Theoderic, commonly known as Thierry of Alsace, was the fifteenth count of Flanders from 1128 to 1168. With a record of four campaigns in the Levant and Africa, he had a rare and distinguished record of commitment to crusading.
The House of Montmorency was one of the oldest and most distinguished noble families in France.
Baldwin IV was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death.
Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury, was the son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix de Montmorency, and the older brother of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. Amaury inherited his father's French properties while his brother Simon inherited the English title of Earl of Leicester.
André de Laval-Montmorency, seigneur de Lohéac, was a Marshal of France. He was the son of Guy XIII de Laval and Anne de Laval, and a leading member of the House of Laval.
Alix de Montmorency was a French noblewoman. Her parents were Bouchard V de Montmorency and Laurette, daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut and Alice of Namur.
Adèle of Dreux was a member of Norman French nobility, daughter of Robert I, Count of Dreux and his second wife Hawise of Salisbury.
Matthew I was lord of Montmorency, Marly, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Attichy. He was also Constable of France from 1138 to 1160 under Louis VII.
Alix or Aline FitzRoy was the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England by one of his many mistresses. She married Matthieu I of Montmorency and had the following issue:
- Henry, died young before 1160
- Bouchard V de Montmorency,, who married in 1173 Laurette of Hainaut, daughter of Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut. They had a son Matthieu II de Montmorency, nicknamed the Great.
- Theobald de Montmorency, seigneur de Marly, he went on crusade in 1173. He died as a Cistercian monk sometime after 1189.
- Herve de Montmorency, abbot of Saint-Martin de Montmorency, then deacon of the Church and dean of Paris before his death in 1192.
- Matthieu de Montmorency, he inherited the lordship from his brother Theobald.
The House of Laval is a family of barons, later counts, coming from the town of Laval, located in Northwestern France, part of the province of Maine before the French Revolution. The Laval were one of the most powerful families of Maine during the Middle Ages and also had a presence in Brittany, where their prestige was similar to the one of the Rohan. The House of Laval played a significant role in Breton history and during the Hundred Years War and the French Wars of Religion. They also favored the French Renaissance in Northwestern France, building several châteaux. The last male heir died during the 17th century, and his possessions went to the House of La Trémoille.
Guy V de Laval was the Lord of Laval, Mayenne.
Guy XVI, Count of Laval, Mayenne was a member of the House of Laval. He was christened Nicolas, but upon inheriting the title, he took the required name of Guy, as his predecessors had done. He was the son of Jean de Laval, who was the brother of Guy XV and the son of Guy XIV and Isabella of Brittany.
Humbert V de Beaujeu was Constable of France (1240) under King Louis IX. He was maternal grandson of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and nephew of Isabelle of Hainaut, queen consort of king Philip II of France. He married Marguerite de Baugé in 1219 and had six children. He participated in the Albigensian Crusade under king Louis VIII of France. In 1226, he was made royal governor of Languedoc, which had been added to royal domain. In 1232 he went to Constantinople to visit his nephew, the Latin Emperor Baldwin II of Courtenay. In 1248, he embarked on the Seventh Crusade to Egypt and laid siege to the city of Mansoura. In Mansoura, the king's younger brother, Robert I, Count of Artois, died on February 8, 1250. After leaving Egypt, he died in Syria sometime between May 21 and August 1, 1250.
Geoffrey III was the count of Perche from 1191 until his death.
Andrew III of Vitré was Baron of Vitré and Aubigné from 1211 to 1250.
Bouchard I de Marly was a French knight and crusader, lord of Marly, Montreuil-Bonnin, Saissac, Saint-Martin-en-Languedoc and Picauville.
Guillaume de Montmorency was Baron de Montmorency and lord of Chantilly. As general of finances for the king, he was governor of several royal castles and accompanied Louis XII during the Italian War of 1494–1498.
The Laval Castle is a castle located in Laval, in the French department of Mayenne. Its foundation in the 10th century allowed the birth of the city. Emblematic monument of Laval, it occupies a rocky promontory above the Mayenne River. It is composed of two distinct ensembles: the Old Castle, which corresponds to the medieval fortified castle, and the New Castle, a Renaissance gallery transformed into a courthouse in the 19th century. These two monuments are on the list of the first 1,034 French historical monuments classified in 1840.
Guy VII of Montmorency-Laval (1219–1267), baron of Vitré, lord of Laval (1264–1267), lord of Acquigny, Aubigné and Olivet. He and his father-in-law, Andrew III, Baron of Vitré, went on crusade and following the death of his father-in-law, he inherited the barony of Vitré, the viscounty of Rennes, and the lands of Marcillé and Aubigné, through his wife Philippa de Vitré. Guy inherited Laval after his mother's death in 1264. He joined the expedition to Italy and died in 1267.
Bouchard VI of Montmorency (1203–1243), baron of Montmorency, lord of Écouen, of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, of Feuillarde, of Château-Basset, of Mourning, of Épinay, of Saint-Brice, of Groslay and of Taverny. He fought at the battle of Taillebourg and died in 1243.
