Another installment from Valentina

Another Installment…
from guest contributor, Valentina Baciu. As always, your thoughts are welcome. Please post comments about this genealogy below this newest post.

– Katherine…

“Gui de Boulogne (1313-1373) ou Guy de Montfort, archevêque de Lyon, cardinal au titre de Sainte-Cécile, puis cardinal-évêque de Porto et Sainte-Ruffine, dit le cardinal de Boulogne (1342-1373).….Ce fut à ce titre qu’il accompagna Urbain V à Rome. Là, le 1^er novembre 1369, il participa au couronnement de l’épouse de Charles IV de Luxembourg. Lors de son séjour en Italie, l’empereur le nomma Vicaire impérial en Toscane. Le cardinal de Sainte-Cécile resta en légation auprès du roi de Hongrie du 15 janvier 1349 au 7 juin 1350.”

Yolande de Dreux, comtesse de Montfort-l’Amaury, after being the queen of Scotland, married in 05/1292 Arthur de Dreux, (Arthus) II duc de Bretagne (1262 – 1312), (son of Jean II, duc de Bretagne, and of Beatrix, daughter of Henri III). She named her son Jean (future Jean IV de Dreux (1293-1345), duc de Bretagne, comte de Montfort), although her husband Arthus had already a son named Jean (duc de Bretagne after his father and before his half-brother), so there were more Jean, comte de Montfort l’Amaury welll into XIV century.

The last comtesse de Montfort-l’Amaury was Anne de Bretagne, wife of 2 kings of France and the grand-mother of king Henri II de Valois (husband of Catherine de Medicis, Guy’s great, great granddaughter). King Henri was officially the last comte de Montfort-l’Amaury. It is official that while hostage in Spain (after his father king Francois I was released by Charles Quintus), young Henri was reading Amadis de Gaula. finding his only comfort in it! French wiki considers this only a legend but still…

“Considéré comme le dernier roi chevalier, la légende dit qu’il a été formé à la chevalerie par la lecture d’Amadis de Gaule pendant sa captivité” . Anne was the granddaughter of Richard, Count of Montfort, Vertus and Étampes (c. 1396 – 2 June 1438).

Her daughter was queen Claude (wife of Francois I and mother of Henri II), the one with the prunes ”Claude is remembered in a classic small plum, the size of a walnut, pale green with a glaucous bloom. It is still called “Reine Claude” (literally, “Queen Claude”) in France and is known in England as a “greengage”.

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One Response to “Another installment from Valentina”

David George DeLancey says:

July 23, 2012 at 3:05 pm

I have an ancestor who was established in France 1432. He is Guy deLancey and also has a title of Laval. Just curious if you know you he may be related to. He married Anne deMarchelly I think that’s the way it’s spelled. Thank You 4:05 P.M. E.S.T. 7/23/12

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