Guy Ier of Laval

Family

Herbert Ier of Maine, count of Maine, entrusts towards 1020 the territory of Laval to Guy de Dénéré qualified “ Conditor ”, in a chartre of the priory of Martin Saint of Laval in 1050, to establish a castle there. The oldest vestiges found in the enclosure of the castle of Laval goes back besides to this first half of the 11th century. Located at the proximity of the borders of three important provinces this castle will be able to only develop quickly and the stronghold of the lords Laval to thrive during more than five centuries.

Guy Ier (v. 1000 - front 1055) will marry twice.

First once in 1025, with Berthe, girl of Roger I {{er}} of Tosny.

Hamon of Laval born towards 1025 is resulting from this marriage.

Then, in 1050, it will marry with Rotrude of Castle-of-Dormouse, girl of Hamelin of Castle-of-Dormouse and Hildeburge de Bellême. This marriage will make of Guy of Laval the brother-in-law of Haimon de Mayenne.

Guy Ier de Dénéré made in 1039 a pilgrimage with Jerusalem.

Origin

The origin of Guy Ier of Laval is the object of a historical polemic. Robert Latouche, author of a thesis on the counts of Maine, after Mr. A. Bertrand de Boussillon and the Abbot Angot, is opposed on the question of the origin of first Guy of Laval.

The conclusion of Latouche, discussed by the Angot abbot, is that the two charters of the Seam on which it rested to identify Guy de Danazeio with Guy of Laval being false, and that one could any nothing draw. For the abbot Angot, the interpretation of the reasons which determined the drafting of the articles of a false alleged charter of the 11th century or 12th century, is delicate. The monks, forgers or not, could have a more or less intact text of which they would have taken the screen historical and modified the passages interesting their rights, and which they would have supplemented by the addition of formulas and proper names, without worrying about the anachronisms. At all events, for the Angot abbot, Guy of Laval is well the same character as Guido de Danazeio.

A judgment which is not disputed, returned in 1064 by Guillaume Bastard, teaches us that, Guy Ier of Laval having given to the abbey of Marmoutier a ground in the suburb of Laval.

Guy of Laval, which, had given the church of Auvers initially to Guerin, in gratifia then after the death of this last and the inversion of its projects, the Abbaye of the Seam. In the country of his origin, Guy of Laval was still known under the name of Guido de Danazeio.

The three acts, that of Guillaume Bastard, which is authentic, and those of the Seam which one can dispute, agree perfectly for the historical facts which they report. The relations of Laval and its lords and Auvers continued a long time after the foundation of the priory of Auvers. The mention of the Guerin monk in the charter of the monks of the Seam is, its side, the proof that they were indicated on the origins of their possessions.

Lastly, the Angot abbot develops a positive reason to identify Guy of Laval with Guido de Danazeio: it is that the children of Guy of Laval were Hamon, that which gave its name to Auvers-le-Hamon, and Jean, who was monk of Marmoutier. They are also the names of the children whom one gives to Guido de Danazeio. These meetings are not fortuitous at the same time, on this same ground; it is a proof of an identity already indicated per so many of other circumstances. For him, Guy of Laval east thus quite originating in the Champagne of Maine.

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