Alan II, Duke of Brittany

Alan II
Tapestries depicting Henry IV of France and Duke Alan II
Duke of Brittany
Reign938–952
SuccessorDrogo
Bornc. 900
Died952
Nantes
Issue
HouseHouse of Nantes
FatherMathuedoï I, Count of Poher
Motherdaughter of Alan I (name unknown)

Alan II (c. 900–952),[1] nicknamed Wrybeard or Twistedbeard, Alan Varvek in Breton, was Count of Vannes, Poher and Nantes, and Duke of Brittany from 938 to his death. He was the grandson of King Alan the Great by Alan's daughter and her husband Mathuedoï I, Count of Poher. He expelled the Vikings/Norsemen from Brittany after an occupation that lasted from 907 to about 939.

Statue of Alan Twistedbeard, work of Amédée Ménard, in the courtyard of the castle of the Dukes of Brittany in Nantes (1976)
  1. ^ Joëlle Quaghebeur. La Cornouaille du IXe au XIIe siècle. PUR Rennes, 2002. p 99