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Full name : Guillaume BELLIER ou BESLIER.
Death
:
c. 1449-1450.
Titles of nobility
:
Lord of Chérelles (Cérelles ? Indre-et-Loire), Savary (?)
and La Renaudière (Maine-et-Loire).
Official and
military functions
:
King's Master of the Hounds
(1424), Squire, King's Steward, captain of the
Chinon's Castle (1418-1429), bailli of Troyes (1429-1449). Wife : c. 1420 Anne (or Marie), daughter of Jean de Maillé, Lord of La Rochebourdeuil, and Henriette Ourceau. Shield-of-arms : Maybe Sable, a chevron Argent, with three garbs Or. Presence at the side of Joan of Arc in : Chinon, Reims. Comments
: Guillaume Bellier or
Beslier, Lord of Chérelles, Savary
and La Renaudière, was Master of the Hounds since 1424. Captain of Chinon's castle from
1418 till 1429, he accommodated Jeanne in his lodging house
of Coudray during her stay to Chinon. He accompanied the
royal army to the Coronation of Reims. Bailli of Troyes from
1429 till 1449, likely year of his death (replaced in his
office on January 21, 1450). Married circa 1420 Anne de
Maillé, daughter of Jean de Maillé, Lord of La
Rochebourdeuil, and of Henriette Ourceau. |