Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSalomon King Of Brittany, 38G Grandfather
Notes for Salomon King Of Brittany
Count of Rennes and Nantes from 852
Duke of Brittany from 857
Became duke after he assassinated hi cousin Erispoe, Duke of Brittany.
He used the title of King of Brittany intermittently after 888, but was not a king in any official way.
By popular tradition within Brittany he was canonised as “Saint Solomon” after his death and raised to the rank of martyr
In 874, a conspiracy involving Pascweten, Wrhwant, and Wigo, son of Riwallon, Count of Cornouaille, plotted to kill Salomon. They succeeded.
Duke of Brittany from 857
Became duke after he assassinated hi cousin Erispoe, Duke of Brittany.
He used the title of King of Brittany intermittently after 888, but was not a king in any official way.
By popular tradition within Brittany he was canonised as “Saint Solomon” after his death and raised to the rank of martyr
In 874, a conspiracy involving Pascweten, Wrhwant, and Wigo, son of Riwallon, Count of Cornouaille, plotted to kill Salomon. They succeeded.