de Vitré, André

1054 - 1139  (85 years)

• Name	de Vitré, André  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	28 May 1054	Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	1072  [3]
  	Seigneur (Lord) of Vitré
  FSID	LY3P-BPB  [1, 3]
  Death	4 Dec 1139	Orne, Basse-Normandie, France   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I33700	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	de Vitré, Seigneur of Vitré Robert I,   b. 1034, France d. 1072, Normandy, France (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	de Craon, Berthe,   b. 1035, Craon, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France d. 1109, Bretagne, France (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1051  [1]
  Family ID	F13150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	de Mortaigne, Agnes,   b. 1066, Mortain, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d. 1 May 1121, Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 55 years)
  Children	1. de Guingamp, Havise,   b. 17 Jun 1063, Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d. DECEASED, England  [natural]
  Family ID	F13144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 May 1054 - Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France Death - 4 Dec 1139 - Orne, Basse-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  André I st Vitre (born in 1054 and died circa 1135 ) is a baron Vitre about 1072 to his death, more than sixty years of reign. «b»Biography «/b» André I st dom Vitre is the eldest son of Robert I st and one of its two namesake wife Berthe Garin girl Craon or Berthe. He succeeded his father around 1072 and married to 1091 Agnes, lady of Ryes in Normandy, daughter of Robert de Mortain. According to Pierre Le Baud, this marriage was concluded after a war between André I st to count of Mortain. In exchange for the release of the Norman count, Andre also receives six seigneuries in Cornwall, including the rich Triggshire. According to Louis Du Bois, the Baron de Vitré allegedly participated in a war with (or against) Alain Fergent, Duke of Brittanyin 1112, which would have pushed the sovereign to abdicate in favor of his son, Conan III. André I st recognizes without difficulty the authority of Duke Alain Fergent and his successor Conan III. In 1116 he handed over, in the presence of the latter, the Notre-Dame de Vitré church to the abbey of Saint-Melaine. In 1119 he attended Rennes with his son Robert at the funeral of Duke Alain Fergent. According to Arthur of the Borderie "in 1132, Conan III was master of Vitre, and it exercised authority over natural lord of this land baron André I st. We do not know the reason for the conflict". It seems nevertheless that André became again baron soon after, since he died as a baron, in Vitré , in 1135. He is buried in the chapter of the church of Notre-Dame de Vitré. His son, Robert II, succeeded him but due, in turn, to be expelled from his stronghold by the Duke of Brittany from 1135. «b»Union and posterity «/b» From his marriage with Agnès de Mortain (also named Agnès de Morlaix), were born: 1.) Marquise 2.) Robert II of Vitré says the Old Man; also count of Mortain 3.) Gervais de Vitré, lord of Acigné, father of Militaries Guilaume de Vitré and Renaud de Vitré Dominus of Acigné. Author of the so-called "B kinship" of this family 4.) Elie A certain Eudes (died in 1158 ) is sometimes considered as his son, but it would seem in fact that there is confusion with Eudes de Vitry, lord of Vitry and count of Rethel.

  
  

• Sources

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