Was Virginia – “Princess of the blood”? Her older sister is Caroline, and then came Louise. This is what the fuss was all about – after she proposed to me. Did it appear I was going after a crown? Charlotte was murdered by her husband!
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A prince du sang (French pronunciation: [pʁɛ̃s dy sɑ̃]) or prince of the blood is a person legitimately descended in male line from a sovereign. The female equivalent is princesse du sang (princess of the blood), being applied to the daughter of a prince of the blood. The most prominent examples include members of the French royal line, but the term prince of the blood has been used in other families more generally, for example among the British royal family and when referring to the Shinnōke in Japan.
In some European kingdoms, especially France, this appellation was a specific rank in its own right, with a more restricted use than other titles. In France, such rank recognised succession to the throne, should the main male royal line fail, as with the House of Valois succeeded by the House of Bourbon.
- Agnès Sorel,[22] by whom he had three illegitimate daughters:
- Marie, possibly born the summer of 1444.[23]
- Charlotte, m. Jacques de Brézé[24] (their son, Louis de Brézé, seigneur d’Anet, in turn married Diane de Poitiers, herself ultimately a famous royal mistress).
- Jeanne.
- Antoinette de Maignelais,[25] cousin of Agnès Sorel.
| Charlotte de Valois, Dame de Meignelay (1446 – 1477) | |
| Birthdate: | September 1446 |
| Birthplace: | France |
| Death: | May 31, 1477 (30) Pommiers, Aisne, Picardy, France |
| Immediate Family: | Daughter of Charles VII de Valois, roi de France and Agnès Sorel Wife of Jacques de Brézé, baron de Mauny et du Bec Crespin Mother of Louis de Brézé, comte de Maulévrier; Gaston de Brézé; Anne de Brézé and Guillaume de BRÉZÉ, Seigneur du Breuil Sister of Marie Marguerite de Valois, dame de Royan et de Mornac, and Jeanne de Valois Half sister of Louis XI “le Prudent” de Valois, Roi de France; Jean de Valois; Catherine de Valois, of France, Countess of Charolais; Radegonde de Valois; Jacques de Valois, (mort jeune) and 7 others  |
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- Jacques de Brézé, baron de Mau…husband
- Louis de Brézé, comte de Maul…son
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- Anne de Brézédaughter
- Guillaume de BRÉZÉ, Seigneur d…son
- Agnès Sorelmother
- Charles VII de Valois, roi de Fr…father
- Marie Marguerite de Valois, dame…sister
- Jeanne de Valoissister
- Antoinette de Maignelaisfather’s partner
- Marie d’Anjou, reine de Francestepmother
- Copy after Jean Fouquet, held by the Brooklyn Museum.Louis XI “le Prudent” de Valois,…half brother
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Charlotte de Valois
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Charlotte de Valois, probablement née en septembre 1446, et morte dans la nuit du 31 mai au 1er juin 1477 au château de Brissac, est la fille de Charles VII de France et d’Agnès Sorel favorite du roi de France.
Elle épouse, le 1er mars 1462, Jacques de Brézé. De cette union naît Louis de Brézé qui épouse Diane de Saint-Vallier (dite Diane de Poitiers).
Charlotte de Valois est assassinée par son époux qui la transperce d’un coup d’épée après l’avoir découverte dans les bras de l’un de ses écuyers.
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Charlotte de Valois was born in 1434.1 She is the daughter of Charles VII, Roi de France and Agnès Sorel.1 She married Jacques de Brézé, Comte de Maulevrier.1 She died in 1477, allegedly killed by her husband for committing adultery.1
Charlotte de Brézé also known as Charlotte de Valois (c. 1446–1477), was an illegitimate daughter of Charles VII of France by Agnès Sorel.[1] She was the sister of Marie de Valois (1444–1473) and Jeanne de Valois (b. 1448), and the half sister of Louis XI of France.
Life
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Despite the circumstances of her birth, Charlotte was said to be a great favourite of her father’s wife queen Marie of Anjou.
On March 1, 1462, Charlotte married Jacques de Brézé, seneschal of Normandy and comte de Maulévrier, an arranged and politically expedient match.[1] From this marriage were born five children, including Louis de Brézé, who would go on to marry as his second wife Diane de Poitiers, herself a mistress of Henri II of France.[1]
Charlotte was murdered on the night of May 31/June 1, 1477, by her husband.[1] He suspected her of having an affair with one of his huntsmen, Pierre de Lavergne.[1] Charlotte was buried at the Benedictine abbey of Coulombs.
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| Louis de Brézé | |
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| possible portrait of Louis de Brézé (school of Jean Clouet) | |
| Born | c. 1460 |
| Died | 23 July 1531 (aged 70–71) |
| Resting place | Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France |
| Occupation | Nobleman |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine de Dreux Diane de Poitiers |
| Children | Françoise de Brézé Louise de Brézé |
| Parent(s) | Jacques de Brézé Charlotte de Valois |
| Relatives | Charles VII of France (grandfather) Agnès Sorel (grandmother) |
Louis de Brézé, Seigneur d’Anet and Comte de Maulevrier (c. 1460 – 23 July 1531) was a French nobleman, the grandson of King Charles VII of France by his natural daughter with his mistress Agnès Sorel.
Early life
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Louis was the son of Jacques de Brézé, Sénéchal of Normandy, and Charlotte de Valois, the second of Charles VII’s three illegitimate daughters by Agnès Sorel.[1] His paternal grandfather was Pierre de Brézé, noted for valour at Formigny, a grand steward of Normandy.[1]
Career
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In 1523, Louis uncovered a plot against King Francis I.[2] He did not know at the time that his father-in-law, Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier, was involved in the plot.[2] Jean was condemned to death over that involvement, but reprieved by the king due to his having no direct involvement.[2]
Louis was influential at court, being named Sénéchal of Normandy and Master of the Hunt. His home was the family seat, the Château d’Anet, which stood in a royal hunting preserve in the valley of the Eure. He also inherited the Château du Bec-Crespin.[3]
Before his death in 1531, Louis encouraged the marriage of Prince Henry to the Pope’s great-niece, Catherine de’ Medici, thus setting up the triangle that was to continue until Henry’s death, with his widow, Diane de Poitiers, becoming Henry’s mistress. For Diane, King Henry II rebuilt the old Château d’Anet, which became one of the first French Renaissance châteaus, and she would be entrusted with much of the management of royal court business.[citation needed]
Personal life
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Louis’ first wife was Catherine de Dreux. Later, he married Diane de Poitiers on 29 March 1515; she was 15, and he 39 years older.[4] Together, they had:
- Françoise de Brézé, (b. 1518)[2] married Robert IV de La Marck.[5]
- Louise de Brézé, (b. 1521)[2] married Claude, Duke of Aumale[5]
Louis died on 23 July 1531.[6] It has been expressly stated in an old Norman manuscript, that his bowels were interred at Anet, his heart in the abbey of Coulombs near his father, and his body carried to Notre Dame at Rouen and placed near that of his grandfather Pierre. The tomb that his widow Diane erected for Louis in the cathedral of Rouen was one of the early projects of French Renaissance sculptor Jean Goujon.[7]
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| Diane de Poitiers | |
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| Diane de Poitiers, Jean Clouet, 1525 | |
| Born | 9 January 1500[1] Château de Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France |
| Died | 25 April 1566 (aged 66) Anet, Eure-et-Loir, France |
| Burial place | Château d’Anet, Anet, Eure-et-Loir |
| Title | Grand Senechal of Normandy Countess of Saint-Vallier Duchess of Valentinois and Étampes |
| Spouse | Louis de Brézé, Seigneur d’Anet(m. 1515; died 1531) |
| Children | Françoise de Brézé, Princess of Sedan Louise de Brézé, Duchess of Aumale |
| Parent(s) | Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier Jeanne de Batarnay |
Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II‘s royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family’s status. She was a major patron of French Renaissance architecture.
