Pascweten

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Pascweten^[1] (died 876) was the Count of Vannes and a claimant to the rule of Brittany. He was a son of Ridoredh of Vannes, a prominent and wealthy aristocrat first associated with the court of Erispoe in the 850s. He owned vast landed estates and salt works (as at Guérande) in southeastern Brittany and was a patron of Redon Abbey.^[2]

Pascweten was a son-in-law of Salomon, Duke of Brittany, in August 867, when he negotiated a lasting peace at Compiègne with Charles the Bald on behalf of his father-in-law and prevented the king from marching on Brittany.^[3] Pascweten swore an oath of fidelity to Charles on Salomon's behalf.

In 874 Pascweten, Wrhwant, and Wigo, son of Riwallon, Count of Cornouaille, conspired against Salomon and assassinated him, but since each hailed from a different regional party, they soon found themselves at odds with Salomon gone. Pascweten and Wrhwant fought over the succession to Breton rule for the next two years. They divided the country between them, though Regino of Prüm records that the latter received a larger share. By mid 876 both were dead and Pascweten's brother, Alan the Great, had succeeded him in Vannes and carried on the fight against Judicael of Cornouaille.^[4]

Sources

Smith, Julia M. H. Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians. Cambridge University Press: 1992.

Notes

↑ Pasquitan in modern French or Paskwezhen in modern Breton
↑ Smith, 121.
↑ Smith, 107.
↑ Smith, 121–122.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Salomon	Duke of Brittany disputed with Gurvand 874–876	Succeeded by Judicael and Alan I
Preceded by Ridoredh	Count of Vannes ? - 876	Succeeded by Alan I

Rulers of Brittany

Early monarchs

c. 578–907	Waroch Judicael ap Hoel Morman Wihomarc Nominoe Erispoe Salomon Pascweten Gurvand Judicael Alan I Gourmaëlon

Viking Occupation

c. 907–938	Hroflr Rognvaldr Incon

House of Nantes

938–958	Alan II (938–952) Drogo (952–958) Hoël I (960–981) Guerech (981–988) Alan (III) (988–990)

House of Rennes

958–1072	Conan I (990–992)) Geoffrey I (992–1008) Alan III (1008–1040) Odo I (1008–1034) Conan II (1040–1066) Hawise (1066–1072) with Hoel II (1066–1072)

House of Cornouaille

1072–1156	Alan IV (1072–1112) Conan III (1112–1148) Bertha (1148–1156) with Odo II (1148–1156)

House of Penthièvre

1156–1194	Conan IV (1156–1171) Constance (1171–1194) with Geoffrey II (1181–1186), later Ranulph (1188–1194)

House of Plantagenet

1194–1203	Arthur I (1194–1203)

House of Thouars

1203–1221	Alix (1203-1221) with Peter I (1213-1221)

House of Dreux

1221–1341	John I (1221–1286) John II (1286–1305) Arthur II (1305–1312) John III (1312–1341)

Breton War of Succession

1341–1365	Joan (1341–1364) with Charles I (1341–1364) disputed by John IV (1341–1345) and John V (1345-1365)

House of Montfort

1365–1514	John V (1365-1399) John VI (1399–1442) Francis I (1442–1450) Peter II (1450–1457) Arthur III (1457–1458) Francis II (1458–1488) Anne (1488–1514) with Charles II (1491–1498), later Louis I (1499–1514)

House of Valois

1514–1547	Claude (1514–1524) with Francis (1514–1524) Francis III (1524–1536) Henry (1536–1547)

Courtesy title

1547–present	Louis de France (1704-1705) Louis de France (1707–1712) Francis de Bourbon (1973–1984)

Persondata
Name	Pasquitan
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Date of death	876
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Pascweten

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