Anne de Laval (1385 – 25 January 1466) was a French noblewoman. She was the ruling Dame/Seigneur de Laval in 1414–1429.
She was the daughter of Jeanne de Laval-Tinténiac and her second husband (died 1412), governor of Brittany and baron of
Laval (Jeanne's first husband had been
Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin (; 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hundred Years' War. From 1370 to his ...
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Titles
Anne was the hereditary
dame
''Dame'' is a traditionally British honorific title given to women who have been admitted to certain orders of chivalry. It is the female equivalent of ''Sir'', the title used by knights. Baronet, Baronetesses Suo jure, in their own right also u ...
of
Laval, hereditary baronne of
Vitré, hereditary countess of Rennes, of Châtillon, of Gavre, of Acquigny, of Aubigné, Courbeveille, hereditary dame of Tinténiac, of Bécherel and of Romillé. She inherited all these titles from the successive accidental deaths of her two brothers, Guy and Francois.
Family
On 22 January 1404, as daughter and sole heir of Guy XII de Laval, she married
Jean de Montfort, lord of Montfort and of
Kergolay.
One of the conditions of the marriage was that any children born to it would bear the name and arms of Laval. 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. Guy and Anne had 5 children:
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Guy XIV de Laval
Guy XIV de Laval, François de Montfort-Laval, (28 January 1406 – 2 September 1486, Châteaubriant), comte de Laval, baron de Vitré and of La Roche-Bernard, seigneur of Gâvre, of Acquigny, of Tinténiac, of Montfort and Gaël, of Bé ...
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André de Lohéac
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal ...
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Louis de Laval(d.1489)
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Jeanne de Laval (Dame de Campzillon)
Jeanne de Laval (10 November 1433 – 19 December 1498), was the second wife and titular queen consort of René, Duke of Anjou and Bar and former King of Naples and Sicily.
Early life
Jeanne was born on 10 November 1433 at Auray, Brittany, t ...
, who in 1424 married
Louis I de Bourbon-Vendôme
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Catherine de Laval (Dame de Chauvigny)
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian sa ...
who married Guy de Chauvigny vicomte de Brosse
References
Sources
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1385 births
1466 deaths
French suo jure nobility
French baronesses
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), Annie a ...
15th-century women monarchs
15th-century French nobility
15th-century French women
14th-century French nobility
14th-century French women
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