Early life
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Diane de Poitiers was born on 9 January 1500, in the Château de Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France.[a][1] Her parents were Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier, and Jeanne de Batarnay.[1] She became a keen athlete, and frequently went riding and swimming for exercise.[2]
When still a girl, Diane was briefly in the retinue of Princess Anne de Beaujeu,[2] King Charles VIII‘s eldest sister who skillfully held the regency of France during his minority. Like her fellow charges, Diane was educated according to the principles of Renaissance humanism, including Greek and Latin, rhetoric, etiquette,[2] finance, law, and architecture.
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| Charles VII | |
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| Portrait [fr] by Jean Fouquet, tempera on wood, Louvre Museum, Paris, c. 1445–1450[a] | |
| King of France (more…) | |
| Reign | 21 October 1422 – 22 July 1461 |
| Coronation | 17 July 1429 |
| Predecessor | Charles VI |
| Successor | Louis XI |
| Contender | Henry VI of England (1422–53) |
| Born | 22 February 1403 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 July 1461 (aged 58) Mehun-sur-Yèvre, France |
| Burial | 7 August 1461 Basilica of Saint-Denis |
| Spouse | Marie of Anjou (m. 1422) |
| Issue Detail | Louis XIRadegondeCatherine, Countess of CharolaisYolande, Duchess of SavoyJoan, Duchess of BourbonMagdalena, Princess of VianaCharles, Duke of BerryIllegitimate:Marie, Countess of TaillebourgCharlotte, Countess of Maulévier |
| House | Valois |
| Father | Charles VI of France |
| Mother | Isabeau of Bavaria |
| Signature | |
Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (French: le Victorieux)[2] or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years’ War and a de facto end of the English claims to the French throne.
During the Hundred Years’ War, Charles VII inherited the throne of France under desperate circumstances. Forces of the Kingdom of England and the duke of Burgundy occupied Guyenne and northern France, including Paris, the capital and most populous city, and Reims, the city in which French kings were traditionally crowned. In addition, his father, Charles VI, had disinherited him in 1420 and recognized Henry V of England and his heirs as the legitimate successors to the French crown. At the same time, a civil war raged in France between the Armagnacs (supporters of the House of Valois) and the Burgundian party (supporters of the House of Valois-Burgundy, which was allied to the English).
With his court removed to Bourges, south of the Loire river, Charles was disparagingly called the “King of Bourges”, because the area around this city was one of the few remaining regions left to him. However, his political and military position improved dramatically with the emergence of Joan of Arc as a spiritual leader in France. Joan and Jean de Dunois led French troops to lift the siege of Orléans and other besieged strategic cities on the Loire river, and to defeat the English at the Battle of Patay. With local English troops dispersed, the people of Reims switched allegiance and opened their gates, which enabled Charles VII to be crowned at Reims Cathedral in 1429. Six years later, he ended the Anglo-Burgundian alliance by signing the Treaty of Arras with Burgundy, followed by the recovery of Paris in 1436 and the steady reconquest of Normandy in the 1440s using a newly organized professional army and advanced siege cannons. Following the Battle of Castillon in 1453, the French recaptured all of England’s continental possessions except the Pale of Calais.
The last years of Charles VII were marked by conflicts with his turbulent son, the future Louis XI.
Early life
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Born at the Hôtel Saint-Pol, the royal residence in Paris, Charles was given the title of Count of Ponthieu six months after his birth in 1403.[3] He was the eleventh child and fifth son of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria.[2] His four elder brothers, Charles (1386), Charles (1392–1401), Louis (1397–1415) and John (1398–1417) had each held the title of Dauphin of France as heirs apparent to the French throne in turn.[2] All died childless, leaving Charles with a rich inheritance of titles.[2]
Dauphin
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See also: Assassination of John the Fearless
Almost immediately after becoming dauphin, Charles had to face threats to his inheritance, and he was forced to flee from Paris on 29 May 1418 after the partisans of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, had entered the city the previous night.[4] By 1419, Charles had established his own court in Bourges and a Parlement in Poitiers.[4] On 11 July of that same year, Charles and John the Fearless attempted a reconciliation on a small bridge near Pouilly-le-Fort, not far from Melun where Charles was staying. They signed the Treaty of Pouilly-le-Fort in which they would share authority of the government, assist each other and not to form any treaties without the other’s consent.[5] Charles and John also decided that a further meeting should take place the following 10 September. On that date, they met on the bridge at Montereau.[6] The Duke assumed that the meeting would be entirely peaceful and diplomatic; thus, he brought only a small escort with him. The Dauphin’s men reacted to the Duke’s arrival by attacking and killing him. Charles’s level of involvement has remained uncertain to this day. Although he claimed to have been unaware of his men’s intentions, this was considered unlikely by those who heard of the murder.[2] The assassination marked the end of any attempt of a reconciliation between the Armagnac and Burgundian factions, thus strengthening the position of Henry V of England. Charles was later required by a treaty with Philip the Good, the son of John the Fearless, to pay penance for the murder, which he never did.
Treaty of Troyes (1420)
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At the death of Charles’ father Charles VI in October 1422, the succession was cast into doubt. Under the Treaty of Troyes, signed by Charles VI on 21 May 1420, the throne would pass to Henry V or his heir. Henry had died in July 1422: his heir was the infant King Henry VI of England, son of Henry and Charles VI’s daughter Catherine of Valois. However, Frenchmen loyal to the Valois regarded the treaty as invalid on grounds of coercion and Charles VI’s diminished mental capacity. Those who did not recognize the treaty and believed the Dauphin Charles to be of legitimate birth considered him the rightful heir to the throne. Those who considered Charles illegitimate recognized as the rightful heir Charles, Duke of Orléans, cousin of the Dauphin, who was in English captivity. Only the supporters of Henry VI and the Dauphin Charles were able to enlist sufficient military force to press effectively for their candidates. The English, already in control of northern France, enforced Henry’s claim in the regions of France that they occupied. Northern France, including Paris, was thus ruled by an English regent, Henry V’s brother, John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, based in Normandy (see Dual monarchy of England and France).
