Andrew III of Vitré (c. 1200 † 8 February 1250 at the
Battle of Al Mansurah, in
Egypt
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) was
Baron of Vitré and Aubigné from 1211 to 1250.
Life
Andrew III was the eldest son of
Andrew II, Baron of Vitré, and his third wife Eustacie of Rays, daughter of Harscoët of Rays.
He is said to have founded the old convent of the
Jacobins
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in
Nantes
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in 1228
In c. 1230 he rebuilt the
Château de Vitré and surrounded it with
fortifications
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that encompassed the Vieil-Bourg and the church of Notre-Dame of Vitré. He also founded the castle of Chevré, a lordship belonging to the Barony of Vitré. He took part in the
Seventh Crusade in 1248 with
Louis IX of France
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and died at the
Battle of Al Mansurah.
In his last will and testament dated 1248, Andrew of Vitré gave his wife ''le chastel de Chasteillon, le moulin de l'estangs doud. lieu et Vendelays o touz ses appartenances'' (the castle of Chasteillon, the mill by the pond of the aforementioned place and Vendelays and all its dependencies). One of the executors wasGuillaume Merlin, dean of Mayenne.
Marriages and issue
Andrew III married twice.
He married firstly in 1212
Catherine of Thouars
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Lady of
Aubigné, daughter of
Constance, Duchess of Brittany
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, and
Guy of Thouars
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. They had:
*
Philippa
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, who married
Guy VII, Lord of Laval
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. She succeeded her younger brother and brought the Barony of Vitré into the
House of Laval
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;
* Eustacie, who married Geoffrey I Botherel, Lord of Quintin;
* Alix, who married Fulk III of Mathefelon (c. 1200 † c. 1269), Lord of Azé.
He married secondly around January 1240 Thomasse of La Guerche, Lady of
Pouancé
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and
Mareuil. They had:
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* Joan;
* Philippa
Inun at the Abbey of Longchamp, who received lands in Normandy;
* Margaret, who married Aimery of Argenton and also received lands in Normandy as her dowry;
* Aliette, who married William of Villiers;
* Eustacie
I Lady if Les Huguetières, who married Oliver I of Machecoul around 1268;
*
Andrew IV
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(c. 1247/48 † 15 March 1251).
See also
*
Seventh Crusade
*
Château de Vitré
References
External links
Medlands website, ''André III de Vitré''
Sources
* ''Mairie'' of Vitré
* Amédée Guillotin de Corson ''Les grandes seigneuries de Haute-Bretagne II'', 2 Volumes 1897-1899, new edition Le Livre d'Histoire, Paris (1999)
* Frédéric Morvan ''la Chevalerie de Bretagne et la formation de l'armée ducale 1260-1341'' Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2009, « Généalogie n°39 : les seigneurs de Vitré (Montmorency-Laval) ».
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