Avoise de Craon (before 1178 – c. 1230) was a French noblewoman. She was the daughter of Maurice II de Craon and Isabelle de Meulan. She was the wife of Guy V de Laval.

Life

She was the eldest of the children of Maurice II Craon, and Isabelle de Meulan.[1] In his testament, Maurice II bequeathed her Craon and Châtelais in the case that her three brothers predeceased her.[2]

In about 1198, she married Guy V de Laval.[1] They had:

  • Guy VI de Laval known as Guyonnet de Laval (died 1211)[1]
  • Ozanne, mentioned in a charter of Réau Abbey, cited by Charles Maucourt de Bourjolly[3]
  • Emma de Laval (about 1200 - 27 April 1264) who inherited the title in 1211 on the death of her brother Guyonnet. Married Robert I d'Alençon (died 1217), Mathieu II de Montmorency (died 1230) and Jean de Choisy et de Toucy.
  • Isabeau (Isabelle) de Laval (died 1244) who married Bouchard VI de Montmorency.

After the death of Guy V in 1210, Avoise remarried with Yves Le Franc in 1215. According to Gilles Ménage, they had four children.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Carron 1989, p. 89.
  2. ↑ The printed texts cite "Choleteis", which M. de Bodard translated as Cholet. One can see, however, in the article by Dom Chamard, pages 401-432 of volume 1 (1885) of the Revue de l'Ouest, that the lords of Cholet, at the end of the 12th-century, were not of the house of Craon.
  3. ↑ de Bourjolly, Charles Maucourt. Mémoire sur les Seigneurs de Laval. Vol. I. p. 166.

Sources

  • Carron, Roland (1989). Enfant et parenté dans la France médiévale Xe-XIIIe siècles (in French). Librairie Droz.

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