Jean II de Brosse

DeBrosse's coat of arms.
The Fouras donjon was rebuilt by Jean II de Brosse in 1480–1490.

Jean II de Brosse, also Jehan II de Brosse (1432 – August 6, 1482), was the elder son of Marshal of France Jean de Brosse. He would become chamberlain of the king of France in 1449. He married Nicole de Blois, who later brought him, through inheritance in 1479, the County of Penthièvre in Brittany.

Jehan II de Brosse is known to have rebuilt the donjon in Fouras in 1480–1490.[1]

Marriage and children

Jean and Nicole had following children :

Notes

  1. Fouras touristic notice
French nobility
Preceded by
Nicole de Blois
Comte de Penthièvre
1479–1482
Succeeded by
Jean III
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