Morvan Lez-Breizh de Cornouaille

• Preferred Name: Morvan Lez-Breizh de Cornouaille
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 822 in Langonnet,56630,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE, at LATI: N8.1044 LONG: E3.4919 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: um 0770 in Priziac,56320,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE, at LATI: N8.0603 LONG: E3.4107 with note: GEDCOM data bisherige daten
  
• FSID: GXJ6-2MV
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Born around 780 - Priziac, 56320, Morbihan, Bretagne, FRANCE
  Deceased in 822 - Langonnet, 56630, Morbihan, Bretagne, FRANCE, aged about 42 years old
  King of Brittany (815-822)
  
  Elected King of Brittany after Jarnithin's death or resignation, according to B.Yeurc'h (Dom Morice). Killed by an officer of Louis le Bonnaire.
  
  Morvan Lez-Breizh, or Murman Lez-Breizh, (literally Morvan, hip, support of Brittany), ?750-?822, can be considered the first king of a unified Brittany.
  
  Originally from around Priziac (Morbihan), he reigned over Vannetais, Domnonée and Léon. His castle, now gone, was probably on the hill of Minez Morvan in the region of Le Faouët-Langonnet. This area of ​​the moors of Lanvaux is also known nowadays under the tourist name of Pays du Roi Morvan.
  
  Its land was the scene of a bloody battle during which Morvan victoriously resisted the Frankish armies of Louis le Débonnaire. His exploits are recounted in the Barzaz Breiz[1] but we also know the testimony of the Frankish chronicler Ermold Le Noir. He tells how the monk Witkar, sent by the Emperor Louis le Débonnaire on an embassy to Murman "Lez-Breizh" to ask for the submission of the Bretons, hears himself answer:
  
  “Go quickly to your master, and repeat my words to him. I do not live in his land, I do not want to submit to his law. Let him reign over the Franks, fine. Murman reigns over the Bretons. If the Franks make war on us, we will make war on them. We have arms, we will know how to use them » (...) « Hasten to report these words to your king: the fields that I cultivate are not his, and I do not intend to receive his laws. Let him govern the Franks; Murman rightly commands the Bretons, and refuses all tax and tax. Let the Franks dare to declare war, and immediately I too will cry out for battle, and show them that my arm is not yet so weak.” [2]
  
  Indeed, around 800, two zones divided Brittany: the Breton zone (Domnonée, Léon, Cornouaille, Broërec) against the Gallo-Frankish zone or Marches de Bretagne (Rennes, Nantes). To strengthen their positions, the Carolingian kings tended to multiply the Frankish population of Brittany and to wage war against the Breton counties in perpetual revolt against the tribute that one wanted to impose on them. The powerful Carolingian authority had to campaign in 786, 799, 811, 818... The regularly beaten Breton leaders were unable to unite before the common enemy until the year 818 when they therefore agreed to recognize as Chief Morgan.
  
  After the defeat, Louis le Débonnaire personally organized the response and pursued Morvan to Langonnet. The first Breton king was probably killed in 822 near his stronghold. Wikipedia
  
  "The Bretons, raised in 753, against Pépin-le-Bref, were subjugated by this sovereign, who, treating them as conquered peoples, put the height of their enslavement. Finally appeared, in 772, on the land of Armorica, that colossus of glory and power whose name still fills the universe: Charlemagne conquered it, and gave his beloved nephew, Roland, the title of Admiral of Brittany. But such was the feeling of independence among the Bretons, that the Caesar of the eighth century had to submit them four times in a period of thirty-nine years: in 772, 786,7 99, 811.
  
  Through this succession of refusals of homage, even revolts and submissions, we barely see the names of the Counts of Nantes emerge: history has however mentioned Hoel, Gondebaud and Lambert: the latter had the title of governor of the borders Nantes.
  
  Despite the desire for emancipation which boiled in the hearts of the Bretons, and the resentment they had for Charlemagne for the dependence he made them suffer, the admiration inspired by this great man dominated all their passions: eight thousand warriors from Brittany followed the emperor into Spain, and many of these brave Armoricans were crushed under the rocks of Roncesvalles with their chiefs Hoel and Arastagnus.
  
