Guy XIV. de Laval
Guy XIV de Laval (* 1407, † September 2, 1486 in Châteaubriant ) was the first Count of Laval; In addition, he was Baron of Vitre, Viscount of Rennes, Lord of Châtillon, Gavre (West Flanders), Acquigny, Aubigné, Courbeveille, Montfort, Gaël, Baron of La Roche -Bernard, Lord of Tinténiac, Bécherel and Romillé, castellan of La BRETESCHE, Lord of Lohéac and La Roche -en- Nort. Guy XIV was also a vassal of the Duke of Brittany and the king of France.
Family
Guy XIV is the son of Jean de Montfort († 1414), called Guy XIII. de Laval and Anne de Laval (1385-1466), thus by his mother, a grandson of Guy XII. de Laval and Jeanne de Laval, the second wife of Constable Bertrand du Guesclin.
1430 he married his first wife, Isabelle de Bretagne, daughter of Duke Jean VI. ; Children from this marriage are:
- François, the. Than Guy XV de Laval was succeeded by;
- Jean, Lord of La Roche -Bernard, † 1476;
- Pierre, 1493 †, Archbishop of Reims
- Yolande, † 1487 ∞ I 1443 Alain de Rohan, Count of Porhoet (House of Rohan ); ∞ Guillaume II d' Harcourt, Count of Tancarville (House Harcourt );
- Jeanne, 1498 † ∞ René I, Duke of Anjou, etc;
- Hélène, 1500 † ∞ Jean de Malestroit, Baron de Derval;
- Louise, 1480 † ∞ Jean III. de Brosse, called de Bretagne, Earl of Penthièvre (House Brosse )
1450 he married his second wife Françoise de Dinan; from this connection come from:
- Pierre, Seigneur de Montafilant, † 1475th
- François, † 1503; ∞ Françoise de Rieux.
- Jacques, † 1502, Seigneur de Beaumanoir
Biography
Guy XIV was brought up at the court of the Duke Jean V., 1419 with one of his daughters, Marguerite, engaged. Marguerite died, however, already in 1427, so that the marriage was not closed. Well in this time of an unknown master illuminated Book of Hours was created, whose name is not known artist for this work was awarded the Notnamen master of Guy de Laval. 1420, he was just 14 years old, Guys was the second that put the signature on the petition because of Arthur de Richemont, who was in a British prisoner since the battle of Agincourt in 1415, was released.
In 1424 he accompanied Richemont, when it was received by the French Queen Yolande of Aragon Castle of Angers, to be appointed in the following year of King Charles VII to the Constable of France.
1429 he joined the Royal Army and thus Joan of Arc and the Duke of Alençon, to participate in the conquest of the Loire Valley after the lifting of the siege of Orléans. As a representative of the Count of Flanders ( the same as the Duke of Burgundy, and thus was the leader of the opposite side ), he attended the coronation of Charles VII in Reims in the same year. On the same day (17 July 1429) the rule Laval was elevated to county. Guy XIV remained until September 1430 in the vicinity of the king to the next month in Redon Isabelle de Bretagne, the only daughter of the Duke Jean VI. to marry.
1439 he took part in the Anglo- French treaty negotiations in Gravelines. 1443 his wife died. In 1447 he brought a dispute with Duke François I. before the Parlement, after he had tried without his consent, dig in Guys barony Vitre soldiers without obtaining the consent Guys. The Parlement was Guy right. 1448/49 he was one of the commanders of the French campaign in Brittany and Normandy, which marked the end of British rule on the continent.
1440 Guy XIV had the betrothal of his son François ( later Guy XV. ) With Françoise de Dinan, the heiress of Jacques de Dinan in favor of Gilles de Bretagne, a younger son of the Duke Jean V. dissolved. Gilles died in prison in 1450, the widow was just 14 years old. Guy XIV, 43 years old, succeeded him, the marriage to Françoise was closed in the same year, where he passed his 15 - year-old son. This marriage brought the Count of Laval an important dominions Châteaubriant Montafilant and Beaumanoir.
In 1451 Guy XIV made to the National Assembly in Vannes Alain IX. de Rohan his role in the chairmanship dispute. Duke Pierre II decided, when the dispute it was argued that Rohan fees of space to the left of the Duke at the first and subsequent odd-numbered days of session, Laval at the even days, and justified this by saying that the claim Guys on the barony Vitre reasons whose mother as the owner of Vitre but still alive, he was therefore only be considered as heritage. This was also decided that Guy XIV after his mother's death ( she died in 1466 ), the first rank was granted. Rohan's appeal against the decision led to its repeal by Duke François II in 1460th Guys appeal to the Parlement in Paris failed in 1471, what the debate but did not finish. Recovery took place before the Breton Council in 1476 and 1478, a final decision is not known.
Guy de Laval in 1458 took part in the parliamentary session in Vendôme, which ruled on the Duke of Alençon. Here he had his place in the line of princes of the blood immediately adjacent to the Count of Vendôme. Established in 1463 King Louis XI. a Court in Laval, again the importance of the house Laval highlights as this at this time only for the Duke of Bourbon, Count of Vendôme, Count of Penthièvre, Count of Nevers, the Duke of Bar, Count of Dunois and precisely applied to the Counts of Laval.
1464 invited the French princes Guy XIV you to connect to their alliance against the king, but Laval dismissed the direct involvement, but sent his eldest son, François. 1467 confirmed King Louis XI. Count of Laval conceded the rights of his father - and thus opposed the Count Charles of Maine, who had the collection of Laval to the county objected to considering his own supremacy over the rule Laval, as he now feared their equality. In addition, Guy XIV was given priority over the Chancellor and the bishops, by which he got the same position as the Count of Armagnac, Count of Foix and the Count of Vendôme. Separated in 1481 Louis XI. the County of Laval from the county from Maine and they imputed directly to the crown.