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[Note May 29, 2011: I suggest we make this project bilingual. Victar has some good examples of how to do this in his projects. I will also ask for the project name to be in French since only Geni can edit project names.]
Using Medlands (Charles Crawley's online database of Medieval Lands), this project will collect, correct and extend the profiles of noble lines of Brittany. [Note: Please add other sources to this paragraph and to the Sources tab below.]
Brittany remained separate from the rest of France from the time of Roman Gaul until 1514. It was the one of the last provinces to be brought under the rule of the French king.
Brittany (Bretagne in French) is inhabited by the Bretons, who descend from Celtic people who spoke a Celtic language, Brythonic, and who emigrated from southwestern Great Britain in the 4th to 6th centuries. The traditional language of Brittany is Breton (Brezhoneg), a sister language to Cornish and Welsh, spoken today in Western Brittany. Breton is spoken by approximately 365,000 people.
In the Early Middle Ages, Brittany was divided into three kingdoms — Domnonia, Cornouaille (Kernev), and Bro Waroc'h (Broërec). The names of the first two kingdoms seem to derive from the homelands of the migrating tribes in Britain, Cornwall (Kernow) and Dumnonia. Bro Waroc'h ("land of Waroch") derives from the name of one of the first known Breton rulers, who dominated the region of Vannes (Gwened).
Bretons are also found in the New World. French Americans and French Canadians are of Breton descent, including Jack Kerouac.
Nominoë - Nevenoe Nominoe (English) or Nominoë (French) or Nevenoe(Breton) is a sort of Breton pater patriae and to Breton nationalists he is known as Tad ar Vro ("father of the country"). Wikipedia article