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Maurice VI de Craon

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Predecessor
  
Maurice V de Craon

Father
  
Maurice V de Craon

Place of burial
  
Angers, France

Family
  
Craon family

Parents
  
Isabella of Lusignan

Wife
  
Mahaut de Malines

Died
  
February 11, 1292

Successor
  
Amaury II de Craon

Name
  
Maurice de


Coat of arms
  
Ecu losanges d'or et de gueules

Grandparents
  
Isabella of Angouleme, Hugh X of Lusignan

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Great-grandparents
  
Aymer of Angouleme, Alice of Courtenay, Hugh IX of Lusignan, Mathilde of Angouleme

Maurice VI de Craon (c. 1255–1292) was Lord of Craon, Chantocé, Sablé, Briolé and La Suze, Senechal of Anjou, Touraine and Maine.

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Family

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, daughter of Walter VII Berthout, Lord of Mechelen, and his wife Marie d'Auvergne. They had several children:

  • Amaury III, (c. 1278-1333) who succeeded to the titles.
  • Marie de Craon, Lady of Châtelais, married 25 August 1303 Robert de Brienne, Viscount of Beaumont and Maine 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.
  • References

    Maurice VI de Craon Wikipedia