Montfort-Laval

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Montfort-Laval is a family of the Breton nobility .

history

It occurs for the first time in connection with the Norman conquest of England . The progenitor is Ralph Stalre , a nobleman who owned property in both Anglo-Saxon England and Brittany. He was a confidante of King Edward the Confessor , but then joined William the Conqueror , who appointed him first Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk . His son was Raoul I. de Gaël , who lost both counties after an uprising in 1074 and had to retreat to Brittany.

There were the central property of the Montfort-sur-Meu family (formerly Montfort-la-Cane, Montfort-la-Montagne or Montfort-la-Nouaye) and Gaël , which remained the family's home for the next generations. It was not until the 15th century that the Breton lordship of Vitré and the lordship of Laval in the county of Maine and Laval were married, and in 1431 it was made a county. As Counts of Laval, the Montfort-Laval family played an important role in French politics until the mid-16th century. They died out in 1561.

The best-known members of the family are (a peculiarity is that the heirs of the lordship or county of Laval usually only accepted the name Guy when the inheritance began):

Tribe list

The Earls of Norfolk and Suffolk

  1. Ralph Stalre , † around 1069, of Breton origin, 1060 Dapifer of King Edward the Confessors , 1066 on the side of the Normans , probably 1067 1st Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk
    1. Ralph Guader , † around 1097, participant in the conquest of England (1066), confirmed as Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1070, loses the counties in 1074, Seigneur de Montfort et de Gaël, died participant in the First Crusade ; ⚭ Emma, ​​daughter of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford , ( FitzOsbern )
      1. Guillaume, † 1102, Seigneur de Gaël
      2. Raoul, Seigneur de Montfort et de Gaël, 1099 Lord of Breteuil
        1. Amicie, heiress of Breteuil, as a widow nun in Nuneaton ; ⚭ Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester , † 1168 ( House Beaumont )
        2. Son - The Complete Peerage reports that the later lords of Montfort and Gaël descend in the male line from Raoul II
      3. Alain, Seigneur de Le Largez, participant in the First Crusade , there † 1101
    2. Hardouin, 1086 attested as a landowner in Suffolk
    3. Daughter ; ⚭ NN
      1. Alsi, nephew of Earl Ralph, attested as a landowner in Suffolk in 1086

