Key facts
- Reign
- 26 December 1458 – 9 September 1488
- Coronation
- 3 February 1459
- Predecessor
- Arthur III
- Successor
- Anne
- Born
- 23 June 1433, Château de Clisson , Nantes , Brittany
- Died
- 9 September 1488 (1488-09-09) (aged 55), Couëron
- Burial
- Nantes Cathedral
- Spouses
- Margaret of Brittany ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1455 ; died 1469 ) Margaret of Foix ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1471 )
- Issue
- John, Count of Montfort Anne, Duchess of Brittany Isabeau of Brittany
- House
- Dreux-Montfort
- Father
- Richard, Count of Étampes
- Mother
- Margaret, Countess of Étampes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- François
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Château de Clisson
- Place of death
- Couëron
- Spouse
- Margaret of Foix
- Child
- Anne of Brittany
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Family
- House of Dreux
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- François II de Bretagne priant.jpg
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- Commons category
- François II de Bretagne
- date of birth
- 1435-06-23
- date of death
- 1488-09-09
- place of burial
- Nantes Cathedral
- manner of death
- accidental death
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- owner of
- Château des ducs de Bretagne
- unmarried partner
- Antoinette de Maignelais
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Encyclopedic overview
Coat of Arms of Francis II, Duke of Brittany Francis II (Breton: Frañsez II, French: François II) (23 June 1433 – 9 September 1488) was Duke of Brittany from 1458 to his death. He was the grandson of John IV, Duke of Brittany. A recurring theme in Francis' life would be his quest to maintain the quasi-independence of Brittany from France. As such, his reign was characterized by conflicts with King Louis XI and with his daughter, Anne of France, who served as regent during the minority of her brother, King Charles VIII. The armed and unarmed conflicts from 1465 to 1477 and 1484–1488 have been called the "War of the Public Weal" and the Mad War (la Guerre Folle), respectively.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francis II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.