page_title: Alan II, Duke of Brittany
hierarchical_section_title: Alan II, Duke of Brittany
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Tapisseries Entrée d'Henri IV à Rennes et Alain Barbe-Torte
context_page_description: Alan II, nicknamed Wrybeard or Twistedbeard, Alan Varvek in Breton, was Count of Vannes, Poher, and Nantes, and Duke of Brittany from 938 to his death. He was the grandson of King Alan the Great by Alan's daughter and her husband Mathuedoï I, Count of Poher.
  He expelled the Vikings/Norsemen from Brittany after an occupation that lasted from 907 to about 939.
context_section_description: Alan II (c. 900–952), nicknamed Wrybeard or Twistedbeard, Alan Varvek in Breton, was Count of Vannes, Poher, and Nantes, and Duke of Brittany from 938 to his death. He was the grandson of King Alan the Great by Alan's daughter and her husband Mathuedoï I, Count of Poher. 
  He expelled the Vikings/Norsemen from Brittany after an occupation that lasted from 907 to about 939.
caption: Tapestries depicting Henry IV of France and Alan II, Duke of Brittany
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