La Suze
La Suze-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''La Suze on Sarthe (river), Sarthe'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Sarthe Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
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. He served as
Seneschal of Anjou
A seneschal (''siniscallus'', Vulgar or old Frankish Latin, also ''dapifer'') was an officer of an aristocratic household assigned to manage the domestic affairs of the lord. During the course of the twelfth century, the seneschalship also became ...
Maine
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Maurice VI was the son of Maurice V de Craon and his wife, Isabelle de Lezignem. His sister, Jeanne de Craon, married Gerard Chabot II. Maurice VI succeeded on his father's death in 1282.
Career
He had the Chapel of John the Baptist built for his family's sepulchre in the Church of the Cordeliers in Angers.
He served as ambassador to England. On his return, 1 February 1292, in Paris, he wrote his testament and, ten days later, died.
Marriage, issue and succession
In 1277 he married Mathilde Marie Berthout of
Mechelen
Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...
, daughter of Walter VII Berthout, Lord of Mechelen, and his wife Marie d'Auvergne. They had several children:
* Amaury III, (-1333) who succeeded to the titles.
* Marie de Craon, Lady of
Châtelais
Châtelais () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Segré-en-Anjou Bleu.Beaumont and
Maine
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and Lord of Pouancé. She died 21 August 1312.
* Isabelle de Craon, wife of Olivier de Clisson, died 30 June 1310 and was interred in the family tomb built for her father.
* Jeanne de Craon, died 25 August 1312 unmarried and without issue.
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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 ...