Guy XIII de Laval, born Jean de Montfort, (1385- 14 August 1414,

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) was

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and of Kergorlay. He was the son of

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and Jeanne de Kergorlay. Guy inherited the Laval title through his marriage on 22 January 1404 to Anne de Laval. As daughter and sole heir to Guy XII de Laval, Anne was "

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de Laval", and one of the conditions of the marriage was that any children born to it would bear the name and arms of the

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. (The same condition had already been applied to the marriage of Emma de Laval with

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.) Nevertheless, Jean de Montfort renounced the name and title he had been born with to take up the name of Guy XIII de Laval, better to associate himself with his wife Anne's power. From the couple were descended several bishops and the greatest seigneurs of

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, "Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais de Brée, monographie paroissiale.", 1884 Guy and Anne had 5 children: *

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, who in 1424 married Louis I de Bourbon-Vendôme, *

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who married Guy de Chauvigny vicomte de Brosse Guy XIII died of plague on his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

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* 15th-century deaths from plague (disease) 15th-century French people House of Laval Counts of France 1385 births 1414 deaths {{Brittany-stub