Andrew II of Vitré (c. 1150 – 9 June 1211) was
Baron de Vitré from 1173 to 1210/11.
Life
Andrew II of Vitré was the eldest son of
Robert III,
Baron of Vitré and his wife Emma of Dinan, daughter of Alan of Dinan.
He succeeded his father in 1173. He had already fought with King
Henry II Plantagenet in 1168.
In the early 1180s, he took part to an armed pilgrimage to the
Holy Land and came back to Brittany a few years later.
In 1185, he was one of the noblemen who were present at the
''Assise au Comte Geoffroy''.
In 1196, the
duchess of Brittany
This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary r ...
,
Constance, was abducted and imprisoned by her husband
Ranulf de Blondeville. Andrew rebelled along with several other Breton barons. He agreed to send his daughter Emma, who was his only heiress at the time, as an hostage to
Richard the Lionheart
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overl ...
, in exchange for de Constance's release. Emma and the other hostages were taken away but the duchess was not released.
Marriages and issue
Andrew II of Vitré married four times:
[ Judith Everard & Michael Jones ''The Charters of Duchess Constance and her Family, 1171-1221'' (1999), The Boydell Press, pp 195-196.]
He first married, before 1173, Matilda of Mayenne, daughter of Geoffrey III, Lord of Mayenne, and Constance of Cornouaille (daughter of Duke
Conan III, Duke of Brittany
Conan III, also known as Conan of Cornouaille and Conan the Fat ( br, Konan III a Vreizh, and ; c. 1093–1096 – September 17, 1148) was duke of Brittany, from 1112 to his death. He was the son of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of An ...
). They had no issue and the marriage was annulled in 1189 or 1190.
He married secondly Enoguen of Léon, daughter of
Guihomar IV,
Viscount of Léon and his wife Nobilis. They had:
* Emma, who was hostage in August 1196 and married Alard IV, Lord of Château-Gontier in 1207;
* Eleanor, who married John of Dol,
Lord of Combourg
The Lordship of Combourg, after 1575 the County of Combourg, was a barony centred on Combourg in the east of the Duchy of Brittany in France during the Middle Ages and the early modern period.
The lordship was created by Junguené, bishop of Dol ...
in 1210.
Enoguen died at an unknown date and Andrew married Eustacie of Rays, daughter of Harscoët of Rays on 3 March 1199. They had:
*
Andrew III, who succeeded his father and married
Catherine of Thouars
Catherine of Thouars was the daughter of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Constance, ''suo jure'' List of rulers of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Richmond, and her third husband Guy of Thouars. She was the first wife of Andrew III, ...
, daughter of
Constance, Duchess of Brittany
Constance ( Breton: ''Konstanza''; c. 1161c. 5 September 1201) was Duchess of Brittany from 1166 to her death in 1201Judith Everard, Michael Jones, ''The Charters of Duchess Constance of Brittany and her Family (1171-1221)'', The Boydell Press, ...
and
Guy of Thouars
Guy of Thouars (died 13 April 1213) was the third husband of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, whom he married in Angers, County of Anjou between August and October 1199 after her son Arthur of Brittany entered Angers to be recognized as count of ...
;
* Constance, who married Alan of Coëtmen, Viscount of
Tonquédec, around 1225.
Eustacie died before 7 December 1209 and Andrew soon married Luce Paynel, sister of Fulk Paynel. They had no issue.
References
Sources
*
Judith Everard &
Michael Jones ''The Charters of Duchess Constance and her Family, 1171-1221'' (1999), The Boydell Press.
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1211 deaths
12th-century French people
13th-century French people
House of Vitré