Ricwin of Nantes

Ricwin, Ricuin, Richwin, or Richovin (died 25 June 841) was the Count of Nantes from 831 to 841.^[1]^[2] A Rihwinus comes witnessed the will of Charlemagne in 811.

A fidelis of Louis the Pious, Ricwin was named count in the Nantais and the Breton March after the exile of Lambert I. In 832, with Rainier, Bishop of Vannes, he opposed the creation of Redon Abbey by Saint Conwoïon, supported by Nominoë.^[3] Ricwin died in the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye fighting on the side of Charles the Bald.

References

^ Dillange, Michel (1995). Les comtes de Poitou : ducs d'Aquitaine (778-1204). Mougon: Geste éditions. ISBN 2-910919-09-9. OCLC 35212897.
^ Tonnerre, Noël-Yves (1994). Naissance de la Bretagne géographie historique et structures sociales de la Bretagne méridionale : Nantais et Vannetais de la fin du VIIIe à la fin du XIIe siècle. Impr. Jouve). Angers: Presses de l'Université d'Angers. ISBN 2-903075-58-1. OCLC 708331938.
^ Kramer, Rutger (January 2015), "...Quia cor regis in manu dei est... ": The Pharaoh in Carolingian monastic narratives, Haut Moyen Âge, vol. 21, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, pp. 139–163, doi:10.1484/m.hama-eb.5.107349, ISBN 978-2-503-55331-3, retrieved 13 May 2022

Titles of nobility
Preceded by Lambert	Count of Nantes 831–841	Succeeded by Renaud

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[1] Dillange, Michel (1995). Les comtes de Poitou : ducs d'Aquitaine (778-1204). Mougon: Geste éditions. ISBN 2-910919-09-9. OCLC 35212897.

[2] Tonnerre, Noël-Yves (1994). Naissance de la Bretagne géographie historique et structures sociales de la Bretagne méridionale : Nantais et Vannetais de la fin du VIIIe à la fin du XIIe siècle. Impr. Jouve). Angers: Presses de l'Université d'Angers. ISBN 2-903075-58-1. OCLC 708331938.

[3] Kramer, Rutger (January 2015), "...Quia cor regis in manu dei est... ": The Pharaoh in Carolingian monastic narratives, Haut Moyen Âge, vol. 21, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, pp. 139–163, doi:10.1484/m.hama-eb.5.107349, ISBN 978-2-503-55331-3, retrieved 13 May 2022

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