Just found the following rumor on faeit.

Another tidbit is that the Bretonnians will most probably be "squatted", because their imagery is not really copyrightable ... quite logical, they are almost totally "historic/mythic knights", but he doesn't know if they will disappear entirely, will be merged with something else, of be totally re-designed from the ground up.

Now I know the guy should be taken with a mountain sized load of salt, but given the recent rebrandings of armies and units to get the copyright, particularly the IG to AM, I'm thinking this has a ring of truth to it unfortunately. I sincerely hope it's not true, but....