Beauvau (noble family)

Coat of arms of those of Beauvau

Beauvau is a very old family of the French nobility from the Anjou .

history

The Beauvau du Rivau branch settled in Brittany and provided two bishops of Nantes (Gabriel de Beauvau, 1636–1667, and Jean François de Beauvau, 1677–1717). The Beauvau-Craon branch became native to Lorraine .

As relatives of the Counts of Anjou , the Beauvau entered the service of the kings of France in the 13th century , the family joined the royal family in 1454 through the marriage of Isabeau de Beauvau to John VIII of Bourbon , Count of Vendôme († 1478 ).

King Louis XIV conferred the title of marquis de Beauvau in 1664 ; In addition, the family carries the honorary title of cousin du Roi , which is reserved for those who are related to the French royal family.

Marc de Beauvau (1679-1754) was on November 13, 1723 by Emperor Charles VI. in the Imperial Prince applicable; he was the owner of herzogl. Lorraine court offices and most recently Austrian viceroy of Tuscany. With this title, the family was admitted to the Honors de la Cour in 1775 .

Essential family members

René de Beauvau, accompanied Karl von Anjou in 1256 on the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples and became its connétable .
Pierre de Beauvau († 1453), premier chambellan of Charles VII , married Anne de Fontenay in 1438.
Bertrand de Beauvau (1382–1474), who played an important role at the court of Charles VII.
Louis de Beauvau (1409–1462), Seneschal of Anjou.
Jean de Beauvau († 1479), son of Bertrand de Beauvau, Bishop of Angers in 1451, deposed in 1467, reinstated in 1469.
François de Beauvau († 1524), captain of King Francis I.
Henri de Beauvau, envoy of the Duke of Lorraine in Rome at the end of the 16th century.

Beauvau du Rivau branch

René François de Beauvau (1664–1739), Archbishop of Toulouse , Archbishop of Narbonne .
Gabriel de Beauvau du Rivau, Bishop of Nantes 1635–1668.
Gilles Jean François de Beauvau du Rivau, Bishop of Nantes 1679–1717, nephew of Gabriel

Beauvau-Craon branch

Marc de Beauvau (1679–1754), Austrian viceroy of Tuscany .

Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon (1711–1786), Marquise de Boufflers, mistress of the Polish King Stanislaus I. Leszczyński .

Charles Juste de Beauvau-Craon (1720–1793), Marshal of France .

Marc Étienne Gabriel de Beauvau-Craon (1773–1849), Napoleon III's chamberlain .

Charles de Beauvau-Craon (1793–1864), military man and senator, his son.

Marc de Beauvau-Craon (1816–1883) his son

Charles-Louis de Beauvau-Craon (1878–1942) his son

Marc de Beauvau-Craon (1916–1982), Deputy of the Sarthe Department , his son.

The Princes of Beauvau

1722–1754: Marc de Beauvau (1679–1754) 1st Prince de Beauvau et Craon, Viceroy of Tuscany
1754–1793: Charles Juste de Beauvau-Craon (1720–1793) 2nd Prince de Beauvau et Craon, Marshal of France .
1793–1849: Marc Étienne Gabriel de Beauvau-Craon (1773–1849) 3rd Prince de Beauvau et Craon
1849–1864: Charles de Beauvau-Craon (1793–1864) 4th Prince of Beauvau-Craon
1864–1883: Marc René de Beauvau-Craon (1816–1883) 5th Prince of Beauvau-Craon
1883–1942: Charles-Louis de Beauvau-Craon (1878–1942) 6th Prince of Beauvau-Craon
1942–1982: Marc de Beauvau-Craon (1921–1982) 7th and last Prince of Beauvau-Craon

Tribe list of the Princes of Beauvau (extract)

The first princes

Marc de Beauvau , 1679–1754
1. Gabrielle Françoise de Beauvau-Craon, 1708–1758
2. Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon , 1711–1787
3. Charles Juste de Beauvau-Craon , 1720–1793, 2nd Prince of Beauvau
  1. Anne Louise de Beauvau-Craon, 1750-1834
4. Ferdinand-Jérôme de Beauvau-Craon, 1723-1790
  1. Marc Étienne Gabriel de Beauvau-Craon, 1773–1849, 3rd Prince of Beauvau
    1. Charles de Beauvau-Craon, 1793–1864, 4th Prince of Beauvau - for descendants see below
5. Anne-Marguerite-Gabrielle de Beauvau-Craon

