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(Redirected from Giraud II of Montreuil-Bellay) 12th century feudal lord of Montreuil-Bellay, near Saumur, France

Giraud II of Montreuil-Berlay (died c. 1155) was a twelfth-century feudal lord of Montreuil-Bellay, near Saumur in France. He was dispossessed of the Château de Montreuil-Bellay by Geoffrey Plantagenet.

He was made seneschal of Poitou by Louis VII of France. Later, from 1149, he led a rebellion against Geoffrey Plantagenet of local lords in southern Anjou, including André de Doué and Aimery d'Avoir. After a year's siege he was captured and imprisoned by Geoffrey; later being released through the support of Louis.

He was part of the family Berlay-Le-Vieux the son of Berlay II of Montreuil-Berlay, or of Berlay III of Montreuil-Berlay. The old spelling of the commune over which he exerted his lordship was Berlai.

References

  1. Thomas N. Bisson, The Crisis of the Twelfth Century. Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 310-312.
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