Jean de la Flèche, also known as Jean de Beaugency, Seigneur de la Flèche ( 1030 – {{{circa 1097) was an 11th-century nobleman. He was the son of Lancelin I de Beaugency{{sfn, LoPrete, 2007, loc=Chart 1 and Adelberg de Maine and was born about 1030 in

La Flèche La Flèche () is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most p ...

Sarthe Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...

.{{efn, Amy Livingstone indicates Jean's mother was Paula of Maine{{sfn, Livingstone, 2018, loc=Genealogy 1:The lords of Beaugency Jean's father Lancelin I, was the first lord of both

Beaugency Beaugency () is a Communes of France, commune in the Loiret Departments of France, department, Centre-Val de Loire, north-central France. It is located on the Loire river, upriver (northeast) from Blois and downriver from Orléans. History Med ...

and

. On his death, the older son Lancelin II was given Beaugency and Jean La Flèche.{{cn, date=August 2024 This was unusual for the time as normal the older son inherited all. The family of de la Flèche built the original wooden fort, Château de Beaugency, which was later replaced by a stone castle. The massive keep still survives as a ruined shell. A later mansion was built on the grounds of the castle. Jean de la Flèche became seigneur of

where he held its original castle (the current one is from the 15th century). In 1059, Jean married Paula of Maine, daughter of

Herbert I, Count of Maine Herbert I (died 13 April 1035), called Wakedog (from French ''Eveille-chien'', Latinized as ''Evigilans Canis''), was the count of Maine from 1017 until his death. He had a turbulent career with an early victory that may have contributed to his l ...

.{{sfn, LoPrete, 2007, loc=Chart 1 Jean and Paula were the parents of

Elias I, Count of Maine Elias I (also ''Hélie'' or ''Élie'') (died 11 July 1110), called de la Flèche or de Baugency, was the count of Maine, succeeding his cousin Hugh V. He was the son of Jean de la Flèche (also known as Jean de Beaugency) and Paula, daughter ...

, who married Mathilde de Château-du-Loir.{{sfn, LoPrete, 2007, loc=Chart 1 Jean de la Fleche was given land in Yorkshire, England and this is where the name was first recorded.{{cn, date=August 2024 (source Betham in his 'Baronetage of England.') FLETCHER is 'de la Fleche' anglicised.

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*{{cite book , title=Medieval Lives c. 1000-1292: The World of the Beaugency , url=https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/medievalportal/9781138677098.php , first=Amy , last=Livingstone , publisher=Routledge , year=2018 , isbn=978-1138677081 *{{cite book , title=Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord (c.1067-1137) , url=https://archive.org/details/adelaofbloiscoun0000lopr/page/576/mode/2up?view=theater , first=Kimberly A. , last=LoPrete , publisher=Four Courts Press , year=2007 , isbn=978-1-85182-563-9 {{Authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleche, Jean de la Fleche, Jean de la 1030s births 1090s deaths 11th-century French nobility French nobility {{France-noble-stub