King of Bourges
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In his adolescent years, Charles was noted for his bravery and flamboyant style of leadership. At one point after becoming Dauphin, he led an army against the English dressed in the red, white, and blue that represented his family;[citation needed] his heraldic device was a mailed fist clutching a naked sword. On 25 June 1421, he took Gallardon and executed, as traitors, the garrison, and by the end of June Charles had invested Chartres.[7] He then went south of the Loire River under the protection of Yolande of Aragon, known as “Queen of the Four Kingdoms” and, on 18 December 1422, married her daughter, Marie of Anjou,[8] to whom he had been engaged since December 1413 in a ceremony at the Louvre Palace.
Charles claimed the title King of France for himself, but failed to make any attempts to expel the English from northern France out of indecision and a sense of hopelessness.[9] Instead, he remained south of the Loire River, where he was still able to exert power, and maintained an itinerant court in the Loire Valley at castles such as Chinon. He was still customarily known as the “Dauphin”, or derisively as the “King of Bourges“, after the town where he generally lived. Periodically, he considered flight to the Iberian Peninsula, which would have allowed the English to capture even more territory in France.
Siege of Orléans
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Political conditions in France took a decisive turn in the year 1429 just as the prospects for the Dauphin began to look hopeless. The town of Orléans had been under siege since October 1428. The English regent, the Duke of Bedford (the uncle of Henry VI), was advancing into the Duchy of Bar, ruled by Charles’s brother-in-law, René. The French lords and soldiers loyal to Charles were becoming increasingly desperate. Then in the little village of Domrémy, on the border of Lorraine and Champagne, a teenage girl named Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d’Arc), demanded that the garrison commander at Vaucouleurs, Robert de Baudricourt, collect the soldiers and resources necessary to bring her to the Dauphin at Chinon,[10] stating that visions of angels and saints had given her a divine mission. Granted an escort of five veteran soldiers and a letter of referral to Charles by Lord Baudricourt, Joan rode to see Charles at Chinon. She arrived on 23 February 1429.[10]
Second-hand testimony by witnesses who were not present when Joan and the Dauphin met state Charles wanted to test her claim to be able to recognise him despite never having seen him, and so he disguised himself as one of his courtiers. He stood in their midst when Joan entered the chamber in which the court was assembled. Joan identified Charles immediately. She bowed low to him and embraced his knees, declaring “God give you a happy life, sweet King!” Despite attempts to claim that another man was in fact the king, thereafter Joan referred to him as “Dauphin” or “Noble Dauphin” until he was crowned in Reims four months later. After a private conversation between the two, Charles became inspired and filled with confidence.
After her encounter with Charles in March 1429, Joan of Arc set out to lead the French forces at Orléans. She was aided by skilled commanders such as Étienne de Vignolles, known as La Hire, and Jean Poton de Xaintrailles. They compelled the English to lift the siege on 8 May 1429, thus turning the tide of the war. The French won the Battle of Patay on 18 June, at which the English army present lost about half its troops. After pushing further into English and Burgundian-controlled territory, Charles was crowned King Charles VII of France in Reims Cathedral on 17 July 1429.
Joan was later captured by Burgundian troops under John of Luxembourg at the Siege of Compiègne on 24 May 1430.[11] The Burgundians handed her over to their English allies. Tried for heresy by a court composed of pro-English clergymen such as Pierre Cauchon, who had long served under English authorities,[12] she was burnt at the stake on 30 May 1431.
French victory
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Nearly as important as Joan of Arc in the cause of Charles was the support of the powerful and wealthy family of his wife Marie d’Anjou, particularly his mother-in-law, Queen Yolande of Aragon. But whatever affection he may have had for his wife, or whatever gratitude he may have felt for the support of her family, the great love of Charles VII’s life was his mistress, Agnès Sorel.
Charles VII and Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, then signed the 1435 Treaty of Arras, by which the Burgundian faction rejected their alliance with England and became reconciled with Charles VII, just as things were going badly for their English allies. With this accomplishment, Charles attained the essential goal of ensuring that no Prince of the Blood recognised Henry VI as King of France.[13]
Over the following two decades, the French recaptured Paris from the English and eventually recovered all of France with the exception of the northern port of Calais.
Close of reign
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Charles VII depicted in 1444
Charles VII the Victorious by Antoine-Louis Barye, held in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Charles VII Royal d’or.
Charles VII Ecu neuf, 1436
Charles VII on a Franc à cheval from 1422 or 1423
Charles’s later years were marked by hostile relations with his heir, Louis, who demanded real power to accompany his position as the Dauphin. Charles consistently refused him. Accordingly, Louis stirred up dissent and fomented plots in attempts to destabilise his father’s reign. He quarrelled with his father’s mistress, Agnès Sorel, and on one occasion drove her with a bared sword into Charles’ bed, according to one source. Eventually, in 1446, after Charles’s last son, also named Charles, was born, the king banished the Dauphin to the Dauphiné. The two never met again. Louis thereafter refused the king’s demands to return to court, and he eventually fled to the protection of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1456.
In 1458, Charles became ill. A sore on his leg (an early symptom, perhaps, of diabetes or another condition) refused to heal, and the infection in it caused a serious fever. The king summoned Louis to him from his exile in Burgundy, but the Dauphin refused to come. He employed astrologers to foretell the exact hour of his father’s death. The king lingered on for the next two and a half years, increasingly ill, but unwilling to die. During this time he also had to deal with the case of his rebellious vassal John V of Armagnac.
Finally, however, there came a point in July 1461 when the king’s physicians concluded that Charles would not live past August. Ill and weary, the king became delirious, convinced that he was surrounded by traitors loyal only to his son. Under the pressure of sickness and fever, he went mad. By now another infection in his jaw had caused an abscess in his mouth. The swelling caused by this became so large that, for the last week of his life, Charles was unable to swallow food or water. Although he asked the Dauphin to come to his deathbed, Louis refused, instead waiting at Avesnes, in Burgundy, for his father to die. At Mehun-sur-Yèvre, attended by his younger son, Charles, and aware of his elder son’s final betrayal, the King starved to death. He died on 22 July 1461, and was buried, at his request, beside his parents in Saint-Denis.
