Pierre, Baron of Beauvau

Pierre I of Beauvau (1380–1435), baron of Beauvau and La Roche-sur-Yon and Champigny-sur-Veude, lord of Craon, of Sablé and Ferté-Bernard by marriage. Son of Jean II of Beauvau, he was an adviser to Charles VII, chamberlain and adviser to dukes, Louis II and Louis III of Anjou. He was a diplomat, governor and seneschal.

Biography

Born in 1380, Pierre was the son of Jean II of Beauvau.[1] A retainer of the House of Anjou, he accompanied Louis II to Italy[2] and returned to Anjou in 1414.[3] Pierre was governor of Anjou, Maine,[4] Provence,[2] and captain of Angers responsible for the defense of the city against the English during the Hundred Years War. Later appointed governor of the castle of Tarascon for Louis II of Anjou, and captain of the tower of Taranto. Appointed ambassador to the King of Sicily, he was often on the move in the fiefs and possessions of René d'Anjou, particularly in Sicily and Provence.

During Charles VI of France's instability, Pierre was appointed by Yolande d'Aragon, to be a governor to the dauphin, Charles.[4] He would spend months at a time with the dauphine both in Angers, in 1413, and Tarascon in 1415.[5] With Tanneguy du Chastel, Pierre was instrumental in getting dauphin Charles to flee Paris, during the capture of the capital by the Burgundians on 29 May 1418.[6]

Marriage

In 1415,[7] he married Jeanne de Craon,[8] widow of Ingelger II d'Amboise. She was the daughter of Pierre de Craon and Jeanne de Châtillon. They had:

  • Louis de Beauvau (1416–1462),[8] married Marguerite de Chambley, daughter of Ferry de Chambley and Jeanne de Launay
  • Jean IV de Beauvau (1421–1503),[8] married Jeanne de Manonville

References
  1. Bianciotto 1994, p. 98.
  2. Adams 2010, p. 216.
  3. Hanly 1990, p. 71.
  4. Spangler 2017, p. 645.
  5. Bianciotto 1994, p. 126.
  6. Coville 1974, p. 146.
  7. Spangler 2017, p. 644–645.
  8. Favier 2008, p. table 6.

Source
  • Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. The Johns Hopkins University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Bianciotto, Gabriel (1994). Le Roman de Troyle (in French). Vol.1. Publication de l'Universite de Rouen.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Coville, Alfred (1974). La Vie Intellectuelle Dans Les Domaines D'Anjou-Provence de 1380-1435 (in French). Slatkine Reprints.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Favier, Jean (2008). Le Roi René (in French). Fayard.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hanly, Michael G. (1990). Boccaccio, Beauvau, Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde : Four Perspectives on Influence. Pilgrim Books.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Spangler, Jonathan (2017). "Transferring Affections: Princes, Favourites and the Peripatetic Houses of Lorraine and Beauvau as Trans-Regional Families". In Haider-Wilson, Barbara (ed.). Internationale Geschichte in Theorie Und Praxis/International History in Theory and Practice (1st ed.). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Wien. p. 635–664.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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