Mathefelon
Mathefelon (also Matefelon ) was a barony in Anjou . It was about 16 kilometers northeast of Angers and belonged to the parish Seiches-sur-le-Loir . A family named themselves after the barony, who later lived mainly in the Orléanais . The Matefelon house has been attested since the 11th century; the Champagne au Maine house descended from him in the female line. The family donated mainly to the Chaloché monastery , which quickly became rich through these donations.
Jeanne de Mathefelon, heir to Thibaut V, married Guillaume VII. L'Archévêque de Parthenay, † 1401, whose son Jean III. l'Archévêque de Parthenay, † 1427, became Sire de Matefelon in 1400 and Sire de Parthenay in 1415/16. He sold his possessions to the Crown in 1419, but retained the lifelong usufruct. King Charles VII donated large parts of the property to Arthur de Richemont in 1425 , who became Connétable of France in the same year . Apparently, Mathefelon was not one of them, as it was owned by Marie d'Harcourt, a niece of Jeans, in the mid-15th century. The descendants of Marie form the House of Orléans-Longueville .
The most famous family members are:
- Hersendis of Champagne , 1082–1106, who is discussed as the mother of Heloise
- Juhel de Mathefelon (Juhelle de Mayenne), † 1249/1250, 1243 Archbishop of Reims ; he took part in the Sixth Crusade and died in Damiette
- Foulques de Mathefelon, † 1355, 1324 Bishop of Angers
and the abbesses of the Saint-Georges convent in Rennes :
- 1158–1164: Adelaïde de Mathefelon († 1164)
- 1294-1317: Catherine de Mathefelon
- 1317-1325: Philippote de Mathefelon
- 1354–1360: Alix de Mathefelon († 1370)
literature
- François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois , Dictionnaire généalogique, héraldique, chronologique et historique, II, page 487 ( online )
- Detlev Schwennicke , European Family Tables Volume XIII (1990) Plate 129 A / B (on the genealogy of the Mathefelon and Champagne du Maine families)
Footnotes
- ↑ see Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln Volume III.2 (1983) Plate 310