Legacy
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Although Charles VII’s legacy is far overshadowed by the deeds and eventual martyrdom of Joan of Arc and his early reign was at times marked by indecisiveness and inaction, he was responsible for successes unprecedented in the history of the Kingdom of France.[citation needed] He succeeded in what four generations of his predecessors (namely his father Charles VI, his grandfather Charles V, his great-grandfather John II and great-great grandfather Philip VI) failed to do – the expulsion of the English and the conclusion of the Hundred Years’ War.[citation needed]
Charles created France’s first standing army since Roman times. In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli asserts that if his son Louis XI had continued this policy, then the French would have become invincible.[citation needed]
Charles VII secured himself against papal power by the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges. He also established the University of Poitiers in 1432, and his policies brought some economic prosperity to his subjects.[citation needed]
Family
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Children
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Charles married his second cousin Marie of Anjou on 18 December 1422.[14] They were both great-grandchildren of King John II of France and his first wife Bonne of Bohemia through the male line. They had fourteen children:
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis | 3 July 1423 | 30 August 1483 | King of France. Married firstly Margaret of Scotland, no issue.[15] Married secondly Charlotte of Savoy, had issue.[15] |
| John | 19 September 1426 | Lived for a few hours. | |
| Radegonde | 1425[16] or August 1428[17] | February 1445[b][18] | Betrothed to Sigismund, Archduke of Austria,[18] on 22 July 1430. |
| Catherine | 1428[17] | 13 September 1446 | Married Charles the Bold, no issue.[15] |
| James | 1432 | 2 March 1437 | Died aged five. |
| Yolande | 23 September 1434 | 23/29 August 1478 | Married Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, had issue.[19] |
| Joan | 4 May 1435 | 4 May 1482 | Married John II, Duke of Bourbon, no issue.[20] |
| Philip | 4 February 1436 | 11 June 1436 | Died in infancy. |
| Margaret | May 1437 | 24 July 1438 | Died aged one. |
| Joanna | 7 September 1438 | 26 December 1446 | Twin of Marie, died aged eight. |
| Marie | 7 September 1438 | 14 February 1439 | Twin of Joanna, died in infancy. |
| Isabella | 1441 | Died young. | |
| Magdalena | 1 December 1443 | 21 January 1495 | Married Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana, had issue.[21] |
| Charles | 12 December 1446 | 24 May 1472 | Died without legitimate issue. |
Mistresses
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- Agnès Sorel,[22] by whom he had three illegitimate daughters:
- Marie, possibly born the summer of 1444.[23]
- Charlotte, m. Jacques de Brézé[24] (their son, Louis de Brézé, seigneur d’Anet, in turn married Diane de Poitiers, herself ultimately a famous royal mistress).
- Jeanne.
- Antoinette de Maignelais,[25] cousin of Agnès Sorel.
Genealogy for Virginia Hambley
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Virginia Muriel Hambley was born February 3, 1963 in New York City to: Elisabeth Ann de GHAISNE de BOURMONT, and Clarke Toleman HAMBLEY. Elizabeth’s parents are: Mary Agnès CRAVEN and Joseph de GHAISNE de BOURMONT.
To begin with there is a correction to be made in this genealogy that has Virginia and her brother, Mark, as the children of
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N. CANADAY married Elizabeth after she divorced Clarke. He is Siesel “Bud” Canaday.
Virginia’s great grandmother is Claire DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1880, who may descend from Pierre DE BREON, a Knight Templar.
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o Louis de GHAISNE de BOURMONT 1846-1908 &1876 Cécile d’INDY 1851-1943
o Armand de GHAISNE de BOURMONT 1880-1917 &1906 Madeleine COCHIN 18
Victor de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Parents
Dieudonné de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Married to
Baptistine SAY , born in 1855 , died
Siblings
Anne Marie de GHAISNE de BOURMONT Married to Henri de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Louis de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Bertrand de GHAISNE de BOURMONT , Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur 1880-1957 Married to Claire de LANCRAU de BRÉON 1880-
Victor de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Sophie de GHAISNE de BOURMONT Married to Joseph LE ROUGE de GUERDAVID 1886-1961
Mary Agnès CRAVEN
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Mariée avec Joseph de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Elisabeth Ann de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Valérie de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Serge-Edward de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
http://gw.geneanet.org/soleil15?lang=fr;pz=hugues;nz=soleil;ocz=0;p=virginia;n=canaday
Bertrand de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Parents
Dieudonné de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Baptistine SAY
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Marié avec Claire de LANCRAU de BRÉON dont
Louis de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Arthur de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Michel de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Raoul de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Joseph de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Henri de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Pierre de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Isabelle de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Françoise de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Thérèse de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Amédée de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Sister of Elizabeth: Valérie de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Caroline HAMBLEY
Parents
Clarke Toleman HAMBLEY
Elisabeth Ann de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Mariée avec Addison BICKFORD dont
Aïden BICKFORD
Céleste BICKFORD
Marc CANADAY
Parents
N. CANADAY
Elisabeth Ann de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Marié avec ? ? dont
Charlotte CANADAY
Héloïse HAMBLEY
Parents
Clarke Toleman HAMBLEY
Elisabeth Ann de GHAISNE de BOURMONT
Spouses and children
Married to Michaël LEVY with
Philippe LEVY
Michel LEVY
Magdeleine LEVY
1. Siesel “Bud” Canaday
When Jakob P. Canaday, a Florida investor, died in 2004 of throat
cancer, he left behind plans to stash his millions in a long-lasting
trust with directions that he would recoup the money if and when his
“human remains are revived and restored to life,” according to court
documents.
On the eve of Mr. Canaday’s death, however, his two daughters produced a
new will, which left his fortune to them.
Now there’s a lawsuit pending in Broward County, Fla., Circuit Court.
Mr. Canaday’s brother, Siesel “Bud” Canaday, a retired Wall Street bond
trader, says his sibling always wanted to be frozen and insists that the
second will is not valid. No matter how bizarre his brother’s choices
may be, Mr. Canaday says, “it’s tradition to honor the will of the
deceased.” Daughter Michelle Canaday declined to comment on the case.
Siesel E Canaday Jr
11 Riverbend Rd Old Lyme, CT 06371-1428
Cities that Canaday lived in.
