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André de Laval-Montmorency (1485), seigneur de Lohéac, was a
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. He was the son of
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and Anne de Laval, and a leading member of the
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. In 1423 he served in the French army against
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and fought in the Battle of La Brossinière where he was knighted.Walsby, Malcolm (2007). ''The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century France'', p. 18. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. . He wielded the sword of
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, a symbol of Breton support for France which he had inherited from his maternal grandmother, Jeanne de Laval, who was the widow of the famous constable.Walsby, Malcolm, (2007). ''The Counts of Laval'', p. 18-19. Ashgate Publishing Company, Aldershot. . In 1428 André was taken prisoner by
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, after the capitulation of Laval, which he was defending. After paying his ransom he was present with
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at the siege of
Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and
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, and at the coronation of Charles VII. He was made
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in 1437 and marshal in 1439. He served Charles VII faithfully in all his wars, even against the '' dauphin'' (1456), and when the latter became king as
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, Laval was dismissed from the marshal's office. After the War of the Public Weal he was restored to favor, and recovered the marshal's baton, the king also granting him the offices of lieutenant-general to the government of
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and governor of Picardy, and conferring upon him the collar of the Order of St Michael. In 1472 Laval was successful in resisting the attacks of
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, duke of Burgundy, on Beauvais. André married Marie de Rais, also of the
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, and daughter of
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.


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