Beaumanoir was a

seigniory In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...

in what is now the department of

Côtes-d'Armor The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, which gave its name to an illustrious family. *

Philippe de Rémi (died 1265) Philippe de Rémi (Old French: ''Phelipe de Remi'') (1210–1265) was an Old French poet and trouvère from Picardy, and the bailli of the Gâtinais from 1237 to at least 1249. He was also the father of Philippe de Beaumanoir, the famous jurist, by ...

, French poet and bailiff *

Philippe de Rémi (died 1296) Philippe de Rémi or Philippe de Beaumanoir (c. 1247–1296), contemporarily ''Phelippes de Beaumanoir'', was a French jurist and royal official. He was a junior son of Philippe de Rémi (d. 1265), poet and bailli of the Gâtinais, who was renowned ...

, French jurist and royal official *

Jean de Beaumanoir Jean, or Jehan de Beaumanoir, marshal of Brittany for Charles of Blois, and captain of Josselin, is remembered for his share in the famous Combat of the Thirty during the War of Breton Succession (1341–1364) between the warring parties of com ...

(14th century), marshal of Brittany *

Jean de Beaumanoir (marquis) Jean De Beaumanoir (1551 – 17 November 1614), Lord, seigneur and afterwards Marquess, marquis de Lavardin, Loir-et-Cher, Lavardin, count of Nègrepelisse by marriage, was a French marshal. Early life Son of Charles de Beaumanoir, baron de Lavar ...

(1551–1614), seigneur and afterwards marquis de Lavardin * Lucas de Beaumanoir, the Grand Master of the Templars, fictional character

Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ...

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