Family
Jeanne was born on 10 November 1433 at Auray, Brittany, the daughter of Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval and Isabella of Brittany. Her paternal grandparents were Jean de Montfort and Anne de Laval, and her maternal grandparents were John VI, Duke of Brittany, and Jeanne of France, daughter of King Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. Her father Guy fought with Joan of Arc. His eldest son Francis de Laval, a Grand Master of France, would succeed him as Guy XV, Count of Laval. He had another two sons by his first wife Isabelle, Pierre de Laval and Jean de Laval. Including Jeanne, he had a total of seven daughters, several of whom died in early infancy. By his second wife, Françoise de Dinan, he had three sons.
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