BEAUJEU

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BEAUJEU . The French province of Beaujolais was formed by the development of the ancient seigniory of Beaujeu (department of Rh6ne, arrondissement of Villefranche). The lords of Beaujeu held from the loth century onwards a high rank in feudal society. In 1210

Guichard

GUICHARD, KARL GOTTLIEB (1724—1775)

of Beaujeu was sent by Philip

Augustus

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

on an embassy to

Pope

Innocent III.; he was present at the French attack on Dover, where he died in 1216. His son

Humbert

HUMBERT, RANIERI CARLO EMANUELE GIOVANNI MARIA FERDINANDO EUGENIO, KING OF ITALY (1844-1900)

took part in the wars against the Albigenses and became constable of France. Isabeau, daughter of this

Humbert

HUMBERT, RANIERI CARLO EMANUELE GIOVANNI MARIA FERDINANDO EUGENIO, KING OF ITALY (1844-1900)

, married Renaud, count of Forez; and their second son, Louis, assumed the name and arms of Beaujeu. His son

Guichard

GUICHARD, KARL GOTTLIEB (1724—1775)

, called the

Great

GREAT

, had a very warlike life, fighting for the king of France, for the count of Savoy and for his own hand. He was taken prisoner by the Dauphinois in 1325, thereby losing important estates. Guichard's son, Edward of Beaujeu,

marshal

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

of France, fought at Crecy, and perished in the battle of Ardres in 1351. His son died without issue in 1374, and was succeeded by his

cousin

, Edward of Beaujeu, lord of Perreux, who gave his estates of Beaujolais and Dombes to Louis II., duke of Bourbon, in 1400. Pierre de Bourbon was lord of Beaujeu in 1474, when he married Anne of France, daughter of Louis XI., and this is why that princess retained the name of lady of Beaujeu. Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I., got Beaujolais assigned to herself despite the claims of the constable de Bourbon. In 1531 the province was reunited to the crown; but Francis II. gave it back to the Montpensier branch of the Bourbons in 156o, from which

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

it passed to that of Orleans. The title of comte de Beaujolais was borne by a son of Philippe " Egalite," duke of Orleans, born in 1779, died in 1808. (M. P.*)

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