Béraud III. (Dauphin of Auvergne)
Béraud III. († July 28, 1426 at Ardres Castle ) was Dauphin d'Auvergne , Count of Clermont , Count of Sancerre and Seigneur de Sagonne .
biography
Béraud III. is the son of Béraud (II.) , called le Grand Dauphin , Comte de Clermont, and his third wife Marguerite de Sancerre . With the death of his father (1399) he became Count of Clermont himself, with the death of his mother (1419) he became Count of Sancerre.
In 1409 he helped the Duke of Bourbon to free their property from brigands who were pillaging there. Other military activities of Béraud III. are not known. On July 22nd of the same year he married Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne († before 1416), daughter of Bertrand IV. De la Tour d'Auvergne († 1423), Seigneur de La Tour-d ' Auvergne , and Marie de Montgascon († 1437), Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne . The only child of this marriage is
- Jeanne (* 1412/14, † May 26, 1436 in Ardres), Comtesse de Clermont, Comtesse de Sancerre, Dauphine d'Auvergne, Dame de Mercoeur et de Combrailles ; ⚭ (marriage contract of October 9 and December 8, 1426, in person on December 8, 1426) Louis I de Bourbon, comte de Montpensier († May 1486), son of Jean I de Bourbon , Duc de Bourbon , and Marie de Berry , Duchesse d'Auvergne . The marriage remained without offspring.
In January 1423, Béraud III handed over. King Charles VII , the castles and towns of Sancerre, Montfaucon, Vailly , Charpignon, and Sagonne , in order to station garrisons there to protect these places from being occupied by enemies who devastated the Berry, for which the king gave him in return for the duration of the war Issoudun left. On July 13, 1425 he was appointed governor of the Dauphiné , which he remained until his death.
Béraud III. married on July 14, 1426 by marriage contract in Issoudun Marguerite de Chauvigny († July 23, 1473), daughter of Guy (II.) de Chauvigny, Seigneur de Châteauroux, Vicomte de Brosse , and Antoinette de Cousan. Béraud III. was four days after the marriage, on July 28, 1426, in more than 400 kilometers north of Ardres under the eyes of King Charles VII. in the State Council of Tanneguy III. you killed Chastel . Marguerite de Chauvigny married Jean II. De Blois-Châtillon in 1433 Viscount de Limoges , 1448 Comte de Penthièvre .
literature
- Gaspard Thaumas de la Thaumassière : Histoire de Berry , Bourges 1689, p. 433
- François Clément : L'Art de verifier les dates . Volume 10, Paris 1818/19, p. 165
Web link
- Charles Cawley: Medieval Lands, Auvergne, Dauphins d'Auvergne, Comtes de Clermont ( online , accessed June 16, 2020)
Remarks
- ↑ Clément: 1412; Cawley: 1414
- ^ Jean Duquesne: Dictionnaire des gouverneurs de provinces , Éditions Christian Paris 2002, ISBN 2864960990 , p. 95
- ↑ Lalanne, Dictionnaire historique de France , Volume 1, p. 256; Clement
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Béraud III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berald III .; Dauphin d'Auvergne, Comte de Clermont, Comte de Sancerre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobleman, governor of Dauphiné |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1426 |
| Place of death | Ardres |