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Bro Erech (Broerec)
Situated nearest the Frankish border, Bro Erech (or Broërec) was the
surviving portion of the Vannetais kingdom, once
Cornouaille and
Domnonia
had become separate principalities in their own right. This shrunken Vannetais
continued to bear that name until it was retitled Bro Erech, the name deriving
from Waroch (as Bro-Waroch), and is first mentioned in the Lives of the Saints.
It is also mentioned by Gregory of Tours, who locates many of the events of his
lifetime near Vannes, presumably an important site in Vannetais
and named after the former (submerged) Vaneti tribe of the area.
All three Armorican principalities were apparently the
equivalent of sub-kingdoms, under the authority of the king of Brittany.
(St Brieuc in modern Brittany may be a survival of the Bro Erech name.) |
c.490 - c.520 |
Caradog Freichfras |
King of
Gwent. |
c.550 - c.570 |
Canao |
Killed 3 brothers to secure
kingdom. Macliau saved by St Felix. |
c.570 - 577 |
Macliau |
Brthr. Conomor
Domnonia's friend. Killed by Tewdwr
Cornouaille. |
577 |
Jacob |
Son of Macliau. Not crowned.
Killed by Tewdwr of Cornouaille. |
577 - al.594 |
Waroch |
Second son of Macliau. |
al.594 - ?c.635 |
Canao II |
Son. |
c.635 |
Upon the death of Gregory of
Tours in 594, no more information on Bro Erech is available. It seems likely that the
principality was merged with Domnonia under Judicaël,
whose great grandmother seems to have been Triphine daughter of Waroch. Bro Erech would
have been Judicaël's inheritance after the death of Canao II. |
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