Pascweten (died 876) was the count of Vannes and a claimant to the rule of Brittany. He was a son of

Ridoredh of Vannes Ridoredh was the count of Vannes in the ninth century.Barry Cunliffe, ''Bretons and Britons: The Fight for Identity'' (Oxford University Press, 2021), p. 419. According to a family tree added to a manuscript of the Abbey of Saint-Aubin around the ...

, a prominent and wealthy aristocrat first associated with the court of

Erispoe Erispoe (; ; died 2 or 12 November 857) was Duke of Brittany from 851 to his death. After the death of his father Nominoe, he led a successful military campaign against the Franks, culminating in his victory at the Battle of Jengland. He is subse ...

in the 850s. He owned vast landed estates and salt works (as at

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) in southeastern Brittany and was a patron of

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. Pascweten was a son-in-law of

Salomon, Duke of Brittany Salomon () (died 874) was count of Rennes and Nantes from 852 and duke of Brittany from 857 until his assassination in 874. In 867, he was granted the counties of Avranches and Coutances, and he used the title king of Brittany intermittently a ...

, in August 867, when he negotiated a lasting peace at

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with

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as CharlesII, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a series of civil wars during t ...

on behalf of his father-in-law and prevented the king from marching on Brittany. Pascweten swore an oath of fidelity to Charles on Salomon's behalf. In 874 Pascweten, Wrhwant, and Wigo, son of Riwallon, Count of Cornouaille, conspired against Salomon and assassinated him, but since each hailed from a different regional party, they soon found themselves at odds with Salomon gone. Pascweten and Wrhwant fought over the succession to Breton rule for the next two years. They divided the country between them, though

Regino of Prüm Regino of Prüm or of Prum (, ; died 915 AD) was a Benedictine Order, Benedictine monk, who served as abbot of Prüm Abbey, Prüm (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. By mid 876 both were dead and Pascweten's brother, Alan the Great, had succeeded him in Vannes and carried on the fight against Judicael of Cornouaille.Smith, 121–122.

Sources

*Smith, Julia M. H. ''Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians''. Cambridge University Press: 1992.

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