Beaujeu (noble family)

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Beaujeu was a family of the Burgundian nobility , first attested in the 10th century. Their ancestral home was Beaujeu , their center of power the Beaujolais . The family died out at the beginning of the 14th century as the owners of Montferrand and Montpensier .

The importance of the family is mainly based on five people from two generations of the 13th century:

Master list (extract)

Until Humbert III.

  1. Bérard de Beaujeu, † 961/966; ⚭ Wandelmodis de Salins, daughter of Humbert I. Lord of Salins ( Mâcon House )
    1. Humbert I., Seigneur de Beaujeu, † before 1016; ⚭ Hermelt / Ameldis, † 997/998
      1. Guichard I., Seigneur de Beaujeu, † 1031/1050; ⚭ Adélaide
        1. Guichard II, Seigneur de Beaujeu, † after 1070; ⚭ Ricoaire de Salornay
          1. Humbert II., Seigneur de Beaujeu, † probably 1102/03; ⚭ I Wandelmode de Thiern, daughter of Viscount Guillaume III. ( House Thiern ); ⚭ II around 1080 Auxilia, daughter of Amadeus II , Count of Savoy (family list of the House of Savoy )
            1. Guichard III, † 1137; ⚭ 1108 Lucienne von Rochefort , daughter of Guy I ( House of Montlhéry ), divorced from King Ludwig VI.
              1. Alix and Marie, both attested in 1118, one of the two ⚭ Guigues I, Count of Lyon and Forez ( House of Albon )
              2. Humbert III. , 1136 Seigneur de Beaujeu, * probably 1120, † 1174; ⚭ around 1140 Alix, daughter of Amadeus III. , Count of Savoy ( House of Savoy ) - descendants see below
            2. Convertible fashion; ⚭ Renaud III. Count of Joigny, † 1150
          2. Convertible fashion; ⚭ Guillaume III., Count of Lyon and Forez , † after 1097
        2. Béraud II, Seigneur de Beaujeu
      2. Gauthier, † 1062, 1030/62 Bishop of Mâcon

From Humbert III.

  1. Humbert III. , 1136 Seigneur de Beaujeu, * probably 1120, † 1174; ⚭ around 1140 Alix, daughter of Amadeus III. , Count of Savoy ( House of Savoy ) - ancestors see above
    1. Humbert IV. , * 1142, † 1202; ⚭ around 1160 Agnès de Thiern, Dame de Montpensier , daughter of Guy de Thiern, Seigneur de Montpensier ( House of Thiern ), widow of Raymond de Bourgogne, Comte de Grignon ( Elder House of Burgundy )
      1. Guichard IV. Le Grand , † September 27, 1216; ⚭ 1196 Sibylle von Hainaut, † 1227, daughter of Baldwin V , Count of Hainaut and (as Baldwin VIII.) Count of Flanders ( House of Flanders )
        1. Humbert V , † July 25, 1250 in Egypt , 1216 Seigneur de Beaujeu, Constable of France ; ⚭ 1219 Marguerite de Beaugé, Dame de Miribel , daughter of Guy de Beaugé, Seigneur de Miribel
          1. Guichard V , † May 9, 1265, 1250 Lord of Beaujeu; ⚭ 1260 Blanche de Chalon, † 1306, daughter of Jean I. le Sage, Count of Chalon ( House Chalon )
          2. Isabelle, † January 1297, 1265 Dame de Beaujeu; ⚭ I around 1240 Simon II, Count of Semur-en-Brionnais , Lord of Luzy ( House of Semur ); ⚭ II November 1247 Rainald (Renaud) , Count of Forez , † November 13, 1270 ( House Albon )
          3. Sibylle, † before 1269, Dame de Belleroche ; ⚭ 1250 Aymar IV. De Poitiers , count of Valentinois ( House of Poitiers-Valentinois )
          4. Béatrice, attested in 1250; ⚭ Robert de Montgascon , † 1248
          5. Marguerite, † January 18, 1260, 1248 as widow prioress of Polletins ; ⚭ Béraud de La Mothe-Saint-Jean , † before 1248
        2. Guichard II., † before 1256, 1216 Seigneur de Montpensier; ⚭ 1226 Catherine Dauphine de Clermont, Dame de Montferrand et d ' Herment , daughter of Guillaume Dauphin et Comte de Clermont ( House of Auvergne )
          1. Humbert II. De Beaujeu , † before November 14, 1285, Seigneur de Montpensier, Constable of France ; ⚭ before July 25, 1276 Isabelle de Mello, Dame de Saint-Maurice-Thizouaille , daughter of Guillaume the Younger ( House of Mello ), widow of Guillaume III, Count of Joigny ( House of Joigny )
            1. Jeanne, Dame de Montpensier, † January 1308; ⚭ 1292 Jean II , Count of Dreux and Braine , † March 7, 1309 ( House of France-Dreux )
          2. Henri (Erric) , † May 2, 1270, Seigneur d ' Herment , Marshal of France ; ⚭ Arengarde d'Aubusson, daughter of Guillaume II. Vice Count of Aubusson
          3. Guillaume de Beaujeu , X May 18, 1291 at the siege of Acre , Seigneur de Sévans , 1253 Knight of the Templar Order , 1273 Grand Master of the Templar Order
          4. Louis I, † September 26, 1280, Seigneur de Montferrand, 1270 Seigneur d'Herment; ⚭ Marguerite de Beaumetz , Dame de Châteaumeillant , daughter of Thibaut, Seigneur de Mirabeau, she married Henri III in 1282. Seigneur de Sully , ( Blois House )
            1. Louis II, Seigneur de Montferrand et d'Herment, † 1296; ⚭ Dauphine du Broc, daughter of Pierre, Seigneur du Broc
              1. Louis III, knight, Seigneur de Montferrand et du Broc
            2. Guichard; ⚭ Catherine du Broc, daughter of Pierre, Seigneur du Broc
            3. Marguerite; ⚭ Hélie VIII. Viscount de Ventadour ( House Comborn )
        3. Henri, † before 1264, Seigneur de Bugey
        4. Agnes , † July 11, 1231; ⚭ 1222 Theobald IV. , 1201 Count of Champagne , 1234 King of Navarre , † 1253 ( House Blois )
        5. Marguerite; ⚭ Henri de Vienne, Seigneur de Montmorot , † 1223 (family list of the House of Burgundy-Ivrea )
      2. Alix, as widow Abbess of Fontevrault , ⚭ Renaud III., Count of Nevers and Tonnerre , † 1191 ( House of Monceaux )
    2. Hugues
      1. Guicharde; ⚭ Archambault VI. Viscount de Comborn ( House Comborn )
    3. Pontia; ⚭ Wilhelm IV. , Count of Mâcon and Vienne , † 1224 ( list of family members of the House of Burgundy-Ivrea )

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