Old Lyme, CT
Bronxville, NY
New York, NY
Park City, UT
http://lville53.com/classmates.html
http://lville53.com/reunions.html
DOCUMENT GÉNÉALOGIQUE – 1881
Faire-part de DÉCÈS Concernant
Madame
Claire Thérèse Camille De La Bourdonnaye
(Claire Thérèse Camille De La Bourdonnaye De Blossac)
Comtesse
De Lancrau De Bréon
(Marc Jean Alphonse De Lancrau De Bréon)
décédée
au Château de Bréon, à l’âge de 60 ans
le 7 mars 1881
Château de Bréon, par Marigné-Peuton
(Mayenne)
le 20 mars 1881
Familles apparentées :
De Lancrau De Bréon ; De La Bourdonnaye ;
Harscouët De Saint-George ; De La Boussinière ; Des Cars ;
De Mac-Mahon ; De Vallombrosa ;
http://www.compains-cezallier.com/les-seigneurs-de-brion-xiie-xive-siecle/
http://www.compains-cezallier.com/les-seigneurs-de-brion-xiie-xive-siecle/
http://www.compains-cezallier.com/nouvelle-page/
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AUVERGNE.htm
http://gw.geneanet.org/wailly?lang=en&p=alexis+henri&n=de+lancrau+de+breon
Alexis Henri de LANCRAU de BRÉON
Comte de Bréon, Colonel de carabiniers
Parents
Alexis Marc Henri Charles de LANCRAU de BRÉON 1742-
Geneviève Françoise de La BARRE du TEILLEUL
Spouses and children
Married in August 1808 to Elisabeth Geneviève Justine d’ESCARS (Parents : François Nicolas René d’ESCARS 1759- & Etiennette Charlotte Emilie de LIGNY ) with
Marc Jean Alphonse de LANCRAU de BRÉON 1809-
Antoinette Alix de LANCRAU de BRÉON 1812-
Siblings
Geneviève Henriette de LANCRAU de BRÉON 1768-
Alexis de BRÉON 1778-
Née le 26 octobre 1880 (mardi)
Décédée
Parents
Arthur Etienne DE LANCRAU , Comte DE BRÉON 1843-1904
Marthe DE CERTAINES 1857-1914
Claire DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON
Née le 26 octobre 1880 (mardi)
Décédée
Parents
Arthur Etienne DE LANCRAU , Comte DE BRÉON 1843-1904
Marthe DE CERTAINES 1857-1914
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Mariée vers 1900 avec Y DE GHAISNE DE BOURMONT ca 1880- (Parents : Henri Louis Dieudonné M DE GHAISNE , Comte DE BOURMONT 1848-1921 & Baptistine SAY ca 1856- ) (voir note) dont
Y DE GHAISNE DE BOURMONT ca 1905
Frères et sœurs
Charlotte DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1879-1972 Mariée le 29 juillet 1901 (lundi) avec Joseph GÉNÉBRIAS , Comte DE GOUTTEPAGNON 1873-1930
Roger DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1882-1934
Isabelle M Noëmie DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1884- Mariée en 1908 avec René M DE VITTON DE PEYRUIS 1877-1940
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Mariée vers 1900 avec Y DE GHAISNE DE BOURMONT ca 1880- (Parents : Henri Louis Dieudonné M DE GHAISNE , Comte DE BOURMONT 1848-1921 & Baptistine SAY ca 1856- ) (voir note) dont
Y DE GHAISNE DE BOURMONT ca 1905
Frères et sœurs
Charlotte DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1879-1972 Mariée le 29 juillet 1901 (lundi) avec Joseph GÉNÉBRIAS , Comte DE GOUTTEPAGNON 1873-1930
Roger DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1882-1934
Isabelle M Noëmie DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1884- Mariée en 1908 avec René M DE VITTON DE PEYRUIS 1877-1940
Arthur Etienne DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON
Titres: Comte DE BRÉON
Né le 20 juillet 1843 (jeudi) – Château de Lampâtre, GOVEN 35
Décédé le 21 novembre 1904 (lundi) – BRÉON, MARIGNÉ-PEUTON 53 , à l’âge de 61 ans
Parents
Marc Jean Alphonse DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1809-
Claire Thérèse Camille DE LA BOURDONNAYE DE BLOSSAC 1820-1881
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Marié le 27 avril 1878 (samedi) , PARIS VII 75, avec Marthe DE CERTAINES 1857-1914 (Parents : Joseph , Marquis DE CERTAINES 1830-1889 & Charlotte DE ROUGÉ 1831-1910 ) dont
Charlotte DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1879-1972
Claire DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1880-
Roger DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1882-1934
Isabelle M Noëmie DE LANCRAU DE BRÉON 1884-
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_de_La_Bourdonnaye
Louis Antoine DE LA ROCHE
(Louis Antoine de La Roche-Rambures)
Titres: Marquis DE RAMBURES
Né en 1696
Décédé en 1755 , à l’âge de 59 ans
Seigneur de Crayssac
Maréchal de camp en 1740
Union(s) et enfant(s)
Marié vers 1735 avec Marguerite DE SAINT-GEORGES DE VÉRAC ca 1713-1769 (Parents : César DE SAINT-GEORGES DE VÉRAC , Marquis DE COUHÉ-VÉRAC ca 1680- & Catherine Marguerite PIOGER ca 1685- ) dont
Elisabeth Jeanne DE LA ROCHE ca 1730-1780
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_de_La_Bourdonnaye
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Chateau de Breze & Bourmont Wine
Posted on April 23, 2015 by Royal Rosamond Press
“Richard Eldridge, owner and winemaker, stumbled into wine through marriage to the late Valerie de Bourmont who introduced him to wine. In a sense, the rest is history.”
I met Virginia Hambley in 1998, and wanted children with her. When I learned she could not have children, and when my sixteen year old daughter appear in my life, I told Virginia I would share Heather with her. The same went for grandson, Tyler Hunt, when he was born. Virgnia was not born when her two older sisters attended the wedding of their cousin in New York where she was born. Clark Hambley was an artist and worked at a prestigious advertising agency.
Like her sister before her, after graduating from High School, Virginia was invited to stay with her Bourmont kindred in France. She told me they had a winery. When I showed her a photo of Breze Chateau, and asked her if this is where she stayed for nearly month, she said this was the place of the family winery.
“You didn’t tell me it was a castle!”
Jon Presco
Château de Brézé is a small, dry-moated castle located in Brézé, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, France. The château was transformed during the 16th and the 19th centuries. The current structure is Renaissance in style yet retains medieval elements including a drawbridge and a 12th-century trogloditic basement. Today, it is the residence of descendants of the ancient lords. The château is a listed ancient monument originally dating from 1060.[1] A range of wines are produced at the château which has 30 hectares of vineyards.[2]
http://www.munseys.com/diskone/dberrdex.htm?
http://gw.geneanet.org/tdeguerdavid?lang=fr;p=bertrand;n=de+ghaisne+de+bourmont
Valerie de Bourmont Married To Richard Clement Eldridge
AUG. 30, 1964
Miss Valerie de Ghaisne de Bourmont, daughter of Comte Joseph de Ghaisne de Bourmont of Chateau de Bourmont, Freigne, Maine et Loire, France, and Comtesse Mary de Ghaisne de Bourmont of 132 East 82d Street, was married here yesterday to Richard Clement Eldridge. He is a son of Mrs. Arthur C. Eldridge of Baltimore and the late Mr. Eldridge.
The Rev, Jean Coutelier performed the ceremony in St. Vincent de Paul’s Roman Catholic Church. A reception was held at the home of Jean de Botton.
The bride, who was escorted by Mr. de Botton, wore a white lace gown and a tulle veil fastened to a diamante coronet She carried a posy of gardenias.
Miss Aghna Moore was maid of honor for the bride, who was attended also by her nieces, Heloise and Caroline Hambley, aged 5 and 4. John C. Eldridge was his brother’s best man.
