Salomon, Duke of Brittany

count of Rennes and Nantes and duke of Brittany

820 CE to 874 CE

Salomon (Breton: Salaün) (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 after 868.

In popular tradition within Brittany he was canonized as "Saint Salomon" after his death and raised to the rank of martyr.

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