Timeline Sunday 30 April 1341

Events on Sunday 30 April 1341 2

• 1286 – 1341 John III, Duke of Brittany (1286-1341) Died 30 April 1341, aged 55 John III ruled the Duchy of Brittany from 1312 and maintained a cautious balance between his English and French overlords. He died without a son, and his failure to settle the succession before his death touched off the War of the Breton Succession.
• 1341 War of the Breton Succession begins Death of Duke John III sparks a contested Breton inheritance Duke John III of Brittany died without a direct heir, igniting a succession dispute between his half-brother John of Montfort and his niece Joan, wife of Charles of Blois. The conflict quickly drew in the kings of England and France, who backed opposing claimants, turning it into a proxy theatre of the wider Anglo-French rivalry. Fighting over the duchy continued for more than two decades.