Maurice VI was the son of Maurice V de Craon and his wife, Isabelle de Lezignem. His sister, Jeanne de Craon, married Gerard Chabot II. Maurice VI succeeded on his father's death in 1282.[1]
In 1277 he married Mathilde Marie Berthout of Mechelen, daughter of Walter VII Berthout, Lord of Mechelen, and his wife Marie d'Auvergne.[3] They had several children:
Marie de Craon, Lady of Châtelais, married 25 August 1303 Robert de Brienne, Viscount of Beaumont and Maine and Lord of Pouancé. She died 21 August 1312.[1][2]
Isabelle de Craon, wife of Olivier de Clisson, died 30 June 1310 and was interred in the family tomb built for her father.[1]
Jeanne de Craon, died 25 August 1312 unmarried and without issue.[1]
^ abcMoréri, Louis; Goujet, Abbé; Drouet, M. (1759). Le Grand dictionnaire historique ... [The Great Historical Dictionary] (in French). Paris: libraires associés. p. 236.