House of Dreux: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:43, 4 September 2021

Cadet branch of the House of Capet

de Dreux, de Dreus, de Drocis, de Braine, de Brana, etc.

Coat of Arms
House of Dreux
Counts of Dreux and Braine

Cadet Branches
House of Dreux-Brittany
Dukes of Brittany
Issued from Pierre Mauclerc, 2nd son of Robert II, Count of Dreux
House of Dreux-Beu
Viscounts of Beu and Bagneux
Issued from Robert, 2nd son of Robert III, Count of Dreux

Personal Arms
Robert II de Dreux
Count of Dreux and Braine
Arms as depicted on his tomb in Abbey of Braine
Pierre Mauclerc
Duke of Brittany
2nd son of Robert II, Count
of Dreux
Progenitor of the Brittany branch
Jean de Braine
Count of Vienne and Mâcon
4th son of Robert II, Count of Dreux
Seal of 1223
Jean de Braine
Count of Vienne and Mâcon
Seal of 1238
Robert III of Dreux
Count of Dreux
During the lifetime of his father
Robert de Dreux
Lord of Château-du-Loir
2nd son of Robert IV, Count of Dreux

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+Cadet branch of the [[House of Capet]]<br><br>
+''de Dreux, de Dreus, de Drocis, de Braine, de Brana, etc.''
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-File: Dreux.svg| House of Dreux<br>(Counts of Dreux)
+Dreux.svg|House of Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Dreux and Braine</span>
 </gallery>
-<gallery caption="Dukes of Brittany" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-File: Pierre I Dreux.svg|House of Dreux<br>(1213-1237 and 1305-1312)
-File: John de Dreux.svg|House of Dreux<br>(1237-1305)
-File: John III of Dreux, Duke of Brittany.svg|House of Dreux<br>(1312-1341)
-</gallery>
 <gallery caption="Cadet Branches" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-File: Robert Ier de Beu.svg|House of Dreux-Beu<br>(Viscounts of Beu)
+Pierre I de Dreux.svg|[[House of Dreux-Brittany]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dukes of Brittany<br>Issued from Pierre ''Mauclerc'', 2nd son of Robert II, Count of Dreux</span>
-File: Jean de Montfort.svg|House of Dreux-Montfort<br>(Counts of Montfort)
+Dreux-Beu.svg|[[House of Dreux-Beu]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Viscounts of Beu and Bagneux<br>Issued from Robert, 2nd son of Robert III, Count of Dreux</span>
-File: Guy de Dreux.svg|House of Dreux-Penthièvre<br>(Counts of Penthièvre)
-File: Machecoul.svg|House of Machecoul<br>(Lords of Machecoul)
 </gallery>
 <gallery caption="Personal Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-File: Jean de Bretagne.svg|Jean de Bretagne<br>(Earl of Richmond)
+Robert Dreux.svg|Robert II de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Dreux and Braine<br>Arms as depicted on his tomb in Abbey of Braine</span><!-- afaik that funerary effigy is the only instance -->
-File: Pierre de Bretagne.svg|Pierre de Bretagne<br>(Viscount of Léon)
+Pierre Mauclerc.svg|Pierre Mauclerc<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Brittany<br>2nd son of Robert II, Count<br> of Dreux<br>Progenitor of the Brittany branch</span>
-File: Richard d'Etampes.svg|Richard d'Étampes<br>(Count of Étampes)
+Jean de Braine.svg|Jean de Braine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Vienne and Mâcon<br>4th son of Robert II, Count of Dreux<br>Seal of 1223</span>
+Machecoul.svg|Jean de Braine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Vienne and Mâcon<br>Seal of 1238</span><!-- origin of the arms later adopted by his nephew so I'm reusing Machecoul. NB: his wife Alix d'Ivrée, from whom he hold those two counties, used a third design of two pieces -->
+Robert III of Dreux.svg|Robert III of Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Dreux<br>During the lifetime of his father</span>
+Robert de Dreux, Lord of Château-du-Loir.svg|Robert de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Château-du-Loir<br>2nd son of Robert IV, Count of Dreux</span>
 </gallery>