Guy VII de Laval

[1] After his father's death and as the eldest son of Emma of Laval, he took, in accordance with her parents' matrimonial conventions, the name of Guy VII.

Guy succeeded his father in an indeterminate part of his lands: an arrangement which he subsequently made in 1247 with his half-brother, Bouchard VI de Montmorency, assured him those of Acquigny in Normandy, of Hérouville, near Pontoise, of Isle Saint-Denys, of Epinolet, Andelys.

After taking the name of Laval, Guy retained the arms of Montmorency, which he loaded with five silver shells on the cross.

Guy left in 1248 for the Seventh Crusade with Andrew III, Baron of Vitré, his father-in-law.

Their children were: The following year, Guy married Thomass de La Guerche, lady of Mareuil, daughter of William de La Guerche, lord of Pouancé, widow of Andrew III, Baron of Vitré.