Olivier (Clisson) de Clisson V (abt. 1336 - abt. 1408)

Born about 23 Apr 1336 in Château de Clisson, Vignoble nantais, Duché de Bretagne

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Died about 16 Jul 1408 at about age 72 in Château de Josselin, Porhoët, Duché de Bretagne

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Biographie

Olivier V (IV) de Clisson, fils d'Olivier IV (II) de Clisson et Jeanne de Belleville, connétable de France, surnommé "le Boucher"^[1].

Il épousa Catherine de Laval, fille de Guy, seigneur de Laval, et de Béatrix de Bretagne^[1], dont:

1. Béatrix, comtesse de Porhoët et de Blain
2. Marguerite, mariée à Jean de Blois-Châtillon (dit de Bretagne), comte de Penthièvre^[1].

Il épousa en secondes noces Marguerite de Rohan, veuve de Jean de Beaumanoir et fille d'Alain VII de Rohan et Jeanne de Rostrenen^[1].

Biography (English version)

Olivier de Clisson was born on 23 April 1336 at the Château de Clisson in Brittany.

After his father was executed, his mother took him to England in his youth, where he was raised in the court of King Edward III.

In 1359, Olivier accompanied King Edward III and John IV de Montfort at the head of a Breton-English force to Brittany as part of a guerilla campaign near Poitou.

Marriage and Children

Under the reign of the new King, John II "The Good" of France, Olivier was reconciled to the French Crown in 1360 as part of the Treaty of Brétigny, In the same year, Olivier also married Catherine de Laval, heiress of the family Laval, and granddaughter of the Duke Arthur II. They had two children:

• Beatrice of Laval, lady Villemomble
• Margaret

Olivier married, in 1378, his second wife, Marguerite de Rohan (1330-1406), a daughter of Alain VII Rohan.

Death

After mentioning in his will a wish to return the sword of the Constable, Olivier de Clisson died in Josselin on 23 April 1407 at the age of 71. He was buried in the chapel of the castle of Josselin. His grave was however desecrated in 1793.

Fortune

Depending on the items specified in his will, Yvonig Gicquel estimated that the annual revenues of Olivier in 1400 were around five hundred million Francs, representing about one hundred and eighty million euros in 2013 terms. When estimating his property, his heritage and his fortune was estimated at six tons of gold and sixty tons of silver.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 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.... Tome 6, par le Père Anselme de Sainte-Marie, continuée par Honoré du Fourny, ed. la Compagnie des libraires (Paris) 1726-1733. Page: 203, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k76080b/f212.image consulté le 29 août 2017 via Gallica
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_V_de_Clisson