The Counts of Laval

  1. NN
    1. (I) Guy, 1373 attested
    2. (I) Raoul VII. De Montfort, attested in 1373, † before June 8, 1406, Seigneur de Montfort et de Gaël; ⚭ Isabeau de Lohéac , Dame de La Roche-Bernard , daughter of Eon de Lohéac and Béatrix de Craon
      1. Raoul VIII., † August 1419, Sire de Montfort-la-Cane, de Gaël et de La Roche-Bernard; ⚭ Jeanne de Kergorlay
      2. Éon, 1373 Sire de Rochefort; ⚭ (Marriage contract of June 5, 1371) Jeanne, Dame de Rochefort, Viscountesse de Donges 1406, married Jean Sire de Rochefort et de Rieux , Marshal of France in 1406
        1. Raoul, 1373/87 attested
        2. Jean de Montfort, † August 12, 1414 in Rhodes , Seigneur de Kergolay, 1406 as Gui XIII. Sire de Laval et de Vitré ; ⚭ (marriage contract of January 15 and 22, 1405) Anne, * 1385, † January 28, 1466 in Vitré, Dame de Laval, d'Aquigny, de Vitré, de Gavre , d'Aubigné, de Tinténiac , de Romillé , de Bécherel et de Châtillon , daughter of Gui XII, Sire de Laval († 1465), buried in Saint-Tugé in Laval ( list of the Montmorency tribe ), she married in 1416, later separated, Jean Turpin, Burgundian chamberlain, 1415 / 32 attests
          1. Jeanne, attested in 1405/06, † December 18, 1468 in Lavardin, buried in Saint-Georges in Vendôme ; ⚭ (Marriage contract Rennes August 21, 1424) Louis de Bourbon , 1412 2nd Comte de Vendôme , † December 21, 1446 in Tours , buried in Saint-Georges in Vendôme, ( Bourbonen )
          2. Gui XIV. (* 1407 † September 2, 1486 in Châteaubriant ), Reims July 17, 1429 Elevation of the Laval lordship to County Laval (registered Poitiers May 17, 1431 by the Count of Maine , royal confirmation Thouars January 1481), 1429 Seigneur de Gavre, 1466 Sire de Laval et de Vitré, buried in Laval; ⚭ I Redon October 1, 1430 Isabeau daughter of Jean VI. , Duke of Brittany († January 14, 1442 in Auray ), buried in the Jacobin Church in Nantes ( House of France-Dreux ); ⚭ II Rennes October 3, 1450 Françoise de Dinan, Dame de Châteaubriant, de Vioreau, de Huguetières, de Beaumanoir, de Bodister-en-Pleurin etc., * La Roche-Suhart November 20, 1436, † January 3, 1499, heiress by Jacques de Dinan, Seigneur de Bodister, and Catherine de Rohan, widow of Gilles de Bretagne, Seigneur de Princé et de la Mothe-Achard , they married in their third marriage in 1494 Jean de Proisy, Baron de Bove (1488 attested, X 1524 before Pavia ), she was buried in the Dominican Church in Nantes
            1. (I) Yolande, October 1, 1431, † November 8, 1487; ⚭ I (marriage contract Vannes May 21, 1435) Alain IX. de Rohan , Count of Porhoët , attested in 1454 ( House Rohan ); ⚭ II (marriage contract Redon July 14, 1454) Guillaume d'Harcourt, Count of Tancarville († October 27, 1484), ( House of Harcourt )
            2. (I) François, * Vannes 1432, † 14 days old, buried in Vannes
            3. (I) Jeanne , * Auray November 10, 1433; † Saumur December 19, 1498; ⚭ (Angers marriage contract September 10, 1454) René I , titular king of Sicily and Jerusalem , 1431/53 Duke of Lorraine , † Aix-en-Provence July 10, 1480, buried in the Cathedral of Angers ( House of Valois-Anjou )
            4. (I) Anne, * Vannes 1434, † 6 weeks old, buried in Vannes
            5. (I) François Gui XV. , * Moncontour November 16, 1435; † Laval October 29, 1501, 1461 Seigneur de Gavre, 1468 Comte de Montfort-sur-Risle, 1486 Comte de Laval etc., Conte di Caserta , Vicomte de Rennes , Sire de Vitré, d'Aquigny, de Montreuil-Bellay , de Somois et de La Guerche , buried in Laval; ⚭ (marriage contract Tours January 8, 1461) Catherine d'Alençon, † Montjean July 18, 1505, daughter of Jean II , Duke of Alençon , peer of France ( House of Valois-Alençon )
              1. Son (Louis)
            6. (I) Jean, * Redon February 14, 1437, † August 14 (or October) 1476, Seigneur de La Roche-Bernard; ⚭ Jeanne du Perrier, † after August 15, 1483, 1470 Dame de Quintin , daughter of Tristand, Seigneur du Perrier and Isabeau de Montauban, she married Pierre de Rohan, Seigneur de Pontchâteau et de Quintin († after December 16 1489) ( House of Rohan ).
              1. Nicolas, * October 1, 1476, † May 20, 1531 by falling from his horse while hunting, 1501 as Guy XVI. Comte de Laval, etc., Viscount de Rennes, buried in Laval; ⚭ I (marriage contract Vierzon January 27, 1501) Charlotte Infanta of Aragón, † Vitré October 6, 1505, daughter of Frederick IV , King of Naples ( House of Trastámara ); ⚭ II May 5, 1517 Anne de Montmorency, † June 29, 1525, daughter of Guillaume, Sire de Bar et de Montmorency, buried in Laval (family list of the Montmorency ); ⚭ III August 24, 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
                1. (I) Louis, * Vitré November 22, 1402, † March 21, 1403
                2. (I) François, * April 30, 1503, X April 27, 1522 in the Battle of Bicocca , Comte de Montfort
                3. (I) Catherine, * 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 )
                4. (I) 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, ( La Trémoille house )
                5. (II) René, * Vitré August 23, 1519, † Vitré October 11, 1519
