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John V, sometimes numbered as VI, (24 December 1389 – 29 August 1442) bynamed John the Wise ( Breton: Yann ar Fur ; French: Jean le Sage ), was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
John V (or VI) was the duke of Brittany from 1399, whose clever reversals in the Hundred Years’ War and in French domestic conflicts served to strengthen his duchy. John was on good terms with Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, who was his guardian.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1365 – John IV is recognized as Duke of Brittany and Joan of Penthièvre gives up any claim to the duchy in the Treaty of Guérande. Surprisingly, the new duke declares himself as a vassal, not to the English king who helped him, but to King Charles V of France .
John V, sometimes numbered as VI, bynamed John the Wise, was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
John V, sometimes numbered as VI, (24 December 1389 – 29 August 1442) bynamed John the Wise (Breton: Yann ar Fur; French: Jean le Sage), was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
John V (in French Jean V) (1339 – November 1, 1399), known as the Conqueror, was duke of Brittany and count of Montfort, from 1345 to his death. He was son of Duke John de Montfort, Duke of Brittany and Joanna of Flanders .
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John V of Brittany (24 December 1389-29 August 1442) was Duke of Brittany from 1 November 1399 to 29 August 1442, succeeding John IV of Brittany and preceding Francis I of Brittany. John was born...
