Reign of Beaujeu

The rule of Beaujeu with the capital Beaujeu was the center of power and the namesake of Beaujolais . The first lords of Beaujeu appear in the middle of the 10th century, the property remained in the family until the end of the 13th century. At the beginning of the 15th century, it was bequeathed to the Bourbons. In 1531 Beaujeu was integrated into the Domaine royal , and in 1560 it was issued again as a fief.

House Beaujeu

• Bérard de Beaujeu, † 961/966
• Humbert I. de Beaujeu, † before 1016
• Guichard I. de Beaujeu, † 1031/1050
• Guichard II. De Beaujeu, † after 1070
• Humbert II. De Beaujeu, † probably 1102/03
• Guichard III. de Beaujeu, † 1137

Coat of arms of the Lords of Beaujeu

• 1136-1192: Humbert III. de Beaujeu , * probably 1120, † 1174
  • Humbert IV. De Beaujeu , * 1142, † 1189/90
• 1192–1216: Guichard IV. De Beaujeu , called le Grand, † 1216, lord of Montpensier
• 1216–1250: Humbert V. de Beaujeu , † 1250, Connétable of France
• 1250–1265: Guichard V. de Beaujeu , † 1265
• 1265–1297: Isabelle de Beaujeu, † 1297; ⚭ I around 1240 Simon II. De Semur-en-Brionnais ( House of Semur ); ⚭ II 1247 Renaud d'Albon , † 1270, Count of Forez

House Albon

• 1272–1295: Louis I. de Beaujeu, † 1295, their son; ⚭ 1270 Eleanor of Savoy , † 1296, daughter of Count Thomas II.
• 1295-1331: Guichard VI. de Beaujeu, le Grand, † 1331, his son; ⚭ I 1300 Johanna von Geneva, † 1303, daughter of Amadeus II., Count of Geneva ; ⚭ II 1309 Marie de Chatillon, daughter of Gaucher V. de Châtillon , Connétable of France  ; ⚭ III 1320 Jeanne de Châteauvillain, Dame de Semur-en-Brionnais
• 1331–1351: Édouard I. de Beaujeu , * 1316 † 1351, his son; ⚭ 1333 Marie de Thil, † 1360
• 1351–1374: Antoine de Beaujeu, * 1343 † 1374, his son; ⚭ 1362 à Béatrice de Châlon, Dame de Broyes
• 1374–1400: Édouard II. De Beaujeu, * 1351 † 1400, his cousin, son of Guichard de Beaujeu and Marguerite de Poitiers; ⚭ 1370 Eléonore, Countess of Beaufort-en-Vallée , Vice Countess of Turenne , daughter of Guillaume Roger III. ( House Rogier de Beaufort )

Since he was childless, he bequeathed Beaujeu to Louis de Bourbon, the younger son of Duke Louis II. De Bourbon .

House of Bourbon

• Louis de Bourbon, * 1388 † 1404, called Sire de Beaujeu, son of Duke Ludwig II of Bourbon
• Jean I. de Bourbon , * 1381 † 1434, son of Louis II  ; ⚭ 1401 Marie de Berry , * around 1375 † 1434, Duchess of Auvergne and Countess of Montpensier
• Charles I. de Bourbon , * 1401 † 1456, his son; ⚭ 1425 Agnès de Bourgogne (* 1407 † 1476), daughter of Johann Ohnefurcht , Duke of Burgundy
• Philippe, * around 1430 † 1440, his son, called Seigneur de Beaujeu

Coat of arms of Pierre de Beaujeu

• Pierre II. De Bourbon , * 1438 † 1503, son of Charles I; ⚭ 1473 Anne de France called Anne de Beaujeu , * 1461 † 1522, daughter of King Louis XI. and regent from 1483 to 1491
• 1503–1505: Suzanne de Bourbon-Beaujeu , * 1491 † 1521, his daughter
• 1505-1521: Charles III. de Montpensier , the Connétable de Bourbon , * 1490 † 1527, her husband since 1505

After his death, his wife Luise of Savoy claimed the Bourbon fiefdom as the granddaughter of Charles I.

• 1521–1531: Luise von Savoyen (* 1476 † 1531), granddaughter of Charles I; ⚭ Charles de Valois-Angoulême , mother of King Francis I.

1531: After the death of Luise von Savoyen, Beaujeu is integrated into the Domaine royal .

Bourbon-Montpensier house

In 1560 King Francis II gives the title to Louis III. de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier , nephew of the Connétable de Bourbon.

• 1560-1582: Louis III. de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (* 1513, † 1582)
• 1582–1592: François de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (* 1542, † 1592), his son
• 1592–1608: Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (* 1573, † 1608), his son
• 1608–1627: Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier (* 1605 † 1627), his daughter; ⚭ 1626 Gaston de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (* 1608 † 1660)
• 1627–1693: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier , called Grande Mademoiselle (* 1627 † 1693), duchesse de Montpensier, her daughter

With her death, the goods revert to the Crown. The titles, including that of Baron du Beaujolais , are awarded to Philippe I de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans ( Monsieur ), the brother of Louis XIV .

House of Bourbon-Orléans

• Philippe I. de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (* 1640, † 1701)
• Philippe II. De Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (* 1674, † 1723)
• Louis I. de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (* 1703 † 1752)
• Louis Philippe I. de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (* 1725 † 1785)
• Louis-Philippe II. Joseph de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans , Philippe Egalité (* 1747, † 1793)

He gave the title of Count of Beaujolais to his son

• Louis Charles d'Orléans, comte de Beaujolais (* 1779, † 1808); he is the last title holder.

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume XI (1989) Plate 156/157