Amaury I de Craon
| Amaury I de Craon | |
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Arms of the Craon family.
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| Born | 1170 Craon, Mayenne |
| Died | 2 May 1226 |
| Buried | La Roë Abbey (47°53′45″N 01°06′37″W / 47.89583°N 1.11028°WCoordinates: 47°53′45″N 01°06′37″W / 47.89583°N 1.11028°W) |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Roche-au-Moine Albigensian Crusade |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne des Roches |
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Amaury I of Craon (1170–1226), was Lord of Craon, of , Ingrandes, Candé, Segré, Duretal, Baugé and of Lude.
Amaury I of Craon was the youngest of the three sons of Maurice II de Craon (1132-1196) and Isabelle de Beaumont-le-Roger. He had four sisters of whom Havoise de Craon (1175-1251) was also the eldest child.
In 1207, he succeeded, as Lord of Craon, his brother Maurice III de Craon (1165-1207) deceased that year. His other brother, Pierre, as an ecclesiastic was excluded from the title.
In 1212, he married Jeanne des Roches, daughter of Seneschal of Anjou, Guillaume des Roches and Marguerite de Sablé.
The 2 July 1214, he fought alongside the future King of France, Louis VIII at the Battle of Roche-au-Moines, which saw a French victory, thanks to the decisive action of his father-in-law, Guillaume des Roches against the English troops of "Jean sans Terre" John, King of England.
From 1218 to 1219, he participated alongside the King of France, Philippe Auguste, in the Albigensian Crusade.
In 1222, following the death of Guillaume des Roches, Amaury took the title of sénéchal of Anjou, Maine and Touraine. He was thus confronted with the pretension of Pierre Mauclerc, Peter I, Duke of Brittany, who had his sights on Anjou. In 1223, he seized Châteaubriant and La Guerche-de-Bretagne belonging to the domain of Pouancé, but he could not take the Castle of Pouancé. Alerted, Pierre Mauclerc came to the rescue and surprised Amaury's exhausted troops. Routed, Amaury was taken prisoner. A large ransom was demanded from his subjects for his liberation. Freed the same year, Amaury rejoined the new King Louis VIII at Compiègne.
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