                6. (II) Claude, * February 14, 1522, † Saint-Germain-en-Laye May 25, 1547, 1531 as Gui XVII. Comte de Laval, Sire de Vitré, etc., buried in Laval; ⚭ Châteaubriant October 22, 1535 Claude de Foix, Comtesse de Rethelois , attested in 1554, daughter of Odet de Foix , Count of Comminges , Viscount de Lautrec , Marshal of France , ( House Grailly ), she married Charles de Luxembourg in 1548, Viscount de Martigues, (X before Hesdin 1553) ( House Luxemburg-Ligny )
                  1. Renée, † Laval December 13, 1567, 1547 Guyonne de Laval, 1547 Dame de Laval etc., buried in Laval; ⚭ January 5, 1540 Louis (Guy XVIII.) De Saint-Maure, 1545 Marquis de Nesle , Comte de Joigny
                  2. Claude, * February 8, 1525, † Château de la Bretèche August 5, 1561; ⚭ (Marriage contract March 19, 1547) François de Coligny , Comte de Coligny, Seigneur d ' Andelot etc., † Saintes May 1569, buried in La Roche-Bernard ( Coligny house )
                7. (II) Marguerite, * 1523, Dame du Perrier; ⚭ June 18, 1529 Louis V de Rohan, Seigneur de Guémené, † May 14, 1557, ( House of Rohan )
                8. (II) Anne, * June 1525; ⚭ February 16, 1539 Louis de Silly, Seigneur de La Roche-Guyon , 1549 attested
                9. (III) François, † September 9, 1530, buried in Vitré
                10. (III) Louise, † before 1531
                11. (III) Charlotte, † Orléans March 3, 1568, Dame de Tinténial; ⚭ October 17, 1547 Gaspard II. De Coligny , Comte de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing, Admiral of France , † murdered Paris August 24, 1572, buried in Châtillon-sur-Loing ( Coligny house )
                12. (illegitimate, mother unknown) François de Laval, * before 1501, † Laval February 10, 1554, legitimation March 1540, 1530 Bishop of Dol , 1530 Abbot of Paimpont , 1534 Abbot of Le Tronchet
            7. (I) Arthuse, * Vannes February 14, 1438, † in Provence
            8. (I) Hélène, * Ploërmel June 17, 1439, † December 3, 1500; ⚭ (Marriage contract Vitré January 15, 1450) Jean de Malestroit, Seigneur de Derval et de Combourg , † Châteaugiron May 31, 1482
            9. (I) Louise, * Montfort January 13, 1441, † 1480; ⚭ May 15, 1468 Jean III. de Brosse († 1502), called de Bretagne, Count of Penthièvre , Vicomte de Bridiers, † 1502, buried in Boussac ( House Brosse )
            10. (I) Pierre, * Montfort July 17, 1442, † Angers August 4, 1493, 1462 cathedral dean in Angers, 1464 abbot of Saint-Aubin d'Angers and Saint-Nicolas d'Angers, 1472 French councilor, 1472/86 bishop of Saint-Brieuc , 1474/93 Archbishop of Reims , 1479 Abbot of Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm, 1486 Bishop of Saint-Malo , 1493 Abbot of Saint-Méen, buried in Saint-Aubin d'Angers
            11. (II) Pierre, attested 1467/98, buried in the Jacobin church in Nantes
            12. (II) François, * Châteaubriant October 1464, † Amboise January 15, 1503), Seigneur de Montafilant; ⚭ (marriage contract August 31, 1482, confirmed June 11, 1486) Françoise de Rieux, Dame de Malestroit , * 1461, † Châteaubriant October 30, 1532, daughter of Jean Sire de Rieux et de Rochefort, Comte d'Harcourt ( Rieux house ) and Françoise Raguebel, Dame de Malestroit, buried in Châteaubriant
              1. Jean de Laval-Châteaubriant , * January 1486, † February 11, 1543 ( after St. ), Seigneur de Gavre (sold to Jacques de Luxembourg in 1515), 1521 Seigneur de Dinan , 1531 Lieutenant General and Governor of Brittany ; ⚭ (Marriage contract Morlaix September 4, 1505) Françoise de Foix , † Châteaubriant October 16, 1537 ( Grailly house ) and mistress of King Francis I , buried in Châteaubriant
                1. Anne de Laval "pater ignotus", baptized Saint-Jean-de-Beré March 19, 1508 (after St. ), † April 12, 1521, buried in Châteaubriant, (probably daughter of King Francis I)
              2. Pierre de Laval-Châteaubriant, born February 1, 1489, † November 8, 1521, Seigneur de Montafilant et de Beaumanoir; ⚭ Françoise de Tournemine
            13. Jacques, † April 23, 1502, 1498 Seigneur de Beaumanoir
              1. François de Laval-Beaumanoir, † 1522
          3. André , 1423 attested, † December 29, 1486, Sire de Lohéac. 1436/39 Admiral of France , 1439 Marshal of France ; ⚭ February 1451 Marie de Laval-Retz, † Vitré, November 1, 1457, daughter of Gilles de Retz , Marshal of France, widow of Prigent VII. De Coetivy, Admiral of France ( House Coëtivy ), buried in Vitré ( list of the Montmorency family )
          4. Louis, * 1411, † Laval August 21, 1489, Seigneur de Châtillon-en-Vendelais, 1448 governor of the Dauphiné , 1465 governor of Champagne , 1466 grand maître et général réformateur des Eaux et Forêts de France , buried in Laval
          5. Catherine, † August 30, 1450, buried in Châteauroux ; ⚭ (Rennes marriage contract November 7, 1427) Gui III. de Chauvigny , Sire de Châteauroux, Vicomte de Brosse , Seigneur d ' Argenton-sur-Creuse etc. † Châteauroux March 25, 1483, buried in the Franciscan church in Argenton
        3. Charles de Montfort, 1405/19 attested
        4. Guillaume , attested in 1405, † September 27, 1432 in Siena , 1423 Bishop of Saint-Malo , 1432 cardinal

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volume IX, p. 571ff, cf. see the discussion page
  2. ↑ see discussion page

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