- Guy XIII de Laval
Guy XIII de Laval, born Jean de Montfort, (1385-
14 August 1414 ,Rhodes ) wasseigneur of Laval and of Kergorlay. His father wasRaoul IX de Montfort and his motherJeanne de Kergorlay .He inherited the Laval title through his marriage on
22 January 1404 to Anne de Laval. As daughter and sole heir toGuy XII de Laval , Anne was "dame de Laval", and one of the conditions of the marriage was that any children born to it would bear the name and arms of Laval. (The same condition had already been applied to the marriage of Emma de Laval withMathieu II de Montmorency .) Nevertheless, Jean de Montfort renounced the name and title he had been born with to take up the name of Guy XIII de Laval, better to associate himself with his wife Anne's power. From the couple were descended several bishops and the greatest seigneurs ofBrittany [Abbé Angot , "Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais de Brée, monographie paroissiale.", 1884 [http://www.lamayenne.fr/uploadfiles/publications/2075/FR-AD53-BN-0068.pdf.V68.aspx] ] . Guy and Anne had 5 children:*
Guy XIV de Laval ,
*André de Lohéac ,
*Louis de Laval ,
*Jeanne de Laval (Dame de Campzillon) , who in 1424 married Louis I de Bourbon-Vendôme,
*Catherine de Laval (Dame de Chauvigny) who married Guy de Chauvigny vicomte de BrosseGuy XIII died of plague on his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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