Avoise de Craon (before 1178 – ) was a French noblewoman. She was the daughter of
Maurice II de Craon and
Isabelle de Meulan. She was the wife of
Guy V de Laval
Guy V de Laval (died 1210) was the Lord of Laval, Mayenne.
Family
Guy was the son of Guy IV de Laval and Emma de Dunstanville. He married Avoise de Craon (died 1230), daughter of Maurice II de Craon. They had issue:
* Guy VI de Laval kno ...
.
Life
She was the eldest of the children of
Maurice II Maurice may refer to:
People
*Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr
*Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
* Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and L ...
Craon, and
Isabelle de Meulan. In his testament, Maurice II bequeathed her Craon and
Châtelais in the case that her three brothers predeceased her.
In about 1198, she married Guy V de Laval. They had:
*
Guy VI de Laval
Guy or GUY may refer to:
Personal names
* Guy (given name)
* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
Places
* Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet
* Guy, Arkansas, US, a city
* Guy, Indiana, US, an unincor ...
known as ''Guyonnet de Laval'' (died 1211)
* Ozanne, mentioned in a charter of
Réau
Réau () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Ferme de Galande
Around 1881, sugar beet producer Arthur Brandin invested in a Decauville railway with eight horse-drawn tipping l ...
Abbey, cited by
Charles Maucourt de Bourjolly
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
*
Emma de Laval (about 1200 - 27 April 1264) who inherited the title in 1211 on the death of her brother Guyonnet. Married Robert I d'Alençon (died 1217),
Mathieu II de Montmorency
Matthew II or Mathieu II (died 24 November 1230), called ''the Great'' or ''the Great Constable'', was lord of Montmorency from 1189 and Constable of France from 1218 to 1230.
Matthew was the son of Bouchard V de Montmorency and Lauretta de Hain ...
(died 1230) and Jean de Choisy et de Toucy.
* Isabeau (Isabelle) de Laval (died 1244) who married
Bouchard VI de Montmorency Bouchard, a Norman name with German elements means "fort" (bourgh) and "brave," "strong" (heard), see Burkhardt. It is also a French nickname for someone with a big mouth, "bouche" being French for mouth. Notable people with the name include:
* Se ...
.
After the death of Guy V in 1210, Avoise remarried with Yves Le Franc in 1215. According to
Gilles Ménage
Gilles Ménage (; 15 August 1613 – 23 July 1692) was a French scholar.
Biography
He was born at Angers, the son of Guillaume Ménage, king's advocate at Angers. A good memory and enthusiasm for learning carried him quickly through his lite ...
, they had four children.
References
Sources
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See also
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House of Laval
The House of Laval is a family of barons, later counts, coming from the town of Laval, Mayenne, Laval, located in Northwestern France, part of the provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine before the French Revolution. The La ...
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Craon family
The Craon family was a French noble house, known to date back to the 11th century, originating in Craon in the Mayenne region of Anjou, northern France.
Its most famous member is Pierre de Craon, and its last representative governed Burgundy f ...
House of Laval
Craon family
Year of birth unknown
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
1230s deaths
12th-century French nobility
12th-century French women
13th-century French nobility
13th-century French women
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