Guy XVI. de Laval

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Stained glass window in the Saint-Martin de Montmorency collegiate church

Guy XVI. de Laval (until 1501 Nicolas de Montfort-Laval , born October 1, 1476 , † May 20, 1531 in La Gravelle ) was a French nobleman with extensive possessions in Brittany and Mayenne , who lived mainly at the Breton and later French courts. He was Count of Laval , Baron de Vitré , Vicomte de Rennes, etc., as well as Lieutenant-General , Admiral and Governor of Brittany .

Life

Nicolas was the eldest son of Jean de Montfort, Seigneur de La Roche-Bernard († 1476) ( House of Montfort-Laval ), and Jeanne du Perrier, Dame de Quintin . Since he was a minor when his father died, he came under the tutelage of his grandfather Guy XIV. De Laval († 1486) and his uncle Guy XV. de Laval .

Nicolas spent most of his childhood at the court of Duke Francis II of Bretagne , where he had close contact with Anne de Bretagne , who was almost four months his junior . When Anne married the French King Charles VIII in 1491 , he followed her to the royal court and stayed close to her - the Queen became the godmother of his daughter Anne in 1505.

The guardianship of Nicolas ended on November 8, 1494. On October 29, 1501 his uncle Guy XV died. without offspring and left him the family property. In this context, following family tradition, he took the name Guy.

Guy XVI. remained in the service of the king, became lieutenant-général (1517), governor (1525) and admiral of Brittany. He corresponded frequently with his brother-in-law, Anne de Montmorency , to keep up to date with what was going on at court.

He maintained a court of smaller nobles from all over France and beyond, the extent of which can be gauged from the fact that in 1527 he ordered that 162 people should be paid directly from his household, and it is estimated that there are around 300 people in his vicinity every day lived. For some time he hosted a representative of the Portuguese kings. He is also considered a patron of the arts and a lover of tournaments - he competed more than 40 times at the tournament that was organized on the occasion of the arrival of the Mary Tudors in Paris (1514).

family

Guy XVI. married the Infanta Charlotte of Aragón, titular princess of Taranto , daughter of Frederick IV , King of Naples ( House of Trastámara ) by marriage contract on January 27, 1501 in Vierzon . From this marriage he had four children:

  • Louis, * Vitré November 22, 1402, † March 21, 1403
  • François, * April 30, 1503, X April 27, 1522 in the Battle of Bicocca , Comte de Montfort
  • Catherine, born 1504, † December 31, 1526; ⚭ (marriage contract November 11, 1518) Claude I. Sire de Rieux et de Rochefort, Comte d'Harcourt et d ' Aumale , † May 19, 1532, buried in Notre-Dame de Rieux ( Rieux house )
  • Anne, * Vitré September 23, 1505, † November 1553; ⚭ (Marriage contract Vitré February 23, 1522) François de La Trémoille Vicomte de Thouars , Prince de Talmont, † January 5, 1541, ( House La Trémoille ) - the title "Prince of Taranto" was continued in the House of La Trémoille

Charlotte of Aragón died in childbed on October 6, 1505 in Vitré.

He married Anne de Montmorency, daughter of Guillaume, Sire de Bar et de Montmorency (family list of Montmorency ) and Anne Pot, Dame de Rochepot ( House Pot ), as well as sister of the Connétable Anne de Montmorency , in his second marriage on May 5, 1517 . From this marriage he also had four children:

Anne de Montmorency died in childbed on June 29, 1525 at Comper Castle (near Concoret ). She was buried in Laval.

He married in third marriage on August 25, 1526 Antoinette de Daillon († April 19, 1538), Dame de l'Île-sous-Brulons et de La Cropte , daughter of Jacques, Seigneur du Lude , ( Daillon house ) and Jeanne d 'Illiers. From this marriage he had three children:

In addition, he had an illegitimate son of an unknown woman: François de Laval, * before 1501, † Laval February 10, 1554, legitimized in March 1540, 1530 Bishop of Dol , 1530 Abbot of Paimpont , 1534 Abbot of Le Tronchet

Guy XVI. died on May 20, 1531 in La Gravelle while hunting when he fell from his horse. He was buried in the collegiate church of Saint-Tugal in Laval.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Le Doyen, p. 112
  2. ↑ Pattou
  3. ↑ Walsby, pp. 89-91
  4. ↑ Walsby, p 59
  5. ↑ Walsby, pp. 94-98
personal data
SURNAME Laval, Guy XVI. de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Montfort-Laval, Nicolas de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman and military man, Count of Laval
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1476
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1531
Place of death La Gravelle