Amaury de Craon I

• Preferred Name: Amaury de Craon I^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GFQ5-NP9
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136230647/amaury_i-de-craon
  
• Birth: environ 1170 in Craon, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France at LATI: N7.8489 LONG: E0.9486
  
• Burial: 1226 in La Roë, , Pays de la Loire, France at LATI: N6 LONG: E0
  
• Death: 2 MAY 1226
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Amaury-de-Craon/6000000001612365083?through=6000000002006128806
  
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• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Amaury I of Craon (1170-1226), was Lord of Craon, of Champtocé, Ingrandes, Candé, Segré, Durtal, Baugé and of Lude.
  
  «b»Early life and family«/b»
  Amaury I of Craon was the youngest of the three sons of Maurice II de Craon (1132-1196) and Isabelle de Beaumont-le-Roger. He had four sisters of whom Havoise de Craon (1175-1251) was also the eldest child.
  
  In 1207, he succeeded, as Lord of Craon, his brother Maurice III de Craon (1165-1207) deceased that year. His other brother, Pierre, as an ecclesiastic was excluded from the title.
  
  In 1212, he married Jeanne des Roches, daughter of Seneschal of Anjou, Guillaume des Roches and Marguerite de Sablé.[3]
  
  «b»They had:«/b»
  1.) Maurice IV of Craon, married Isabelle de Lusignan
  
  2.) Isabelle, married Raoul III, lord of Fougeres and Porhoet
  
  «b»Military career«/b»
  The 2 July 1214, he fought alongside the future King of France, Louis VIII at the Battle of Roche-au-Moines, which saw a French victory, thanks to the decisive action of his father-in-law, Guillaume des Roches against the English troops of "Jean sans Terre" John, King of England.
  
  From 1218 to 1219, he participated alongside the King of France, Philippe Auguste, in the Albigensian Crusade.
  
  In 1222, following the death of Guillaume des Roches, Amaury took the title of sénéchal of Anjou, Maine and Touraine. He was thus confronted with the pretension of Pierre Mauclerc, Peter I, Duke of Brittany, who had his sights on Anjou. In 1223, he seized Châteaubriant and La Guerche-de-Bretagne belonging to the domain of Pouancé, but he could not take the Castle of Pouancé. Alerted, Pierre Mauclerc came to the rescue and surprised Amaury's exhausted troops. Routed, Amaury was taken prisoner. A large ransom was demanded from his subjects for his liberation. Freed the same year, Amaury rejoined the new King Louis VIII at Compiègne.
  
  «b»Death and succession«/b»
  Amaury I died on 2 May 1226. He was buried in La Roë Abbey. His wife, Jeanne des Roches, became guardian of their son Maurice IV de Craon (1213-1250), future Seneschal of Anjou. She took the title of sénéchal of Anjou, Maine and Touraine. In 1227, she rendered homage to the new young King of France; Louis IX, better known under the name of Saint Louis, aged only thirteen years. She retained the role of Seneschal until the end of her days about 1240/1241 when the title passed to her son, Maurice.
  
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1. Isabel de Craon, b. 1212 in Craon, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France     d. in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

1. Title: Amaury I de Craon, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPS-8NRZ : 4 July 2020), Amaury I de Craon, 1226; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPS-8NRZ;
   
2. Title: SULPICE . The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence
   Page: France, Northwest & Central - Anjou, Counts & Nobility, p. 40: JEANNE des Roches (-28 Sep 1238). King Philippe II confirmed a charter dated 1218 under which “Guillaume des Roches sénéchal d´Anjou partant pour l´Albigeois” established the rights in his succession of “Jeanne et Clémence ses deux autres [“autres” a mistake?] filles”, with the consent of “Marguerite de Sablé sa femme et d´Amauri de Craon mari de sa fille aînée”, by charter dated Mar 1219, which specifies that the former would receive Sablé, Briollai, Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe, Précigné et Brion and the latter Château-du-Loir, Maiet, la Suze and Louplande[405]. "Amorricus de Credone et Johanna uxor eius et Clementia quondam comitis Blesensis" ratified the division of his fiefs made by "pater noster Guillelmus de Rupibus senescalus Andegavensis de consensu…matris nostre Margarite de Sabolio uxoris sue" by charter dated May 1219[406]. "Amaury de Craon et Jeanne de Roches, Geoffroy de Châteaudun et Clémence des Roches" confirmed the donation of revenue made to Bonlieu abbey by “Guillaume des Roches et Marguerite de Sablé” by charter dated [16/31] Jul 1222[407]. "M[argarita] domina Sabolii [...quondam uxor domini Guillelmi], Amauricus de Credone senescallus Andegavensis [...Johenna uxore mea], G[aufridus] vicecomes Castriduni [...de assensu...Clementiæ uxoris meæ]" confirmed exemptions granted to the inhabitants of Cohémon by “dominus noster bonæ memoriæ G[uillelmus] de Rupibus seneschallus Andegavensis” by charter dated 1222 [after 15 Jul][408]. “Johanna de Credona, Andegavie senescalla” did homage to Louis IX King of France for “senescaltia Andegavie, Cenomannie et Turonie…bone memorie Guillelmus de Ruppibus, genitor noster…tenuit” by charter dated 27 Jan 1226[409]. She succeeded her father as Seneschale d´Anjou. The Chronicon Savigniacense records the death "IV Kal Oct" in 1238 of "Iohanna uxor Amalrici de Creon"[410]. m AMAURY [I] de Craon, son of MAURICE [II] Sire de Craon & his wife Isabelle de Meulan (-15 May 1226).
   
3. Title: Amaury I de Craon - Wikipedia
   Author: Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaury_I_de_Craon;
   
4. Title: Wikipedia
   Author: Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. online [http://en.wikipedia.org], accessed Dec 30, 2008, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_de_Meulan.