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• Topic: Initial Campaign of the Breton Civil War, 1341
  • John, Duke of Brittany, dies; Brittany claimed by John of Montfort and Charles of Blois.
  • Philip VI of France supports Charles; John of Montfort defeated and imprisoned.
  • Joanna, John's wife, leads resistance, setting up her son as faction's figurehead.
  • Context: Part of the broader Hundred Years' War.
  • Joanna seeks English military intervention.

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