Andrew II of Vitré (c. 1150 – 9 June 1211) was
Baron de Vitré from 1173 to 1211.
Life
Andrew was the eldest son of
Robert III,
Baron of Vitré and his wife Emma of Dinan, daughter of Alan of Dinan. He fought for King
Henry II Plantagenet in 1168, and succeeded his father in 1173.
In the early 1180s, Andrew took part to an armed pilgrimage to the
Holy Land
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and came back to Brittany a few years later. In 1185, he was one of the noblemen who were present at the
''Assize of Count Geoffroy''.
In 1196, the
duchess of Brittany
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,
Constance
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, was abducted and imprisoned by her husband
Ranulf de Blondeville. Andrew rebelled along with several other Breton barons. He agreed to send his daughter Emma, who was his only heiress at the time, as an hostage to
Richard the Lionheart
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, in exchange for de Constance's release. Emma and the other hostages were taken away but the duchess was not released.
Marriages and issue
Andrew first married, before 1173, Matilda of Mayenne, daughter of Geoffrey III, Lord of Mayenne, and Constance of Cornouaille (daughter of Duke
Conan III, Duke of Brittany
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). They had no issue and the marriage was annulled in 1190, due to consanguinity.
He married secondly Enoguen of Léon, daughter of
Guihomar IV,
Viscount of Léon and his wife Nobilis. They had:
* Emma, who was hostage in August 1196 and married Alard IV, Lord of Château-Gontier in 1207;
* Eleanor, who married John of Dol,
Lord of Combourg in 1210.
Enoguen died at an unknown date and Andrew married Eustacie of Rays, daughter of Harscoët of Rays on 3 March 1199. They had:
*
Andrew III, who succeeded his father and married
Catherine of Thouars, daughter of
Constance, Duchess of Brittany and
Guy of Thouars
Guy of Thouars (died 13 April 1213) was Duke of Brittany from 1199 to 1201 as the third husband of Constance, Duchess of Brittany. They married in Angers, County of Anjou, between August and October 1199 after her son Arthur entered Angers to ...
* Constance, who married Alan of Coëtmen, Viscount of
Tonquédec, around 1225.
Eustacie died before 7 December 1209 and Andrew soon married Luce Paynel, sister of Fulk Paynel. They had no issue.
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1211 deaths
12th-century French nobility
13th-century French nobility
Barony of Vitré