Father Maurice V de Craon 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 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:
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