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| Wido
Count of the Breton March (–814) Biographical Count of the Breton March 799–814† Count of Nantes 799–814† Royal missus (envoy) in Tours 802 Wido was a prominent commander in western Neustria during Charlemagne’s rule. In 799 he defeated the Bretons, producing a decisive shift in power between the Franks and the Bretons. The palace annals record this as an unprecedented achievement, noting that Breton territory had, for the first time, fallen entirely under Frankish control. After the victory Wido presented the Breton chief’s weapons to the king at Worms. He may be the same Wido who was involved in a dispute over the privileges of Mettlach Abbey, which was resolved by royal judgment in 782, not in his favour. He was killed in an ambush. Son of Lantbert and Deotbric, he married and had issue. |
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