Wrhwant, Gurwant, Gurwent or Gurvand () (died 876) was a claimant to the
Kingdom of Brittany
The Kingdom of Brittany () was a short-lived vassal-state of the Frankish Empire that emerged during the Norse invasions. Its history begins in 851 with Erispoe's claim to kingship. In 856, Erispoe was murdered and succeeded by his cousin Sal ...
from 874 until his death in opposition to
Pascweten, Count of Vannes.
Wrhwant was complicit in the conspiracy which assassinated
Salomon in 874. However, he was of the faction which had been outside Salomon's court and he hailed from northwest Brittany. He was, however, never styled "Count". He mustered 200 men to fight the
Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9â ...
in 874.
[Smith, 30 and n86.] After Salomon's death, he and
Pascweten
Pascweten (died 876) was the count of Vannes and a claimant to the Duchy of Brittany, rule of Brittany. He was a son of Ridoredh of Vannes, a prominent and wealthy aristocrat first associated with the court of Erispoe in the 850s. He owned vast lan ...
divided the country between them, though
Regino of PrĂ¼m
Regino of PrĂ¼m or of Prum (, ; died 915 AD) was a Benedictine Order, Benedictine monk, who served as abbot of PrĂ¼m Abbey, PrĂ¼m (892–99) and later of St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier, Saint Martin's at Trier, and chronicler, whose ''Chronicon'' is ...
records that the latter received a larger share. The two soon fell out and fought over the succession. He had died by the middle of 876 and his son
Judicael had taken up his role.
His wife was a daughter of
Erispoe, and in some reconstructed genealogies their one daughter was married to
Berengar of Rennes.
* unknown daughter, married to
Berengar of Rennes,
Count of Rennes
The Count of Rennes was originally the ruler of the Romano- Frankish ''civitas'' of Rennes. From the middle of the ninth century these counts were Bretons with close ties to the Duchy of Brittany, which they often vied to rule. From 990 the Coun ...
, whose son and successor, according to one popular solution, was
Judicael Berengar.
*
Judicael
* Oreguen(?)
See also
*
Dukes of Brittany family tree
This is a list of rulers of Brittany. In different epochs the rulers of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary right. Hereditary ...
Sources
*Smith, Julia M. H. ''Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians''. Cambridge University Press: 1992.
Notes
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Year of birth unknown