John VI, Duke of Brittany
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Image:BlasonBRETAGNE.PNG John VI (in French Jean VI) (December 24 1389 – August 29 1442), known as the Wise, was duke of Brittany, count of Montfort, and titular earl of Richmond, from 1399 to his death. He was son of Duke John V and Joanna of Navarre. John VI married Jeanne de Valois, princess of France, daughter of king Charles, the Mad and his wife Isabeau de Bavière. By her he had seven children:
- Anne (1409 – aft. 1415)
- Isabelle (1411 – 1442, Auray), married at Redon in 1430 Guy XIV, Count of Laval (d. 1486)
- Marguerite (1412–1421)
- Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450)
- Catherine (1416 – aft. 1421)
- Peter II, Duke of Brittany (1418–1457)
- Gilles of Brittany (1420–1450), Lord of Prince
Unlike his father, John VI was a peaceful man, or so the end of the Breton War of Succession permitted him to be. He strove to reinforce ducal authority, by levying a permanent army and constructing a coherent method of taxation in Brittany. John VI was also a patron of the Arts and the Church and funded the construction of several cathedrals.
See also: Dukes of Brittany family tree
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