Konomor
Konomor , also Conomor or Cunomorus , was a 6th century count who ruled large parts of western Brittany . He was Count des Poher and possibly also King of Dumnonia , a kingdom that comprised land on both sides of the English Channel and is the predecessor of today's county of Devon . In the year 560 Konomor allied himself with the king of Aquitaine, Chram , who was in the resistance against his father Chlothar I , the king of the Franks. The decisive battle at Vannes was lost.
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- John T. Koch: Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia , Volume 1, S 521 digitized
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SURNAME | Konomor |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conomor; Cunomorus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count in Brittany |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 560 |
DATE OF DEATH | after 560 |