
IssueErispoe

Nominoe or Nomenoe (French: Nominoë; Breton: Nevenoe; b. c. 800, d. 7 March 851) was the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death. He is the Breton pater patriae and to Breton nationalists he is known as Tad ar Vro ("father of the country").


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