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Breton Succession, War of the

Years: 1341 - 1365

The Breton War of Succession, a conflict between the Houses of Blois and Montfort for control of the Duchy of Brittany, is fought between 1341 and 1364.

It forms an integral part of the early Hundred Years War due to the involvement of the French and English governments in the conflict; the French support Blois while the English back Montfort and both sides expend considerable resources on this war.

Although Montfort is ultimately successful following the Battle of Auray in 1364, it is the French who are to gain the most from his victory.

"{Readers} take infinitely more pleasure in knowing the variety of incidents that are contained in them, without ever thinking of imitating them, believing the imitation not only difficult, but impossible: as if heaven, the sun, the elements, and men should have changed the order of their motions and power, from what they were anciently"

― Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy (1517)