Alain I the Great ( fr. Alain I le Grand ; died in 907 ) - Count of Bath and Nantes from 877, King of Brittany from 888 or 890. According to the genealogy compiled in the XI century in the monastery of Saint-Aubin d'Anger, his father's name was Riedored.
| Alain I the Great | |||||||
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| fr. Alain i le grand | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Paskveten | ||||||
| Successor | Rudal | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Paskveten | ||||||
| Successor | Fulk I Red | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Paskveten | ||||||
| Successor | Gourmaelon | ||||||
| Birth | |||||||
| Death | 907 | ||||||
| Kind | Nantes House | ||||||
| Father | Ridored | ||||||
| Spouse | 1st wife : Oreguen (Orgem); 2nd wife : N | ||||||
| Children | from the 1st marriage : Rudal , Gyurek, Paskveten, Byudik, daughter; from the 2nd marriage : Deryan | ||||||
| Religion | Christianity | ||||||
Biography
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After the death of Brother Pasqueten, Allen I the Great inherited his possessions. Initially, he had to wage a battle against the Counts of Rennes, which had already begun by his brother.
However, in the face of the general threat of attacks on the Brittany of the Normans , Alain in 888 or 890 teamed up with Count Judicael of Rennes . Although Yudikael died in the Battle of Kestamber , the Bretons, led by Alain, inflicted a crushing defeat on the Vikings, after which they for a long time did not dare to attack Brittany. Alain, on the day of victory at Kestamber directly on the battlefield, was proclaimed king by the army, thus restoring the unity of Brittany lost after the assassination of Salomon in 874 [1] [2] [3] [4] .
After the death of Judikael, Alain remained the only powerful ruler in Brittany. In addition, Alain entered into an agreement with the king of the West Frankish kingdom Louis Zaika , according to which Alain became a vassal of Louis, and in return he recognized Alain for the royal title. In the period after 890 and until the very death of Alain in 907, Brittany experienced a period of relative calm and prosperity, due to which the country's economy was gradually restored. His possessions included both those inhabited by Bretons ( Leon , Dumnonia , Cornwall , Vannete ), and possessions with a predominantly Frankish population (Rennes, Nantes, Avrancheshen, Cotantin and western Poitou ).
After the final collapse of the Carolingian Empire in 888, Allen became a virtually independent ruler, significantly strengthening his power, taking advantage of the weakness of the kings of the West Frankish kingdom. However, after the death of Alain in 907, his heirs could not maintain the unity of Brittany, which was divided into several parts. And by 919, practically the whole of Brittany was captured by the Normans. Only in 936 the grandson of Alain I, Alain II Curve Beard , was able to expel the Normans. However, Brittany ceased to be a kingdom and the possessions of Alain II were much less than the possessions of his grandfather.
Marriage and children
1st wife: Oreguen (Orgem) . Children:
- Rudal (d. C. 913), Count Bath with 907
- Gyurek (d. 897/903)
- Paskveten (d. 897/903)
- Budik (d. After 897)
- daughter husband: Earl of Poer Mathiedua (d. 936)
- Allen II Curve Beard
2nd wife: N. A son:
- Deryan (d. After 910)
Notes
- ↑ La Borderie A. Histoire de Bretagne . - Rennes, Paris: J. Plihon & L. Hervé, Alphonse Picard, 1898 .-- T. II. - P. 331—334.
- ↑ Price NS The Vikings in Brittany // The Viking Society for Northern Research. - London, 1989 .-- Vol. 22. - P. 354-355.
- ↑ Affectionate G. Vikings. - Minsk: Unitary Enterprise "Minsk Color Printing Factory", 2004. - P. 81. - ISBN 985-454-218-1 .
- ↑ Alain Le Grand. La Bataille de Questembert (French) . Images de Questembert. Date of treatment May 28, 2017.
Literature
- Bertin Annals = Annales Bertiniani . 830–882. // MGH SS. - T. I. - P. 419-515.
- The Carolingian Legacy. IX-X centuries / Per. with fr. T.A. Chesnokova . - M .: Scarab, 1993 .-- T. 2 .-- 272 p. - (A new history of medieval France). - 50,000 copies. - ISBN 5-86507-043-6 .
- Chédeville André, Guillotel Hubert. La Bretagne des saints et des rois Ve-Xe siècle. - Editions Ouest France, 1984. - 423 p. - ISBN 2858826137 .
Links
- History of Brittany. Chapter 1: The Birth of a Nation . Planet Brittany . Date of treatment July 24, 2009. Archived March 27, 2012.
- DUKES of BRITTANY 831-1213 (English) . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy . Date of treatment July 22, 2009. Archived February 20, 2012.
- Généalogie de Saint Aubin d'Angers (Jpeg). Date of treatment July 24, 2009. Archived March 31, 2012.
