NOMENOL  , or NoMIxoh (d . 851), See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany . The date of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth is not known, and his origin is obscure; all that is known is that he was'of See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton See also:

• RACE

race . In the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of pacifying Brittany, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis the Debonair named him See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• VANNES

Vannes in 819 and See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor or duke of Brittany in 826 . Throughout the reign of Louis, Nomenoe's fidelity to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor never flagged; he put down several attempted insurrections, and maintained See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace in Brittany for fifteen years . But in 841 he resolved to make himself See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bald . In 843 Charles made a vain See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to subdue Brittany . In 844 Nomenoe invaded See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, and in 845 the emperor was completely defeated at Balton near See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain-de-Bretagne . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year Charles recognized the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of Brittany . Having resolved to detach the duchy from the ecclesiastical See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• TOURS

Tours, Nomenoe accused the Frankish bishops of Vannes, See also:

• QUIMPER

Quimper, See also:

• DOL

Dol and See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon of See also:

• SIMONY

simony at the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of Coetlouh in 848, replaced them by Bretons, and erected Dol into a See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan see . In 849 Nomenoe attacked the Frankish See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou . Charles retaliated by establishing a See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison at See also:

• RENNES

Rennes; but Nomenoe seized Rennes, See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes and, finally, the whole of Upper Brittany, and ravaged Maine .

In 851 he seized Anjou and invaded See also:

• BEAUCE (Lat. Belsia)

Beauce; but he died suddenly, leaving as his successor his son Erispoe . See A. de la Borderie, Histoire de Bretagne, vol. ii . (1898) ; R . Merlet, " Guerres d'independance de la Bretagne," in the Revue de Bretagne, de See also:

• VENDEE
• VENDEE, WARS OF THE

Vendee et d'Anjou (1891) .