Gilbert Motier de La Fayette

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Gilbert (III.) Motier de La Fayette († February 23, probably 1463), Seigneur de La Fayette etc., was Chevalier, councilor and chamberlain of the Dauphin and later French King Charles VII , as well as Marshal of France at the age of centenarians War .

Life

Gilbert Motier is the son of Guillaume Motier, Seigneur de La Fayette et de Goutenoutouze , and Catherine Brin du Peschin, Dame de Pont-Gibault et de Hautefeuille. He was raised in the household of Duke Louis II de Bourbon and served under Marshal Boucicaut in Italy; on his return to France after the loss of Genoa in 1409 he was elected by the duke (Louis II. de Bourbon died in 1410, his successor was Jean I de Bourbon ) to his seneschal in the Bourbonnais and then to the marshal in the wars against the English in Languedoc , where Bourbon was appointed lieutenant-general of the king. In the service of Jean de Bourbon, La Fayette took part in the conquest of Soubise in 1413 , in the tournament organized by the Duke in Paris in 1414 and in the conquest of Compiègne in 1415 , and in the same year received the office of governor of Carlat and from the king Rochefort.

After Gilbert Motier entered the service of the Dauphin, the latter appointed him Bailli of Rouen on June 13, 1417 and sent him to Normandy to defend Caen and Falaise against Henry V of England , but this failed. From March 1, 1418 he was lieutenant and captain-général in the Lyonnais and Mâconnais for four months to protect Lyon from the attacks of Johann Ohnefurcht , Duke of Burgundy . He became governor and captain of the Château de Beaulieu, which he took from the enemy in 1419, as well as several places on the Rhône and the castles of Saint-Sulpice in the Sénechaussée Toulouse and Millau in Rouergue . On January 24, 1420 he was referred to as "Chevalier, Conseiller et Chambellan du Dauphin de Viennois, regent le royaume". From May 27, 1420 to October 1, 1420 he was governor of the Dauphiné .

Gilbert Motier was Commander-in-Chief of the French contingent in the Battle of Baugé (March 22, 1421), in which Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, was killed and was appointed Marshal of France in the same year. In 1422 he struck a Burgundian force under the command of Seigneur de Rochebaron. When he was in Auvergne in 1423 , he was ordered to occupy all the places held by troops of the Sire de la Trémoille and which were devastating the province. He defeated the English at Bourges and was captured at the Battle of Verneuil (August 17, 1424). After his release, the king sent him to Touraine and Vendômois in 1425 .

In 1429 he fought at the siege of Orléans and in the battle of Patay (June 18), and is therefore one of Joan of Arc's companions in arms . He also took part in the coronation of Charles VII (July 17, 1429).

In the Battle of Gerberoy (May 9, 1435) he succeeded in capturing the English Commander-in-Chief John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel , who died a short time later, on June 12, 1435, from his wounds. Gilbert Motier was one of the negotiators and signatories (September 21, 1435) of the Treaty of Arras . On May 3, 1439 he was appointed Seneschal of Beaucaire and Nîmes . In June 1439 he received the rule of Veauche in Forez from the Duke of Bourbon . His last campaign took place in 1449 against the English.

Gilbert Motier de La Fayette was Seigneur de La Fayette , Ayes , Pontgibaud , Nébouzac , Saint-Romain , Monteil-Gelat et de Champestières (en partie).

Marriages and families

His first marriage was Dauphine de Montroignon and his second marriage on January 15, 1423 at Bouthéon Castle (in Andrézieux-Bouthéon ) Jeanne de Joyeuse, daughter of Randon II, Seigneur de Joyeuse, and Catherine Aubert, Dame de Monteil-Gelat et de Roche-d'Agout. From his second marriage he had nine children:

  • Charles, Seigneur de La Fayette, Maubec, Pontgibault, Nebouzac and Bourgnon, Conseiller and Chambellan du Roi; ⚭ Catherine Cholet, daughter of Pierre Cholet, Seigneur d'Auterive
  • Antoine († after 1488) Seigneur de Bouthéon, de Veauche et de Goutenourouze; ⚭ (1) Louise, heiress of Montboissier , daughter of Jean, Seigneur de Montboissier, and Catherine de Chalençon, dite de Chassagnols; ⚭ (2) Catherine de Murol; ⚭ (3) July 11, 1482 Anne d'Aubière, Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Fossés , de La Faye , de Moissac aux Cevennes , de Bort, de la Tour-d'Anval et de Maubec, daughter of Annet, Seigneur d' Aubière , and Dauphine de Murol
  • Gilbert (IV.) († before 1527), Seigneur de Saint-Romain, de Pont-Gibault, de Roche d'Agoult, de Monteil-Gelat, de Goutenoutouze, d'Hautefeuille, de Jaligny, de Treteaux et de Ponsat; ⚭ 1473 Isabeau de Polignac, daughter of Guillaume, dit Armand, Vicomte de Polignac, and Amédée de Saluces-Cardé, 1527 widow ( House of Polignac )
  • Jean († 23 August 1490 at Condrieu Castle ), canon at Saint-Jean de Lyon
  • Louis, Knights of St. John
  • Catherine, widowed in 1477, attested in 1481; ⚭ Hugues de Chovigny, Seigneur de Blot, Seneschal of Auvergne
  • Louise, widow in 1467; ⚭ Jean de La Roche, Seigneur de Torniel et de Miremont
  • Anne, widowed in 1498; ⚭ June 26, 1448 François-Louis de Maubec, Seigneur de Montlaur, de Maubec et de la Roche-des-Esparres, son of Hugues, Baron de Maubec, and Jeanne de Montlaur
  • Jeanne, mentioned in her father's will in 1446

Gilbert Motier de La Fayette died on February 23, 1463 and was buried in La Chaise-Dieu Abbey .

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Père Anselme: "mourût le 23e jour de février avant l'année 1463"; Easter 1463 (and thus the beginning of the year 1463 in the old style) was on April 10th, the “23rd Day of February before the year 1463 “will have been February 23, 1463 (new style); the Encyclopædia Britannica states February 23, 1462 (which would correspond to the old style)
  2. ↑ Père Anselme: March 1, 1417 (old style), d. H. March 1, 1418 (new style)
  3. ↑ Père Anselme: January 14, 1419 (old style), d. H. January 14, 1420 (new style)
  4. ↑ Père Anselme reports that La Fayette killed Clarence with her own hand, which is denied in the Encyclopædie Britannica
  5. ↑ Père Anselme; the Britannica names the year 1422 for Baugé and 1420 for the marshal's staff
personal data
SURNAME Motier de La Fayette, Gilbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seigneur de La Fayette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman, Marshal of France
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: February 23, 1463