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Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.

Historical image related to Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France. from August 13, 1532

Union of the Duchy of Brittany with the Crown of France

1491 unification via royal marriage

The union of the Duchy of Brittany with the Crown of France was the culmination of a political process begun at the end of the 15th century in the wake of the Mad War. It resulted in the Edict of Union of 13 August 1532 and the incorporation of the duchy into the Crown lands of…
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Duchy of Brittany

Medieval feudal state in northwest France

The Duchy of Brittany was a medieval feudal state that existed between approximately 939 and 1547. Its territory covered the northwestern peninsula of France, bordered by the Bay of Biscay to the west, and the English Channel to the north. It was also less definitively bordered…
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Kingdom of France

Country in Western Europe (843–1792; 1815–1848)

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during its dissolution. It was also an…
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