Guy X of Laval, (born c.1300, died 18 June 1347) was lord of Laval and of Acquigny, baron de Vitré, count of Caserte, and viscount of Rennes. He died 18 June 1347 at the Battle of La Roche-Derrien.
Life edit
Guy was the son of Guy IX de Laval and Béatrix of Gavre.[1]The accession of Guy in 1333, according to Couanier de Launay would have been celebrated with unusual pomp, and would have been the cause of a claim: a Greek fire at the spire of the Laval Trinity Church.
War in Flanders edit
Guy accompanied Philip VI of France in his war in Flanders, leading a company of men-at-arms at the Battle of Cassel in 1328.
War of the Succession of Brittany edit
War erupted in Flanders in 1340, starting with the Siege of Tournai. Guy accompanied John, Duke of Normandy, and John III, Duke of Brittany in a relief force.
In 1341, Guy joined the conflict between Charles of Blois and John of Montfort, for the succession of the Duchy of Brittany. Although he was brother-in-law of John, he joined Charles, husband of Jeanne de Penthièvre his niece. Principal commander during the Battle of Roche-Derrien, on 18 June 1347, he was killed.[2]
Guy's body was brought to Vitré by his widow Béatrix de Bretagne. He is buried in the church Collégiale Sainte-Madeleine de Vitré, where we saw his tomb raised in the choir with a Celtic inscription: "Cy gist noble et powerful seigneur Guy, sire de Laval and Vitré, who died at the Battle of Roche-Derrien on 18 June 1347. Pray to God for him."
Family edit
On 2 March 1315, Guy married Béatrix of Brittany,[1] lady of Hédé-Bazouges and daughter of the Duke Arthur II de Bretagne. They had:
References edit
- ^ a b c d Walsby 2007, p. 186.
- ^ Rogers 2005, p. 153-154.
- ^ Sjursen 2019, p. 149.
- ^ Myers 1969, p. 85.
- ^ Henneman 2018, table 1.
Sources edit
- Henneman, John Bell (2018). Olivier de Clisson and Political Society in France Under Charles V and Charles VI. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Walsby, Malcolm (2007). The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century France. Ashgate Publishing.
- Rogers, Clifford J. (2005). Devries, Kelly; Rogers, Clifford J. (eds.). "Sir Thomas Dagworth in Brittany, 1346–7: Restellou and La Roche Derrien". Journal of Medieval Military History. III. Boydell Press.
- Myers, A. R. (1969). English historical documents. 4. [Late medieval]. 1327 - 1485. Oxford University Press.
- Sjursen, Katrin E. (2019). "Pirate, Traitor, Wife: Jeanne of Belleville and the Categories of Fourteenth-Century French Noblewomen". In Tanner, Heather J. (ed.). Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400: Moving beyond the exceptionalist debate. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 135–156.