The bride attended the School of the Holy Child Jesus in St. Leonards, Sussex, England, and graduated from the Institute de la Rue de Lubeck in Paris and in 1961 from Hunter College.
On her mother’s side she is a granddaughter of the late Capt. Edward Stamford Craven of Ashfordby Hall, Leicestershire, England, and a great‐granddaughter of the late Newton Francis Whiting of New York, who was financial editor and part proprietor of The New York Evening Post. She is a
The bridegroom, an alumnus of the Gilman School in Baltimore and Harvard College, class of ‘59, served as a lieutenant (jg.) with the Navy and took graduate courses at Johns Hopkins University. He is with Lennen & Newell, advertising agency here.
BRIMSTONE HILL VINEYARD
Established 1982 MEET THE WINEMAKER
Richard Eldridge, owner and winemaker, stumbled into wine through marriage to the late Valerie de Bourmont who introduced him to wine. In a sense, the rest is history. The Eldridges became fascinated with the possibilities of growing and making very good wines here in the East. We tend to think of wine as one of the more important staples of the diet.
The winemaking process in the East, however, is much more challenging than in California. This is largely due to the Eastern climatic conditions coupled with a limited tradition of wine and viticulture. Most of the California wine grape varieties cannot handle our cold winters and short, rainy growing seasons. Further, Eastern grapes tend to be significantly higher in acidity and lower in sugar than their California counterparts. This condition can be addressed, but the process does become more complicated. The higher acidity does have a major advantage in making both sweeter wines and sparkling wines. The drier table wines tend to be on the lighter side with a certain zesty quality. At Brimstone Hill we are committed to the task of making better wines which will please our customers.
Chateau de Brézé
Both Chateau de Brézé (pronounced Brey-zey) and Domaine de St. Just are made by Arnaud Lambert from Domaine de St. Just. He owns Domaine de St. Just and has been hired on to restore the once glorious Chateau de Brézé. He is a deep thinker and humble for how deep his actual knowledge is. I find that his personality reflects his wines. They are unusually focused and clean expressions of these varieties, which is refreshing.
The legendary wines of the Chateau de Brézé, lauded in the classical literature of the 15th century by King René of Anjou, were served at all the royal courts of Europe. In fact the wines were exchanged yearly with the great Chateau d’Yquem amongst others. In the 1600s the white wines of Chateau de Brézé were known throughout Europe as “Chenin de Brézé.”
Here’s a story of wine politics… When the AOC of Saumur Champigny was established in 1957 the owner of Brézé refused to be part of the appellation because he claimed that his vineyard collection was the best of the entire area and should have it’s own AOC. His claim was probably true and if you talk with winemakers in the area, as most would tell you that the vineyards of Brézé may be the best vineyards in both Saumur and Saumur Champigny. Unfortunately the wines were terribly made at the time of the establishment of the wine law and his request was denied for a singular AOC of Brézé. He still refused Saumur Champigny status that he was offered so the vineyards were placed in the appellation of Saumur. The estate has been responsible for making an entire century of relatively terrible wines on one of the best sites in the Loire. Those days are over as of 2009 when the new owner, Le Comte de Colbert, asked Arnaud Lambert from Domaine de Saint Just to take over the complete management of the estate to restore it to it’s once glorious state. The vineyards immediately began to be changed over to organic farming.
We are lucky to have grabbed this estate at the beginning of their renaissance that started with the 2009 vintage. The wines are really beautiful expressions of the grape and the place. I told Arnaud that I was shocked by the difference in quality from before he had arrived to now. He gave a slight but confident smile and said, “Wait until we really get started now that the children are out of the way.” Under the helm of Arnaud, it seems this estate is rising again.
The hill/commune of Brézé is a special site for Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc. They are at a higher elevation than most of the areas around it. The vineyards sit on a hill of tuffeau, a porous, chalky limestone balanced with clay and sand. The limestone offers good water retention as well as a high pH in the soil, which results in a low pH wine. Brézé is not a typical Saumur at all. It may rightly have deserved it’s own AOC, but at the very minimum it deserved the Saumur Champigny AOC status.
Based on the soil and climate of Saumur, there is a reasonably long history of successful sparkling wine. The reason why it fits here is that the soils render the wines high in acidity with a balanced pH and the cooler temperatures keep the wines taut with acidity and fresh in flavors. It is very similar to Champagne in regards to its chalky soils but with a slightly warmer climate. The acidity of the Chenin Blanc in this area sometimes needs the addition of Chardonnay to soften the blow of the natural acidity of Chenin Blanc coupled with this soil type. Because it is not Champagne, it cannot sell for the same prices as Champagne in the marketplace. Therefore the same amount of dollars that are spent to make great Champagne are not a realistic investment in this area. But, I would directly challenge any sparkling wine by the glass with the Cremant wines from Brézé. They are unusually good for the price.
Cremant Blanc
- 60% Chenin/40% chard.
- The wine is made in the “Brut method traditionelle” for sparkling wine.
- This wine is solid because it has the intellectual side of Chenin but the Chardonnay softens the blow making it a little more enjoyable with a creamier body and Champagne-like notes.
- This area is historically important for Sparkling wine. The soils can be very chalky just like Champagne. The Brézé hill is ideal because it sits atop a hill and has more access to cooling winds, keeping it fresh.
- Vineyards are being converted to Organic (Biologique) and then to Biodynamic (Biodynamique) farming. Arnaud believes that this is a 5-6 year process, rather than a 3-year process, which is what it takes to become certified.
Cremant Rose
- Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon blend. 50/50. The strength of this rosé wine is that it doesn’t taste like either of them.
- All estate fruit.
- The wine is made in the “Brut method traditionelle” for sparkling wine.
- It is a strikingly complex and subtle rosé sparkling wine.
Blanc
- All estate fruit.
- Made in all stainless steel, so this preserves the freshness.
- This white is both bracing in acidity and pleasurable.
Rouge
- Stainless steel vinification, no oak at all.
- Natural yeast fermentation.
- Higher elevation site with more shallow soils so this renders the wine more fine and red fruited.
- It is organically made but AB certification comes in 2 years.
- Pure and clean expression of Cabernet Franc.
The Knight of The Rouge Tower
Posted on July 21, 2022 by Royal Rosamond Press
Le Rouge Knight of the Tower
Posted on September 16, 2013 by Royal Rosamond Press
“The father of our author was Geoffroy de la Tour, spoken of at the beginning of the fourteenth century as lord of La Tour-Landry, Bourmont, La Galonière Loroux-Bottereau, and Cornouaille, and who, under the banner of the Count of Anjou in 1336, distinguished himself by his courage in the war with the English.”
Below is Albrecht Dürer’s painting of a Knight coming home from the Crusades. Did he find the Holy Grail? Is it only when we find our way home again, do we find what was lost?
