Craon (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Craon

Craon is a family of French nobility descended from the Counts of Nevers of the House of Monceaux .

history

In addition to the eponymous rule Craon in the later Mayenne department , the family temporarily owned the vice-county of Châteaudun and the Vidamé de Laonnois . The best-known member of the family is Robert de Craon († 1147), the second Grand Master of the Templar Order . The Craon house died out at the end of the 15th century. The later princes of Beauvau-Craon from the House of Beauvau belong to his descendants in the female line .

Seal image of Amaury I de Craon, Sénéchal d' Anjou , 1223

Master list (extract)

Maurice I. to Maurice IV.

  1. Renaud († 1101), Sire de Craon, ∞ Enoguen (Agnès) Dame de Craon († after 1078), daughter of Robert de Vitré and Berthe de Craon ( House Vitré ) - ancestors see House Monceaux
    1. Maurice I († probably 1116), 1101 Sire de Craon
      1. Hugues († 1136/39), 1116 Sire de Craon
        1. Guérin II. († probably 1150), Sire de Craon
        2. Maurice II. († 1196), Sire de Craon, ∞ Isabelle de Meulan († 1220), daughter of Galeran IV. De Beaumont , Count of Meulan , ( House of Beaumont )
          1. Maurice III. († 1207), 1196 Sire de Craon
          2. Amaury I († 1226), 1207 Sire de Craon, 1221 to Ham , Walton and Burne in England, ∞ Jeanne des Roches, daughter of Guillaume des Roches
            1. Maurice IV. († probably 1250), Sire de Craon, ∞ Isabelle de la Marche († 1300), daughter of Hugo X. von Lusignan , Count of La Marche , ( House of Lusignan ) - descendants see below
    2. Robert (attested in 1095), Grand Master of the Knights Templar in 1139/48

Maurice IV. To Amaury IV.

  1. Maurice IV. († probably 1250), Sire de Craon, ∞ Isabelle de la Marche († 1300), daughter of Hugo X. von Lusignan , Count of La Marche , ( House of Lusignan ) - ancestors see above
    1. Amaury II. († 1249/1250), Sire de Craon, ∞ Yolande de Dreux († before 1313), daughter of Jean I , Count of Dreux , ( House of France-Dreux )
    2. Maurice V († 1293), Sire de Craon et de Sablé
      1. Amaury III. († 1333), Sire de Craon et de Sablé, ∞ I Isabelle de Sainte-Maure († 1310), daughter of Guillaume, ∞ II Béatrix de Roucy († 1328), Dame de La Suze-au-Maine , daughter of Jean IV., Count of Roucy , ( House of Pierrepont )
        1. (I) Maurice VI. († 1330), Seigneur de Saint-Maure et de Marcillac
          1. Amaury IV. († 1373), 1330 Seigneur de Saint-Maure, 1333 Sire de Craon, ∞ Pernelle de Thouars, 1365 Comtesse de Dreux († 1397), daughter of Viscount Louis and Jeanne de Dreux, ( House of Thouars )
          2. Isabelle († 1394), 1372 Dame de Sainte-Maure, 1373 Dame de Craon, ∞ I Guy XI. de Laval († 1348) (family list of the Montmorency ), ∞ II Louis de Sully, Seigneur de Sully († before 1382), ( House Blois )
        2. (II) Pierre de Craon, called de la Suze († 1376), Seigneur de la Suze, ∞ Marguerite de Pons († 1354/58), daughter of Renaud IV., Sire de Pons
          1. Jean de la Suze († probably 1432), Seigneur de Champtocé-sur-Loire
            1. Marie († before 1415), ∞ Guy de Laval, Baron de Retz, (family list of the Montmorency ) - the parents of Gilles de Rais
            2. Amaury de Briolay (X 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt ), ∞ Marie d'Amboise, daughter of Ingelger II, ( House of Amboise )
        3. (II) Guillaume I. de Craon († 1387), 1340 Vice Count of Châteaudun et de La Ferté-Bernard , ∞ Margarete von Flandern († after 1387), daughter of Johann, Seigneur de Crèvecoeur , ( House Dampierre ) - descendants see below
        4. (II) Jean († 1374), 1348 Bishop of Le Mans , 1355 Archbishop of Reims
      2. Marie († 1322), ∞ Robert, Vice Count of Beaumont-au-Maine († 1327), ( House of Brienne )
      3. Isabelle († 1350), ∞ Olivier II. De Clisson
    3. Olivier († 1285), 1285 Elekt of Tours

The Châteaudun line

  1. Guillaume I. de Craon († 1387), 1340 Vice Count of Châteaudun et de La Ferté-Bernard , ∞ Margaret of Flanders († after 1387), daughter of Johann, Seigneur de Crèvecoeur , ( House Dampierre ) - ancestors see above
    1. Guillaume II. († 1409/10), Viscount de Châteaudun until 1395, Seigneur de Montbazon , Sire de Marcillac
      1. Guillaume III. († after 1396), Seigneur de Sainte-Maure et de Montbazon
      2. Jean (X 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt ), Seigneur de Sainte-Maure et de Montbazon, ∞ Jacqueline de Montaigu, Dame de Marcoussis († 1436), daughter of Jean de Montaigu Bâtard de France, ( list of the Valois family )
      3. Marguerite († after 1435), 1415 Dame de Sainte-Maure et de Montbazon, ∞ Guy VIII. De La Rochefoucauld († 1427), ( La Rochefoucauld (noble family) )
    2. Pierre de Craon († 1407/10), Seigneur de Rozoy et de la Ferté-Bernard , ∞ Jeanne de Châtillon († after 1427), daughter of Gaucher, Seigneur de Rozoy, Vidame de Laonnois ( House of Châtillon )
      1. Antoine de Beauverger (X 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt ), Seigneur de Beauverger
      2. Jeanne († 1421), ∞ I Ingelger II. D'Amboise († 1435) ( House Amboise ), ∞ II Pierre de Beauvau, Sire de la Roche-sur-Yon († 1435), ( House Beauvau ) - their descendants are the later princes of Beauvau-Craon
    3. Jean I. de Craon († 1409), Seigneur de Domart-en-Ponthieu , 1364 Vidame de Laonnois ; ∞ Marie de Châtillon, Dame de Dormart et de Clacy , until 1389 Vidamesse de Laonnois († 1412/15), daughter of Gaucher, Seigneur de Rozoy et de Clacy, Vidame de Laonnois, ( House of Châtillon )
      1. Simon de Clacy (X 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt ), Seigneur de Domart et de Clacy
      2. Jean II. De Craon, called de Dormart († shortly after 1415), Vidame de Laonnois
        1. Jacques de Craon, called de Dormart († after 1440)
          1. Antoine de Craon († 1474/81)
      3. Marguerite, ∞ I Bernard de Dormans († before 1381), ∞ II Jean de Croy, Seigneur de Renty (X 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt )

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables Volume III.4 (1989) Plate 719ff

Web links

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