Beaufort (Duchy)

Senoria

From the middle of the 10th century, the lord of Beaufort belonged to the de Brois family. By the marriage of Felicite de Brooy, daughter of Simon de Brooy, seigneur de Beaufort, with Count Hugo II de Rethel (1191), this property was transferred to the Retell House. The grandson of Hugo Manasseh V in 1270 sold Beaufort Blanca d'Artois , the wife of Henry III of Champagne . She married Edmund Lancaster in a second marriage, and left Beaufort a legacy to her third son, John Lancaster. He died in 1317 without leaving children.

In February 1357, Dauphin Carl handed over the seigneur Louis d'Evreux , Count d' Etampes ^[1] . In 1361, she returned to the Lancaster house, thanks to the marriage of John Gaunt to Blanca of Lancaster , the great-granddaughter of John Lancaster. The children of John Gaunt by Catherine Swinford were legitimized under the name Beauforts , derived from the name of the barony in Champagne.

In 1369, Charles V captured the impregnable Beaufort Castle, an island of English power in the heart of Champagne, by treachery, and took this gentleman from John Gaunt, transferring it to his chamberlain, Count Jean II de Tankarville, Viscount de Meulen, for life. He died in 1382, and Charles VI on March 16, 1382 granted Beaufort to his uncle Philip II the Brave , also in a lifetime possession.

After the death of the Duke of Burgundy, on June 9, 1404, the King created the Duchy of Nemur for Charles III of Navarre , which included Beaufort ^[2] . Part of Beaufort remained under the rule of Catherine of Burgundy , Duchess of Austria, daughter of Philip II. After the death of Charles III in 1425, the duchy of Nemours returned to the French crown, becoming the subject of a long dispute between France, Blanca of Navarre and her sister Beatrice ^{[3] [4]} .

For some time Beaufort was owned by Count Charles IV du Men , who transferred it in 1462 to his son-in-law Jacques d'Armagnac , Duke of Nemours ^[5] .

County

After the execution of Armagnac, Louis XI granted the letter given in Arras in September 1477, but registered by Parliament only on July 17, 1479, transferred the county of Beaufort Thierry III de Lenoncourt ^[1] , after the death of which in 1483 this possession returned to the crown. In 1484, it was transferred to the Duchy of Nemours, returned to Jean d'Armagnac . After the death of Louis d'Armagnac at the battle of Cherignol in 1503, the county was for some time owned by Pierre de Rogan-Gieux , but already in 1504 it again went to the crown.

In November 1507, Louis XII granted the Beaufort County and several other lords in exchange for the Viscountry of Narbonne with Gaston de Foix , Duke of Nemursky, granted a letter of honor given in Blois and registered by Parliament on January 14, 1508. Since that time, Beaufort became separate from the duchy of Nemursky possession.

After the death of Gaston in the battle of Ravenna, the king granted the letter of honor given in the Vincennes forest on July 20, 1513 and registered by the parliament on August 4, transferred Beaufort along with other lands to Germaine de Foix , Queen of Aragon. Francis I granted the letter given in Rouen on August 18, 1517 (registered on 02/14/1518), allowed her to appoint royal officials to these possessions ^[1] . Germaine de Foix sold Beaufort to Guillaume de Croix , from whom he was inherited by Philip II de Croy , but under the terms of the Cambrian world in 1529 this possession passed to the sons of Ode de Foix .

After the death in 1540, Henri de Foix, the land went to his sister Claude, the wife of Guy XVII de Laval , and then Charles de Luxembourg-Martigues . Childless Luxembourg appointed Jean IV de Bross , duke of d'Etamps as his heir, but on June 29, 1554, he ceded the county of Francois I to Cleves , duke of Nevers. During the division of the possessions of the latter, Beaufort in 1560 went to Jacques Cleves , who died in 1564 childless. With a new division of possessions between the sisters of Jacques on March 1, 1566, the county was received by Maria of Cleves , who married in 1572 to Henry I de Bourbon-Conde . She died in 1574, leaving the land of her daughter Catherine de Bourbon. She died unmarried in 1595, and on February 4, 1596, her two aunts shared the inheritance. The county of Beaufort and the lord Jokur passed to Catherine of Cleves , Duchess de Guise, who on July 6, 1597 sold them to his mistress Henry IV Gabriel d'Estre .

Duchy

With a granted letter given in a camp near Amiens in July 1597 (registered on the 10th), the king elevated the county of Beaufort and Barony Jaucourt to the rank of duchy-peria for Gabrielle d'Estre and César de Vendome , with seniority in peerhood immediately after the duke de Montmorency ^{[ 1]} .

