Beaumont-le-Roger county

The county of Beaumont-le-Roger is actually called County Beaumont; the addition is only an extension of the name of the main town Beaumont-le-Roger after Roger de Beaumont , the first lord of Beaumont, but also serves to separate the county of Beaumont-le-Roger from other fiefs , especially the county of Beaumont-sur- Oise to be distinguished, especially since both were temporarily owned by the same person.

Beaumont was a fiefdom held in the 11th century by the lords of Pont-Audemer . In the 12th century it went to the Counts of Meulan and was occupied and drafted in 1203 by the French King Philip II August in connection with the reconquest of Normandy by the French. King Louis IX bought the heir of the Lord of Beaumont in 1255 his formal claims to the fief.

Beaumont was then to Ludwig von Évreux (1298) and Robert III. awarded by Artois . 1329 Beaumont was raised to the county. With the conviction of Robert III. because of a forgery in connection with inheritance disputes over the county, Beaumont fell back to the crown.

In 1344 the county was given to Philip of Valois , who renounced the Dauphiné initially intended for him . In 1354 he had to give up the county again, who had to cede it to Charles II the Evil, King of Navarre, in the Treaty of Mantes. In the turmoil of the following years, the county was again confiscated. Through the Treaty of Calais in 1360, Charles the Evil got the county back and passed it on to his brother Louis of Navarre , who soon pledged Beaumont to King Charles V. In 1375 Ludwig's son Karl the Noble , eldest son of Charles the Evil, received the dignity of Beaumont on the occasion of his marriage to Leonore of Castile, but he was held at the French court and Beaumont drafted and incorporated into the crown domain . In 1404, Charlemagne formally renounced the counties of Beaumont-le-Roger and Évreux and received the Duchy of Nemours in return .

While Beaumont was under English occupation from 1417 to 1448, Richard, Duke of York held the title of Earl of Beaumont-le-Roger. After the French reconquest by King Charles VII , Beaumont was finally incorporated into the crown domain.

Lords and Counts of Beaumont

Beaumont house

before 1066-1094: Roger the Bearded († 1094), lord of Beaumont and Pont-Audemer; ∞ Adeline de Meulan († 1081), sister of Count Hugo II.
1094–1118: Robert I. de Beaumont († 1118), Roger's son, Lord of Beaumont and Pont-Audemer, 1081 Earl of Meulan , 1107 Earl of Leicester ; ∞ Elisabeth von Vermandois († 1131), Dame d'Elbeuf , daughter of Count Hugo ( Capetian ) and the Adelheid von Vermandois ( Carolingian )
1118–1166: Galéran IV. (Walram IV.) (* 1104; † 1166), son of Roberts I, Earl of Meulan, Lord of Beaumont and Pont-Audemer, 1138 Earl of Worcester ; ∞ Agnes von Montfort , daughter of Amaury III. von Montfort , Count of Évreux , and Agnes de Garlande
1166–1204: Robert II († 1204), son of Galéran IV., Count of Meulan, deposed in 1204; ∞ Mathilde of Cornwall , daughter of Earl Reinald (Reginald), an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England .
- Galéran V. de Beaumont († 1190/91), son of Roberts II, 1183 co-count of Meulan, ∞ Marguerite de Fougères
  - Robert, Lord of Pont-Audemer, son of Galéran V.
  - Raoul (Rudolf), son of Galéran V, renounced Beaumont in 1255

1203–1206: Guido IV, lord of La Roche-Guyon, brother-in-law of Galéran V, 1203 lord of Beaumont

(1206–1298: Domaine royal )

House France-Évreux

1298–1310: Ludwig (* 1276; † 1319), son of King Philip III. , 1284 Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise , 1298 Count of Évreux and Lord of Beaumont

France Artois House

1310-1331: Robert III. von Artois (* 1287; † 1342), 1310 lord, from 1329 Count of Beaumont, expropriated in 1331

(1331–1344: Domaine royal )

House Valois

1344–1354: Philip of Valois (* 1336; † 1375), son of King Philip VI. , 1344 Duke of Orléans and Count of Beaumont

House France-Évreux

1354–1358: Charles II the Evil (* 1332; † 1387), 1343 Count of Évreux , 1349 King of Navarre , 1354 Count of Beaumont

(1358–1360: Domaine royal )

1360–1375: Louis of Navarre († 1376), brother of Charles II, Count of Beaumont, pledged Beaumont to King Charles V of France
1375: Charles the Noble (* 1361; † 1425), son of Charles II, Count of Beaumont, renounced Beaumont in 1404

(from 1375: Domaine royal )

La Tour d'Auvergne

As compensation for the occupied duchy of Bouillon and the Principality of Sedan, the La Tour d'Auvergne received the county of Beaumont-le-Roger in 1651

1651–1652: Frédéric Maurice (1605–1652), 6th Duke of Bouillon, 5th Prince of Sedan, 1651 Duc d' Albret et de Château-Thierry, Comte d'Auvergne , d' Evreux et de Beaumont-le-Roger

1652–1721: Godefroy Maurice (1636–1721), 1652 2nd Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Comte d'Auvergne, d'Évreux et de Beaumont-le-Roger, 1665 Pair de France, 1678 7th Duc de bouillon
1721–1730: Emmanuel Théodose (1668–1730) 1696 8th Duke of Bouillon, 1721 3rd Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Comte d'Auvergne, d'Évreux et de Beaumont-le-Roger, Pair de France
1730–1771: Charles Godefroy (1706–1771), 9th Duke of Bouillon, 4th Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Pair de France etc.
1771–1791: Godefroi Charles Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1728–1792), 10th Duke of Bouillon by 1791, 5th Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Pair de France

literature

Robert-Henri Bautier : Beaumont-le-Roger . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , Sp. 1758–1761.