Pierre I of Beauvau (c.1380 – 1435), baron of Beauvau, La Roche-sur-Yon and Champigny-sur-Veude, lord of Craon, of Sablé and Ferté-Bernard by marriage. He was an adviser for Charles VII, and chamberlain, counsellor, governor and lieutenant to dukes, Louis II,

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René of Anjou René of Anjou (; ; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples from 1435 to 1442 (then Aragonese conquest of Naples, deposed). Having spent his last years in Aix ...

Biography

Born in 1380, Pierre was the son of Jean II de Beauvau and Jeanne de Tigny. A retainer of the House of Anjou, he accompanied Louis II to Italy and returned to Anjou in 1414. Pierre was governor of

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, and captain of Angers responsible for the defense of the city against the English during the

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. He was delegated by Louis III of Anjou in 1429 to supervise the renovations to the castle of Tarascon, and captain of the tower of

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. Appointed

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to the King of Sicily, Pierre was often traveling through the fiefs and possessions of René d'Anjou, particularly in

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. During Charles VI of France's instability, Pierre was appointed by Yolande d'Aragon, to be a governor to the dauphin,

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. He spent months at a time with the dauphin both in Angers in 1413, and Tarascon in 1415. With Tanneguy du Chastel, Pierre was instrumental in getting dauphin Charles out of Paris, during the capture of the capital by the

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on 29 May 1418. On 10 September 1419, Pierre was present at the meeting at Montereau, where John, Duke of Burgundy was murdered. By 1422, he was captain of Angers, and in 1429 was governor of Provence. Pierre supported

Louis III of Anjou Louis III (25 September 1403 – 12 November 1434) was a claimant to the Kingdom of Naples from 1417 to 1426, as well as count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and duke of Anjou from 1417 to 1434. As the heir designate to the thron ...

's bid for the kingdom of Naples in 1424 and 1427, becoming governor of Calabria. He died in 1435.

Marriage

In 1415, he married Jeanne de Craon. She was the daughter of Pierre de Craon and Jeanne de Châtillon. They had: * Louis de Beauvau (1416–1462), married Marguerite de Chambley, daughter of Ferry de Chambley and Jeanne de Launay *Jean IV de Beauvau (1421–1503), married Jeanne de Manonville

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* * * * * * * * * * *{{cite book , last=Spangler , first=Jonathan , chapter=Transferring Affections: Princes, Favourites and the Peripatetic Houses of Lorraine and Beauvau as Trans-Regional Families , title=Internationale Geschichte in Theorie Und Praxis/International History in Theory and Practice , editor-first1=Barbara , editor-last1=Haider-Wilson , edition=1st , publisher=Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Wien , year=2017 , pages=635–664 1380s births 1435 deaths 14th-century French nobility 15th-century French nobility