Under section 1649, the duchy went to César's second son, François de Vendome , who died during the defense of Candia and did not leave any heirs. Then it passed to Louis-Joseph de Vendome , who sold this property in 1688 to Charles-Francois-Frederik I de Montmorency-Luxembourg , Prince de Tengry ^[1] .

With a granted letter given at Versailles in May 1688 (registered July 13), Louis XIV again elevated Beaufort to the rank of duchy (not a pariah), and another letter given at Versailles in October 1689 (registered on 2.01.1690) ordered him to be renamed Montmorency ^{[ 1]} . The capital of the duchy has since also been called Montmorency-Beaufort .

In 1767, the duchy through marriage passed into the high line of the house of Montmorency-Fosso . The last representative of this genus in the male knee died childless in 1862, and the title went to his nephew Adalber de Talleyrand , Duke de Talleyrand-Perigord and Sagan, who took the name Montmorency. His son Louis de Talleyrand-Montmorency , the seventh and last duke of de Beaufort, died childless in 1951.

• Renard de Nogent
• Izambar de Nogent (c. 970 - after 1026/1028)
• Hugo I de Brooy (c. 1000 - after 1058)
• Barthelemy de Brooy (before 1032 - 1072/1081)
• Hugo II Bardul (d. 1110/1121)
• Simon I Bardul (c. 1090 - 1137/1140)
• Simon II de Brois (c. 1130 - 1187), seigneur de Beaufort
• Felicite de brois
• 1191-1227 / 1228 - Hugo II de Rethel
• 1227 / 1228-1242 - Hugo III de Rethel
• 1242–1251 - Jean de Rethel
• 1251-1262 - Gaucher de Rethel
• 1262-1270 - Manasseh V de Rethel
• 1270-1302 - Blanca d'Artois
• 1302-1317 - John Lancaster
• 1317–1345 - Henry Lancaster
• 1345-1357? - Henry Grosmont
• 1357–1362 - Louis d'Evreux
• 1362–1369 - John Gaunt
• 1369? - 1382 - Jean II de Tankarville, Viscount de Melon
• 1382-1404 - Philip II the Bold
• 1404-1425 - Charles III the Noble
• ? - 1462 - Charles IV du Men
• 1462-1477 - Jacques d'Armagnac-Nemour

• 1477-1483 - Thierry III de Lenoncourt
• 1483-1484 - to the French crown
• 1484-1500 - Jean d'Armagnac-Nemour
• 1500-1503 - Louis d'Armagnac-Nemour
• 1503-1504 - Pierre de Rogan-Jie
• 1504-1507 - to the French crown
• 1507-1512 - Gaston de Foix , Duke of Nemours
• 1512-1513 - to the French crown
• 1513 -? - Germain de Foix
• ? - 1521 - Guillaume de Croy
• 1521-1530 - Philip II de Croy
• 1530-1540 - Henri de Foix
• 1540-1549 - Claude de Foix
• 1540-1547 - Guy XVII de Laval
• 1547-1553 - Charles de Luxembourg-Martigues
• 1553–1554 - Jean IV de Bross , Duke of D'Etamp
• 1554-1560 - Francois I of Cleves , Duke of Nevers
• 1560-1564 - Jacques of Cleves , Duke of Nevers
• 1564-1566 - Catherine of Cleves , Henrietta of Cleves and Maria of Cleves
• 1566-1574 - Maria of Cleves
• 1574-1595 - Catherine de Bourbon
• 1596-1597 - Catherine of Cleves

• 1597-1599 - Gabrielle d'Estre
• 1597-1649 - Cesar de Vendome
• 1649-1669 - Francois de Vendome
• 1669–1688 - Louis Joseph de Vendome

• 1688-1726 - Charles-Francois-Frederick I de Montmorency-Luxembourg
• 1726-1764 - Charles-Francois-Frederick II de Montmorency-Luxembourg
• 1764 - after 1812 - Charlotte Anna Francoise de Montmorency-Luxembourg
  • 1767-1799 - Ann-Leon II de Montmorency-Fosso
• 1799-1846 - Ann-Charles-Francois de Montmorency
• 1846-1862 - Ann-Louis-Raoul-Victor de Montmorency
• 1864-1915 - Adalber de Talleyrand-Perigord
• 1915-1951 - Louis de Talleyrand-Montmorency

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• Lecoy de la Marche RA Titres de la maison ducale de Bourbon. T. II. - P .: E. Plon et Cie, 1874.

• Montmorency-beaufort