  When Charlemagne had ceased to live, the Bretons, feeling lifted by the weight of his formidable sword, believed the moment favorable to reconquer this independence so often escaped from their hands, and so often regained. The soft, indecisive, fickle government of Louis-le-Débonnaire seemed to them a sure guarantee of success. The Armorican lords, this time forgetting all rivalry, came together to attack the imperial forces. They resigned themselves to following a single leader, whom they saluted with the title of king: it was Morvan, Count of Leon, descendant of Conan Meriadec. This outcry, formidable as it was, failed before the power of the Débonnaire. Charlemagne was dead, but not with him those phalanxes of brave men who, under his banners, had subjugated Europe: a portion of his great soul still electrified them. The columns of Morvan were put to flight by the army of Louis, which he commanded in person: this chief perished himself in a battle, at the hand of a Frankish gentleman named Cosse. which immediately fell under the blows of the squire of the Breton monarch. Armorica was once again enslaved: the emperor entrusted its government to Nominoé, great-grandson of Judicael, who until then had remained faithful to him. The historical, picturesque and biographical Loire By Georges Touchard-Lafosse Armorica was once again enslaved: the emperor entrusted its government to Nominoé, great-grandson of Judicael, who until then had remained faithful to him. The historical, picturesque and biographical Loire By Georges Touchard-Lafosse Armorica was once again enslaved: the emperor entrusted its government to Nominoé, great-grandson of Judicael, who until then had remained faithful to him. The historical, picturesque and biographical Loire By Georges Touchard-Lafosse
  source: mastrec34
  
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  Morvan , or Murman or Morman , ( 750 ? - 818 ), can be considered the first king of unified Brittany . The nickname Lez-Breizh (literally hip, support of Brittany ) given to Morvan only dates from the beginning of the 19th century 1 .
  
  Biography
  Originally from the vicinity of Priziac ( Morbihan ), his castle, which no longer exists today, was probably on the hill of Minez Morvan in the region of Le Faouët - Langonnet . This area has now adopted the tourist designation of Pays du Roi Morvan .
  
  Morvan had his camp on the banks of the Ellé ; Ermold writes: “In the midst of forests, surrounded by a river, entrenched behind bays, ditches, swamps, the royal residence shines with the brilliance of arms and contains a guard of numerous soldiers. This is the place where Murman [Morvan] hangs out the most, finding security and pleasure there 2 .
  
  Its territory was the scene of a bloody battle during which Morvan victoriously resisted the Frankish armies of Louis le Débonnaire . His exploits are recounted in the Barzaz Breiz where the nickname "Lez-Breizh", literally "hip" that is to say support of Brittany is attributed to him 3 , he is also known by the testimony of the Frankish chronicler Ermold Le Black . He tells how the monk Witkar, sent by the Emperor Louis le Débonnaire on an embassy to "Murman" to ask for the submission of the Bretons, hears himself answer:
  
  “Go quickly to your master, and repeat my words to him. I do not live in his land, I do not want to submit to his law. Let him reign over the Franks, fine. Murman reigns over the Bretons. If the Franks make war on us, we will make war on them. We have arms, we will know how to use them » (…) « Hasten to report these words to your king: the fields that I cultivate are not his, and I do not intend to receive his laws. Let him rule the Franks; Murman rightly commands the Bretons, and refuses all tax and tax. Let the Franks dare to declare war, and immediately I too will cry out for battle, and show them that my arm is not yet so weak. »
  
  — Poem by Ermold Le Noir , Canto third, translation of 1824 (Brière edition)
  
  Indeed, around 800 , two zones divided Brittany: the Breton zone against the Gallo-Frankish zone or marches of Brittany ( Rennes , Nantes , and Vannes since 753. To strengthen their positions, the Carolingian kings tended to multiply the settlement of Brittany and to wage war against the Breton kingdoms in perpetual revolt against the tribute that they wanted to impose on them.The powerful Carolingian authority had to campaign first in 786 with the seneschal Audulf 4 , then in 799 with the marquis Guy Nantesand its counts, and finally in 811 . The Breton chiefs, regularly beaten, are unable to unite in front of the common enemy, until the day when they agree to recognize as chief Morvan, obliging Louis to intervene 5 .
  
  After a first failure, Louis le Débonnaire organized the response in person and pursued Morvan as far as Langonnet . The latter was killed in 818 in a place not yet identified, but probably somewhere between Priziac and Carhaix , probably near the place called Minez-Morvan (located in Langonnet ) 1 .
  
  “He [Louis] marched in person into Brittany with a considerable army, and held the general assembly of the nation at Vannes. Entering then the province just mentioned, he took all the strongholds of the rebels, and soon made himself master without much fatigue of the whole country. Indeed, after Morman, who had arrogated the royal authority there in defiance of the constant use of the Bretons, had been killed by the Emperor's troops, there was not a single Breton left who resisted, or who refused either to obey the orders he received, or to provide the hostages that were demanded of him"
  
  — Annals of Eginhard , ( Year 818 )
  
  “Morman having been killed in the midst of the baggage of the camp by a squire of the king named Choslon, all defeated Britain succumbed with him…”
  
  — the Anonymous known as the Astronomer , ( Year 818 )
  
  According to some local legends, Morvan is buried under the tumulus of Kermain (in Langonnet ) 6 , which however dates from the Bronze Age
  
  === W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. ===
  W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. 82

1. Wiomark de Léon I, b. ABT 790 in France     d. ABT 824