Biography of John Capet II Duke Brittany 1239-1305
Paternal Family Tree: Capet
In 1221 [his father] John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 3) was created I Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux.
In 1236 [his father] John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 18) and [his mother] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Theobald IV King Navarre (age 34) and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy. He the son of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 49) and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England. 
In 1239 John Capet II Duke Brittany was born to John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 21) and Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 13).
On 22 Jan 1260 John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 21) and Beatrice Plantagenet (age 17) were married. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 52) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 37). He the son of John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 42) and Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 34). They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. 
On 25 Jul 1261 [his son] Arthur Capet Duke Brittany was born to John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 22) and [his wife] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 19). He a grandson of King Henry III of England.
Around 1266 [his son] John Capet 4th Earl Richmond was born to John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 27) and [his wife] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 23). He a grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1268 [his daughter] Marie Capet was born to John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 29) and [his wife] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 25). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1269 [his son] Peter Capet was born to John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 30) and [his wife] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 26). He a grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1271 [his daughter] Blanche Capet was born to John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 32) and [his wife] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 28). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1275 [his son] Arthur Capet Duke Brittany (age 13) and [his daughter-in-law] Marie Limoges Duchess Brittany were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. He the son of John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 36) and Beatrice Plantagenet (age 32). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1275 [his daughter] Eleanor Capet Abbess Fontevraud was born to John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 36) and [his wife] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 32). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 24 Mar 1275 [his wife] Beatrice Plantagenet (age 32) died in London. She was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].
On 12 Aug 1283 [his mother] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 57) died.
On 08 Oct 1286 [his father] John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 68) died. His son John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 47) succeeded 2nd Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux, 3rd Earl Richmond.
In or before 1295 [his son] Arthur Capet Duke Brittany (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 33) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux (age 46). He the son of John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 55) and Beatrice Plantagenet. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Around 1296 John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 57) was deprived of the Earldom of Richmond since he had begun to support France.
On 22 Jul 1298 [his former brother-in-law] King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.
John de Graham and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).
Walter Beauchamp (age 55).
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).
Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).
John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).
Nicholas Segrave (age 42).
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).
John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 67).
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).
Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 21).
Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 31).
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).
John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).
Philip Darcy (age 40).
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).
William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.
On 18 Aug 1304 John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 65) fought during the Battle of Mons en Pévèle.
On 18 Nov 1305 John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 66) died. His son [his son] Arthur Capet Duke Brittany (age 44) succeeded 3rd Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux.
Calendars. 12 Dec 1307 King Edward II of England (age 23). Westminster Palace [Map]. To John de Brittania, Earl of Richmond, [keeper] of Scotland. Order to restore to Aymer de Valencia (age 32), Earl of Pembrok, his lands, etc., in the counties of Sellekyrk [Selkirkshire] and Twedale and in the forest of Sellekyrk, which he has seized into the king's hands because the men and tenants of the same had late traitoroursly adhered to Robert de Brus (age 33), the king's enemy and rebel.
Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and [his daughter] Marie Capet were married. She the daughter of John Capet II Duke Brittany and Beatrice Plantagenet. He the son of Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Philip Artois and [his daughter] Blanche Capet were married. She the daughter of John Capet II Duke Brittany and Beatrice Plantagenet. He the son of Robert Artois II Count Artois and Amice Countenay Countess Artois. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 5 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 3 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 1
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre x 1
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France x 1
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg x 1
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden x 1
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France x 1
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France x 1
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile x 1
Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon x 1
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford x 1
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland x 1
Charlotte Savoy Queen Consort France x 1
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress x 1
Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France x 1
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile x 3
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon x 1
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre x 3
Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress x 1
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 3
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland x 7
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France x 4
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 5
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 5
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine x 2
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor x 1
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain x 1
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia x 2
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia x 1
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal x 11
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia x 13
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 3
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 3
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 3
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 4
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 4
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 3
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 3
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 3
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 6
Frederick VII King Denmark x 9
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 6
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 6
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 3
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 18
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 18
Frederick Charles I King Finland x 6
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 9
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 18
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 18
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 18
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 18
Carl XVI King Sweden x 36
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Amorous" I King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
GrandFather: Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany
Great x 3 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Beaugency
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Capet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Father: John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars III Viscount Thouars
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars V Viscount Thouars
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars IV Viscount Thouars
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Guy Thouars
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Devil" Lusignan VI Count Lusignan I Count La Marche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Brown" Lusignan VII Count Lusignan II Count La Marche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Thouars Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aenor Lusignan Viscountess Thouars
Great x 3 Grandmother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche
GrandMother: Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Penthièvre Count Tréguier
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan "Black" Penthièvre 1st Earl Richmond
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Guingamp
Great x 2 Grandfather: Conan "The Young" Penthièvre IV Duke Brittany Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conan "Fat" Canhiart III Duke Brittany
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Canhiart I Duchess Brittany Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzroy Duchess Brittany
Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
John Capet II Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Champagne 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
GrandFather: Theobald IV King Navarre 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro Jiménez
Great x 3 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cristina Rodríguez Vivar
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sancho "Wise" King Navarre
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Aigle Lord Aigle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliette du Perche Chateaudun
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Ivrea
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona
Mother: Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Guichard IV of Beaujeu
GrandMother: Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy