Maurice VI de Craon | |
Lord of Craon | |
Coa: | Ecu losanges d'or et de gueules |
More: | no |
Predecessor: | Maurice V de Craon |
Successor: | Amaury II de Craon |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Succession: | inherited |
Spouse: | Mahaut de Malines |
Spouse-Type: | Wife |
Noble Family: | Craon family |
House-Type: | hereditary |
Father: | Maurice V de Craon |
Mother: | Isabella of Lusignan |
Death Date: | 10 February 1292 |
Burial Place: | Angers |
Religion: | Roman Catholic--> |
Occupation: | Ambassador to England |
Maurice VI de Craon ( - 1292) was Lord of Craon, Chantocé, Sablé, Briolé and La Suze. He served as Seneschal of Anjou, Touraine and Maine and in 1289 as Lieutenant of Aquitaine.[1] [2]
Maurice VI was the son of Maurice V de Craon and his wife, Isabelle de Lezignem. His sister, Jeanne de Craon, married Gerard Chabot II. Maurice VI succeeded on his father's death in 1282.[1]
He had the Chapel of John the Baptist built for his family's sepulchre in the Church of the Cordeliers in Angers.
He served as ambassador to England. On his return, 1 February 1292, in Paris, he wrote his testament and, ten days later, died.[1]
In 1277 he married Mathilde Marie Berthout of Mechelen, daughter of Walter VII Berthout, Lord of Mechelen, and his wife Marie d'Auvergne.[3] They had several children: