Geoffroy V de Châteaubriant

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In reality, this tradition is absolutely unfounded, especially as the Baron de Châteaubriant, like any bearer of arms, did not need the authorization of the King of France (which was not not his suzerain) to change his weapons and put fleur de lys

Geoffrey de Chateaubriand had succeeded, as lord of Cande, to Guillaume de Thouars, about 1243.

The latter being without posterity, bequeathed his property to the Chateaubriand provided they would marry his nieces, Aumure, also called Amaurice (Ogée, Chateaubriand art) and Belleassez de Thouars (1243).

After the return of the Crusade, Geoffroy de Chateaubriand, father, widow of Sibylle, lady of Pordic, married Aumure and Geoffroy, his son, married Belleassez.

This is how they came to Candé, the Lion d'Angers, Chanceaux, etc., and perhaps also Saint-Mars-l'Olivier, who, from Chateaubriand, was able to pass to La Jaille and the seigneury of Pordic by the marriage of Yvon VIII with Marquise de Chateaubriand.

By virtue of the letters of donation of the month of December 1243, the property of Guillaume de Thouars passed to Geoffroy, fourth of the name, eleventh baron of Châteaubrian

He had succeeded in 1233 to his uncle Geoffrey III, the tenth Baron of Chateaubriant, who had married Beatrice de Montrevault, of whom he had no children. It brings together in its possession, with the barony of Châteaubriant, Candé, Chanveaux, Challain and Lion-d'Angers.

Like his uncle Geoffroy III, he swore fidelity to the King of France, and Louis IX confided to him, in 1242, the guard of the castle of Pouzauges (National Archives, J 400, No. 41. Original parchment, sealed.) - POUZAUGES, chief place of canton, district of Fontenay-le-Comte (Vendée))

A few years later, in 1248, St. Louis, fulfilling the vow he had made during his grave illness of 1244, left for the seventh crusade, accompanied by his brothers and a large part of the nobility of France. Geoffroy de Châteaubriant followed the king to Egypt, and lost his freedom at the Battle of Massoure (Mansourah).

The details of his captivity and his return to Brittany are told by Father du Paz in a style as naive as touching:

"Being 33 years old, in the year 1249, he fisted the voyage of the Saincte Land with the king-saints Louys and Pierre de Breine," said Mauclerc, formerly Duke of Brittany, and was taken to the battle of La Massoure, the 8 of February the year 1250, in which were also taken said Louys and Pierre Mauclerc, and remained prisoner between the Sarrazins a few years, then was delivered, his ransom having been paid. He returned to Brittany, and being near his chasteau, he informed him of his wife, who went promptly to meet him, and to meet and embrace her, this good lady trespassed with joy into her arms. Testimony of the true, perfect, and intimate friendship she bore to her lord, mary and espoux. This was depicted in the stained glass window of the Prior Church of the Religious of the Order of the Trinity, which It is otherwise called the Redemption of the Captives, who is said in France Mathurins, since feuded by Geoffroy said, in memory that he had been prisoner, and redeemed by means of said religious. And there was still the year 1602, when I visited the tiltres remained in the Archives of Chasteau-Brient. "" "

Father du Paz said that Saint Louis gave Geoffroy de Châteaubriant "a recognition of his value for the fact of arms, for him and his successors, permission and privilege to wear the fleurs-de-lis instead of the pine cones." gold without number in field of mouth, for its weapons. " But from 1242 he wore the new coat of arms that had granted him Louis IX. His confession for the custody of the castle of Pouzauges, dated that same year, and preserved in the National Archives, carries a seal in brown wax, on double tail, representing a fleur-de-lis shield.

On his return from the crusade, in August 1252, Geoffroy founded the priory of the Trinity at Châteaubriant, which he endowed with 200 livres of rent to collect on the forges of the forests of Juigné and Teillé. One of the windows of the church was adorned with the stained glass window depicting the death of Sibille, whom Du Paz lived in 1602, but who has since disappeared.

The will of Geoffroy de Châteaubriant Dated the "Saturday before the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady in September, the year 1262," written in Latin and sealed with eighteen seals, contains many provisions. Here are the main ones, as reported by Father du Paz:

"He bequeaths all his conquests and acquires from Candé, from Lion d'Angers and from Chalain to his children proclaim him and his second wife Amaurie, to whom he gives five hundred livres for all his furniture. To the Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem. a horse from fifty pounds, or fifty pounds a silver. He bequeaths to the church of Sainct-Martin de Teilley fifty livres of income, to be taken from the forge at Teillay. And at the church of Sainct-Martin du Bois fifty pounds of income. Wants and orders that the church of Nostre-Dame de Chasteau-Brient be completed, perfect and accomplished at its expense and on the income of its property. Increases the foundation of the priory of the Primaudière ten pounds of income, to be taken and delivered on the income of the land of Chalain ... Leaves fifty soils of rent to the Abbey Sainct-Nicolas d'Angers, for the endowment of his obit. Fifty soils at each abbey of the country of Anjou. At each convent of the Brothers Preschors and Miners of Angers, Nantes and Rennes, fifty sols ... Wants and orders that Guiote his daughter has fifty pounds and two charts of wine, when it will be returned to his mary. And that Brient de Chasteau Brient his son, knight, enjoy the income of his forges, one being in his drill of Teillay, the other in that of Juigné, for expenses and work he will do and will have to execution of his will, until he is perfectly and fully accomplished. He also founded a chappelenie at the Priory of the Trinity to pray to God for the cure of the soul of his first wife Sibile. And gives Alain de Beaufort, knight, half of what he owed ...

He died on March 29, 1263, probably at Chateau de Chateaubriant, where he had lived since his return from the crusade. His widow, Aumur de Thouars, remarried with Olivier de l'Isle, knight.

sources Individual: Review of Brittany Vendée and Anjou, flight 39-40 by the society of Breton bibliophiles and the history of Brittany Family 1: Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peers of France, ..., Volume 4 By Jean B. Courcelles Family 2: Wikipedia - Ingestuur Ds. MG Muller