General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> Conan /Meriadoc/
According to THE KINGDOMS OF BRITTANY
(http://freespace.virgin.net/david.ford2/brittany.html):
"Brittany was originally called Armorica after the Celtic tribe who lived
there during the Pre-Roman & Gall0-Roman periods.  The British first
settled the area in the late 3880s when the Roman-British general, Magnus
Maximus, invaded Gaul in order to press his claims to the Imperial
throne.  As a reward for his help in this matter, Maximus gave Armorica
to his wife's cousin, Conan Meriadoc. Conan supposedly populated his new
kingdom with his armed followers but, of course, they were woefully short
of female companions.  Conan sent back to Britain for wives, not only for
his men, but for himself also.  A storm prevented the ladies from
reaching Brittany, so Conan's men were forced to undertake mixed
marriaged with the local inhabitants.  However, to ensure that their
children only spoke the British language, the soldier's cut out their
wives' tongues!...Conan ruled across Brittany, but the centre of his
power appears to have been in the Vannetais.  In later generations, his
Kingdom was divided amongst his descendants: the elder branch became
Princes of Cornouaille, while a younger dynasty ruled in Domnonee... "