The last princes

Charles de Beauvau-Craon (1793–1864), 4th Prince of Beauvau; ⚭ I 1815 Lucie Virginie de Choiseul-Praslin (1794–1834), ⚭ II 1839 Eugénie Ludmille Alexandrine Joséphine Komar (1819–1881) - ancestors see above
1. (I) Marc de Beauvau-Craon (1816–1883), 5th Prince of Beauvau, ⚭ I 1840 Marie Catherine Augustine d'Aubusson (1824–1862), ⚭ II 1875 Marie Adèle de Gontaut-Biron (1848–1938)
  1. (I) Jeanne Victurnienne (1848–1924), ⚭ 1867 Robert Marie Albert Ferdinand de Mun (1839–1887), comte de Mun
  2. (I) Isabelle Marie Blanche Charlotte Victurnienne (1852–1875), ⚭ 1874 Agénor de Gramont (1851–1925), duc de Guiche
  3. (I) Louise (1861–1885), ⚭ 1879 Bertrand de Blacas d'Aulps (1852–1940)
  4. (II) Henriette (1876–1931), ⚭ 1896 Charles d'Harcourt (1870–1956)
  5. (II) Charles-Louis de Beauvau-Craon (1878–1942), 6th Prince of Beauvau, ⚭ 1920 Mary Grace Gregorini (1896–1970)
    1. Marc de Beauvau-Craon (1921–1982), 7th Prince of Beauvau, ⚭ I 1952, divorced 1958, Marie Cristina Patino y de Borbon (* 1932), ⚭ II 1972 Laure du Temple de Rougemont (* 1932)
      1. Marie ( Minnie ) Isabelle Cristina Adèle Gracie (* 1953), ⚭ 1978, divorced 1986, Duncan Hugh McLaren (* 1944), ⚭ II 1986 Javier Botana (* 1949)
      2. Marie Diane Cristina Gabrielle (* 1955), ⚭ 1979, divorced 1985, Ahmed Mohamadialal (* 1952)
2. (I) Étienne Guy Charles Victurnien (1818–1865), ⚭ 1844 Berthe de Rochechouart-Mortemart (1825–1882) ( Rochechouart House )
  1. Hélène Marie Antoinette Victurnienne (1848–1899), ⚭ 1869 Pierre Maurice de Montboissier-Beaufort-Canillac, marquis de Montboissier
  2. Blanche Marie Victurnienne (1851–1873), ⚭ 1869 Adrien de Wignacourt, marquis de Wignacourt (1845–1915)
  3. Renée Marie Victurnienne (1855–1886), ⚭ 1875 Alof de Wignacourt (1847–1925)
3. (II) Marie Delphine Élisabeth Stéphanie (1842–1898), ⚭ Gaston Alexandre de Ludre-Frolois, comte de Ludre (1830–1897)
4. (II) Béatrix Jeanne Marie Joséphine (1844–1895), ⚭ Comte Horace de Choiseul-Praslin (1837–1916)

Property of the Beauvau family

Château du Rivau in Touraine from 1438 to 1685
Haroué Castle in Lorraine (also called Palais d'Haroué )
Sainte-Assise castle in Seine-Port ( Seine-et-Marne department ) from 1827 to 1922

Individual evidence

^ Alain Petiot, Au service des Habsbourg. Officiers, ingénieurs, savants et artistes lorrains en Autriche , Paris: Ed. Messene 2000, p. 17.

literature

Pierre Méchineau, Louis de Beauvau (sénéchal d'Anjou, 1409-1462) , Hérault, 1984 - ISBN 2-903851-05-0
Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables , Volume XIII (1990) Plate 46ff

[1] Alain Petiot, Au service des Habsbourg. Officiers, ingénieurs, savants et artistes lorrains en Autriche , Paris: Ed. Messene 2000, p. 17.