He served as Seneschal of Anjou, Touraine and Maine and in 1289 as Lieutenant of Aquitaine.

His sister, Jeanne de Craon, married Gerard Chabot II.

[1] He had the Chapel of John the Baptist built for his family's sepulchre in the Church of the Cordeliers in Angers.

On his return, 1 February 1292, in Paris, he wrote his testament and, ten days later, died.

[1] In 1277 he married Mathilde Marie Berthout of Mechelen, daughter of Walter VII Berthout, Lord of Mechelen, and his wife Marie d'Auvergne.