Guy IX de Laval

Guy IX de Laval (c. 1270 – 22 January 1333) was a member of the House of Laval. He was Seigneur de Laval and d'Acquigny, of Beaumont-du-Gâtinais, Viscomte de Rennes, Comte de Caserte in Campania and Baron de Vitré.

Family

Statue of Béatrix de Gâvre [fr] in the courtyard of the old castle de Laval

Guy IX was the son of Guy VIII de Laval and Isabelle de Beaumont-Gâtinais[1]

In 1297 he married Béatrix de Gavre,[1] countess of Falkemberg, only daughter of Rasès de Gavre.

Children:

  • Guy X de Laval, who married Béatrix de Bretagne,[1] daughter of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, on 2 March 1315
  • Rasès de Laval, lord of Morhem in Flanders, died after 1348, without known offspring
  • Foulques de Laval, progenitor of the lords of Challouyau in Burgundy and Retz
  • Pierre de Laval, bishop of Rennes, died 1357
  • Jean de Laval, knight, lord of Passy-sur-Marne, who married Jeanne de Chemillé (died childless), and Aliénor Le Bigot de la Bérardière
  • Isabeau (died 1322), who married Péan de La Roche-Bernard (died 18 June 1347 - Battle of La Roche-Derrien), Lord of Lohéac
  • Catherine de Laval, wife of Gérard IV de Retz
  • Jeanne de Laval, nun at Saint-Georges de Rennes.

References

  1. ^ a b c Walsby 2007, p. 186.

Sources

  • Walsby, Malcolm (2007). The Counts of Laval. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 9780754658115.