Guicher, lord of Château-Renaud

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: after 1160.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Renaud II, lord of Château-Gontier.

Mother: uncertain.

Cawley gives Guicher two wives, Aremburgis and Elisabeth, and states that it is unknown which was mother of Guicher. As the wife of Renaud, Angot (p. 7) gives only Élisabeth or Isabeau “que des généalogies disent, sans preuve, celle de d’Hozier entre autres, de la maison de Mathefelon. Cette identification est impossible, car la famille n’est connue que depuis 1040, et le mariage de Renaud est antérieur puisque ses enfants sont témoins dès 1063 pour la ratification des actes de leur père.”

Spouse: Béatrix.

This relationship is given by Cawley. Père Anselme (3:318) gives her name as Peronnelle.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley. Père Anselme gives in addition Geoffroy II, who died young, and Alard II. Angot makes Alard II the son of Guicher’s brother, Renaud III.)

Guicher II

Petronilla (died 1 November 1078) married Foulques l’Oison, count of Vendôme.

Renaud

References

Angot, A. “Baronnie de Château-Gontier” in the Bulletin de la Commission historique et archéologique de la Mayenne, t. 31, pp. 15-46 (1915).

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “GUICHER I” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.