Maurice VI de Craon

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Coat of armsEcu losanges d'or et de gueules
Bornc.1255
Maurice VI de Craon
Lord of Craon
Lozengy or and gules
Lozengy or and gules
inherited
Coat of armsEcu losanges d'or et de gueules
PredecessorMaurice V de Craon
SuccessorAmaury II de Craon
Bornc.1255
Died10 February 1292
BuriedAngers
FamilyCraon family
WifeMahaut de Malines
FatherMaurice V de Craon
MotherIsabella of Lusignan
OccupationAmbassador to England

Maurice VI de Craon (c.12551292) 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]

Career

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]

Marriage, issue and succession

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