François
(François I)
"le Bien-Aimé, duc de Bretagne"
de Bretagne
formerly Dreux aka de Dreux
Born in Vannes, duché de Bretagne
Ancestors 
Husband of
Yolande (d'Anjou) Anjou
— married
20 Aug 1431 in Amboise, Touraine, France
Husband of
Isabella (Stewart) of Scotland
— married
30 Aug 1442 in Auray, duché de Bretagne
Descendants 
Father of
Marguerite Bretagne and Marie Bretagne
Died
at age 36
in Vannes, duché de Bretagne
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Biography
François I Dreux was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
François de Dreux-Bretagne was born on May 11, 1414 in Vannes, duché de Bretagne. He was the son of Jean VI, duke of Brittany and Jeanne de France.[1][2] He succeeded his father in 1442 as François I, Duke of Brittany[1].
He married Yolande d'Anjou on August 20, 1431 in Amboise.[1] They had one child:
He married Isabella Stewart at Auray on 30 October 1442[1] They had two children:
- Marguerite, married her cousin, François II, duke of Brittany;
- Marie de Bretagne, married Jean II, vicomte de Rohan, comte de Porhoët[1][2]
He had a daughter by an unknown mistress:
- Jeanne, married Jean Morhier Seigneur de Villers le Morhier,[2] son of Simon Morhier Seigneur de Houdan and Villiers-le-Morhier and Blanche de Popincourt[1]
He died of dropsy on July 17, 1450 in château de l'Hermine near Vannes, and was buried at Saint-Sauveur abbey in Redon.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 François I, Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands: DUKES OF BRITTANY, Chap 2: Dreux-Capet, accessed Sept. 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ducs de Bretagne, Anselme, Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, Vol I, ed. 1726-1733, page 547, consulté en septembre 2019 via Gallica
- Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. I p. 659
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Brittany was finally united to France after François's death.
At the very least, please eliminate Morbihan (which was created in 1790) and Frankrijk. Thanks!