Albrecht Dürer did the illustrations for Landry’s work. I am this Knight Le Rouge. I did not forsake my Quest even though most of my friends and all my family, forsake me. I had a vision. I stuck to it. I am the Author of this Red Opera.
When Virginia Hambley de Bourmont got down on her wounded knee, took my hand, and proposed to me, was my long search for the Grail, at an end. Virginia descends from Geoffrey IV de la Tour Landry who compiled Livre pour l’enseignement de ses filles for the instruction of his daughters. This book is also titled ‘The Book of the Knight of the Tower’. Geoffrey may have authored Pontus and Sidonia a medieval prose roman that was put to song, thus, here is alas The Phantom of this Opera!
Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry married Jeanne Le Rouge.
(1320-1391)
1) ép. 1353 Jeanne Le Rougé
“Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph de Bourmont married Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid.
Above is a painting of the Royal Entry of Virginia’s kindred.
Jon Preso
Copyright 2013
Masquerade balls were a feature of the Carnival season in the 15th century, and involved increasingly celebrate allegorical Royal Entries, pageants and triumphal processions celebrating marriages and other dynastic events of late medieval court life.
Above: Reception of the Grand Condé at Versailles following his victory at Seneffe. The Grand Condé advances towards Louis XIV in a respectful manner with laurel wreaths on his path, while captured enemy flags are displayed on both sides of the stairs. It marked the end of Condé’s exile, following his participation to the Fronde.
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : 1886
Décès : 1961
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, “Gaston”,Georges,Amaury,Marie comte de Guerdavid
Mère: Robien (de), Marguerite
Famille:
Mariage: 01 mars 1916 à Freigné (49)
Conjoint:
Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : 19 février 1890 à Nantes (44)
Décès : 21 décembre 1970 à Carantec (29)
Parents:
Père: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), Louis seigneur de Bourmont 20
Mère: Say, Baptistine
Geoffrey IV de la Tour Landry (c. 1320 – 1391) was a nobleman of Anjou who compiled Livre pour l’enseignement de ses filles for the instruction of his daughters, in 1371–1372. A similar book he had previously written for his sons, according to his opening text, has disappeared. The work became the most popular educational treatise of the Late Middle Ages. It was translated into German, as Der Ritter vom Turn, and at least twice into English, once by William Caxton, who printed it as The Book of the Knight of the Tower in 1483.[1]
La Tour Landry stands (a ruin today) between Chollet and Vezins. Geoffroy fought in the Hundred Years War; he was at the siege of Aguillon in 1346 and was in the war as late as 1383. His name again appears in a military muster in 1363. He married Jeanne de Rougé, younger daughter of Bonabes de Rougé, sieur of Erval, vicomte de La Guerche, and chamberlain to the king. In 1378, as a “knight banneret”, he sent a contingent of men to join the siege of Cherbourg, but he did not serve in person. In 1380 Geoffroy was fighting in Brittany, and was last mentioned in 1383. He made a second marriage with Marguerite des Roches, dame de La Mothe de Pendu, the widow of Jean de Clerembault, knight.[2]
Pontus and Sidonia is a medieval prose roman, originally composed in French in ca. 1400, known as Ponthus et la belle Sidonie, possibly by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry (d. 1391) or by another member of the La Tour family. It is about Pontus, the son of the king of Galicia, who falls in love with Sidonia, daughter of the king of Brittany. The text is associated with lords of La Tour because it derives the ancestors of that family, whose ancestral possessions were in Brittany, from members of the train of prince Pontus. The story is based on an earlier work, the Anglo-Norman chanson de geste Horn et Rimenhild (ca. 1180).
The chansons de geste, Old French for “songs of heroic deeds” (from gesta: Latin: “deeds, actions accomplished”[1]), are the epic poems that appear at the dawn of French literature. The earliest known examples date from the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, before the emergence of the lyric poetry of the trouvères (troubadours) and the earliest verse romances. They reached their apogee in the period 1150-1250.[2] Composed in verse, these narrative poems of moderate length (averaging 4000 lines[3]) were originally sung, or (later) recited, by minstrels or jongleurs. More than one hundred chansons de geste have survived in around three hundred manuscripts[4] that date from the 12th to the 15th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanson_de_geste
In the novel The Once and Future King, by T.H. White, a reference is made that states that “before King Arthur had made his chivalry, the Knight of the Tower Landry had been compelled to warn his daughter against entering her own dining hall in the evening unaccompanied – for fear of what might happen in the dark corners.”[3]
The Book of the Knight of the Tower (full French title: Livre pour l’enseignement de ses filles du Chevalier de La Tour Landry) is a book commenced by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry in 1371, and which he continued writing at least until 1372.[1] It was translated into English (as The Book of the Knight of the Tower) by William Caxton and completed, according to his colophon, on 1 June 1483, during the reign of Edward V.[2] It was further translated into German as Der Ritter vom Turn in 1495. The Livre pour l’enseignement de ses filles served as a tutorial for De la Tour Landry’s daughters on proper behavior when visiting the royal court, which, the knight warns, is filled with smooth-talking courtiers who could potentially disgrace them and embarrass the family. The author was a widower, and concerned for his daughters’ welfare. He takes a strong moral stance against the behavior of his peers and warns his daughters about the dangers of vanity.
The demon of Vanity and the coquette. From the Ritter vom Turn, 1493
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/KntTour-L/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
THE feudal castle of La Tour-Landry, from which the author of the following book received his name, stood between Chollet and Vezins, in the part of the old province of Anjou which lay between Poitou and Brittany, where its ruins are still visible, consisting of a great donjon, or keep, said to date from the twelfth century. The family of our Knight appears to have been established there at least as early as that date. In the year 1200, a Landry de la Tour, lord of this place, is found engaged in a lawsuit relating to lands; and the names of different members of the family are met with not unfrequently during the thirteenth century. M. de Montaiglon, the editor of the original text of the Knight’s “Book,” who has investigated this question with laborious care, considers that the father of our author was Geoffroy de la Tour, spoken of at the beginning of the fourteenth century as lord of La Tour-Landry, Bourmont, La Galonière Loroux-Bottereau, and Cornouaille, and who, under the banner of the Count of Anjou in 1336, distinguished himself by his courage in the war with the English.
