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- Born:
- 1239
- Died:
- 1305, Lyon (aged 66)
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John II
duke of Brittany
John II (born 1239ādied 1305, Lyon) was the duke of Brittany (from 1286) and count of Richemont, son of John I. He accompanied his father on St. Louisās crusade to Tunisia (1270) and also fought in Palestine. He returned to Europe in 1272 and, in subsequent years, shifted repeatedly from one side to another in the wars between Edward I of England and Philip IV of France, who made him a peer of France (1297). His son, Arthur II, succeeded him.
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