Craon family
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ecu_losang%C3%A9_d%27or_et_de_gueules.svg/150px-Ecu_losang%C3%A9_d%27or_et_de_gueules.svg.png)
The Craon family was a French noble house, known to date back to the 11th century, originating in Craon in the Mayenne region of Anjou, northern France.
Its most famous member is Pierre de Craon, and its last representative governed Burgundy for a time under Louis XI, after the death of Charles le Téméraire. When the Craon family died out, the Beauvau family took the title of Craon since one of its members had married the heir to that name. Jeanne de Craon, dying at the birth of her son Jean IV de Beauvau, demanded that he take the arms of the Craon family.
Some members
- Amaury I de Craon (1170–1226),
- Antoine de Craon (1415)
- Antoine de Craon de Dommart
- Pierre I de Craon
- Pierre de Craon le Grand
- Robert de Craon, son of Renaud
- Renaud I de Craon
- Amaury IV de Craon (fr), husband of Péronnelle de Thouars