The Battle of Segré was a battle between the forces of
Conan II, Duke of Brittany
Conan may refer to:
People
* Saint Conan (died 684), bishop of the Isle of Man
* Conan of Cornwall (c. 930 – c. 950), bishop of Cornwall
* Conan I of Rennes (died 992), duke of Brythonic Brittany
* Conan II, Duke of Brittany (died 1066), duke o ...
, and an alliance of the rebel
Rivallon I of Dol
Rivallon I of Dol (died c. 1065) was the first lord of Combourg from before 1040. He was born to Hamo I, Viscount of Alet and Roianteline. Rivallon's eldest brother was Hamo II Viscount of Alet, while his next eldest brother Josselin became the s ...
, the
Angevin Empire
The Angevin Empire (; ) was the collection of territories held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wal ...
, and the
Duchy of Normandy
The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple, King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy was named for its inhabitants, the Normans.
From 1066 until 1204, as a r ...
, fought as part of the Breton–Norman War. During Conan's 1066 campaign against Anjou, he took