This Geoffroy de la Tour had two sons, our Geoffroy, who was the eldest, and another named Arquade, who is supposed to have been much younger than his brother. The latter, our Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry, appears from his own account to have been present at the seige of Aguillon in 1346. His name again appears in a military muster in 1363. We know that he married Jeanne de Rougé, younger daughter of Bonabes de Rougé, lord of Erval, vicomte of La Guerche, and chamberlain to the king, but we are unacquainted with the date of this marriage, though in 1371 and 1372, when he composed the following book, he must have been married a sufficient length of time to have sons and daughters of an age to require instruction of this kind.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/KntTour-L/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : 1886
Décès : 1961
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, “Gaston”,Georges,Amaury,Marie comte de Guerdavid
Mère: Robien (de), Marguerite
Famille:
Mariage: 01 mars 1916 à Freigné (49)
Conjoint:
Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : 19 février 1890 à Nantes (44)
Décès : 21 décembre 1970 à Carantec (29)
Parents:
Père: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), Louis seigneur de Bourmont 20
Mère: Say, Baptistine
Enfant(s):
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Marie-Josèphe Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : EST 1917
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Antoinette Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : 1918
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Louis
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Marguerite Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : vers 1921
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Henri
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Pierre comte de Guerdavid
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Jeanne Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : 1925
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Yvonne Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Jean
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Paul
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Anne
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, “René”-Gabriel
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Thérèse Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
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Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Louis Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : vers 1920
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid
Mère: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph
Famille:
Mariage: 1955
Conjoint:
Guillet de La Brosse, Maryvonne Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : 10 août 1925
Enfant(s):
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Xavier Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Cécile Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Isabelle Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Catherine Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Anne-France Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
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Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Henri Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : 1923
Décès : 06 novembre 2007
Inhumation : 12 novembre 2007 à Tours (37)
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid
Mère: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph
Famille:
Conjoint:
Frémond de La Merveillère (de), Rosane Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : 1922
Parents:
Père: Frémond de La Merveillère (de), Antoine
Mère: Walsh de Serrant, Mathilde
Enfant(s):
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Hugues-Antoine Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, “Tugdual”-Yffic Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Maud-Sophie Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Marie-Assunta Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Albéric Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
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Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Jean Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid
Mère: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph
Famille:
Conjoint:
O’Rorke, Mary Sexe: Féminin
Enfant(s):
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Bruno Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Edith Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Thierry
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Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Paul Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid
Mère: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph
Famille:
Mariage: –contemporain–
Conjoint:
Léon de Tréverret, Marie Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Parents:
Père: Léon de Tréverret, “Charles” Marie Joseph
Mère: Penguern (de), “Elvire” Eugénie
Enfant(s):
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Chantal Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Béatrice Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Nicole Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Dominique Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Agnès Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
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Kersauson (de), Tugdual Sexe: Masculin
Parents:
Père: Kersauson (de), Alain
Mère: Denesvre de Domecy (de), Cécile
Famille:
Conjoint:
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Anne Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid
Mère: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph
Enfant(s):
Kersauson (de), Alain Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
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Le Rouge de Guerdavid, “René”-Gabriel Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Parents:
Père: Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Joseph vicomte de Guerdavid
Mère: Ghaisne de Bourmont (de), “Sophie” Juliette Louise Marie-Joseph
Famille:
Conjoint:
Kersauson (de), Guyonne Sexe: Féminin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Parents:
Père: Kersauson (de), Alain
Mère: Denesvre de Domecy (de), Cécile
Enfant(s):
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Guy
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Michel Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Lionel Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
Le Rouge de Guerdavid, Gaëtan Sexe: Masculin
Naissance : –contemporain–
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Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry
(1320-1391)
1) ép. 1353 Jeanne de Rougé
(?-ap. 1383)
soeur de Mahaut de Rougé
et fille de Bonnabes de Rougé
seigneur d’Erval
vicomte de la Guerche
chambellan du roi
et de Jeanne de Maillé
fille de Jean de Maillé
seigneur de Clervaux
et de Thomasse de Doué
2) ép. 1380 Marguerite des Roches
veuve de Jean Clérambault
Dame de la Motte-de-Pendu
Ponthus de la Tour-Landry
(1381-1447)
chevalier
seigneur de la Tour landry
de Bourmont
du Loroux-Bottereau
baron de Bouloir en Vendomois
ép. N, Sidoine (v.1380-?)
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Urbain de Maillé-Brézé (French pronunciation: [yʁbɛ̃ də maje bʁeze]) (1597 – February 13, 1650), was a Marshal of France during the Thirty Years’ War and Franco-Spanish War (1635).
He was married to Nicole du Plessis-Richelieu, sister of cardinal Richelieu.
Urbain de Maillé-Brézé had a brilliant career. He was ambassador in Sweden in 1631, Marshal of France in 1632 and viceroy of Catalonia in 1641.
Urbain de Maillé-Brézé fought in many battles. He participated in the Siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628). In 1635 he conquered Heidelberg and Speyer, together with Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force, at the head of the Army of Germany.
In 1635 he was put, together with Gaspard III de Coligny, at the head of the French army that invaded Flanders. They victorious at the Battle of Les Avins against the Spanish, but the Siege of Leuven was a complete failure.
In 1641, together with duc de la Meilleraye, he conquered Lens in 3 days, Aire-sur-la-Lys (august) and Bapaume (September).
After these successes Maillé-Brézé was made Viceroy of newly conquered Catalonia. He attempted to drive the Spanish from Collioure, Perpignan and Sainte-Marie, but failed. In May 1642 he was replaced and retired from active duty to spend the rest of his life in his castle in Milly-le-Meugon.
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He married on November 25, 1617 Nicole du Plessis-Richelieu (1587–1635), sister of cardinal Richelieu. They had two children :
Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, (1619-1646), French admiral.
Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, (1628–1694), married Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé
Claire Clémence de Maillé-Brézé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as Le Grand Condé (The Great Condé), and became the mother of Henri Jules. She was Princess of Condé and Duchess of Fronsac.
8 Marie-Henri, comte de Ghaisne (1er), seigneur du Gesnetay, de Saint Michel du Bois, de Freigné et de La Cornouaille, né le 10 octobre 1662, décédé le 10 décembre 1710, Paris (à l’âge de 48 ans), chevalier, enseigne d’une compagnie d’hommes d’armes des Ordonnances du Roi, lieutenant des maréchaux de France en Bretagne, mousquetaire du roi.
… marié le 19 novembre 1697, Vernantes (Maine-et-Loire), avec…
9 Marie-Hélène de Maillé de La Tour-Landry, dame de Bourmont, née en 1666, décédée le 22 février 1752, château de Bourmont, Freigné (Maine-et-Loire) (à l’âge de 86 ans).
Geoffrey IV de la Tour Landry
Jean de Maillé de La Tour-Landry, seigneur de Bourmont, baron de La Tour-Landry, de Guillebourg et de Saint-Chartier, comte de Châteauroux, décédé le 30 novembre 1635.
… marié le 9 janvier 1602 avec…
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François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician and diplomat, considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand
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Louis Henri DE GHAISNE DE BOURMONT
Né le 26 décembre 1705 (samedi)
Décédé le 1er novembre 1782 (vendredi) , à l’âge de 76 ans
Parents
M Henri DE GHAISNE DE BOURMONT 1662-1710
M Hélène DE MAILLÉ DE LA TOUR-LANDRY , Dame DE BOURMONT 1666-1752
Jean DE MAILLÉ
Décédé en 1563
Parents
Hardouin X DE MAILLÉ 1462-1525
Françoise DE LA TOUR LANDRY ca 1470-
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