Beauvais François[1]

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  • Name Beauvais François 
    Birth Abt 1500  [1
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • == Biography ==
      ===Origins===
      François Beauvais, Seigneur d'Autruche, was born about 1500.

      ===Marriage and Children===
      The name of his wife is unknown. They had children:
      #[[Beauvais-286|Nicole de Beauvais]]. She married [[De_Joyeuse-3|Fran[[De_Barbancon-1|Marguerite de Barbançon]].Roland-Yves Gagné and Laurent Kokanosky, ''Les origines de Philippe Amiot (Hameau), de son épouse Anne Couvent et de leur neveu Toussaint Ledran'', (Montréal: MSGCF), vol. 58, no. 1, p. 17-58, [https://habitant.org/joyeuse/Amiot%20Couvent%20Complete%20Article%20Translated%20and%20Bookmarked..pdf English translation provided by the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, vol. 42, nos. 1-4, 2021.]

      ===Research Notes==='''Previous research into the ancestry of François Beauvais, Seigneur d'Autruche'''
      "When de Caumartin did his research, he found that the family of Beauvais, originally from Flanders, was represented by Louis de Beauvais, seigneur of Autruche (canton [district] of Chesne-le-Populeux), arrondissement [borough] of Vouziers, whose lineage went back to Didier de Beauvais, living in 1520. Didier had a brother, Jean, captain of Buzancy and provost of Chappy, who was mentioned as a witness in the marriage contract of his niece Marie on 9 October 1536:

      :9 octobre 1536. - Louis Martinet et Person Martinet, notaires.
      :"Contrat de mariage entre M^re Adrien de Chartogne, fils de noble homme Laurent de Chartogne, ecuyer, sieur de la Folie les Bretoncourt et d'Ecordal en partie, assiste de Jean de Vaulx, ecuyer, sieur d'Ecordal en partie, gruyer de Rethelois, Christophe de Vaulx, ecuyer, sieur en partie du meme lieu, Etienne de Saint-Quentin, ecuyer, seigneur de Chevrieres, Jean de Saint-Quentin, ecuyer, seigneur de Resson en partie, Nicolas de Saint-Quentin, ecuyer, seigneur des Petites Ayvelles en partie, tous parents et amis du futur epoux, d'une part.
      :Et Marie de Beauvais, fille de dam^lle Alix de Chappy, veuve de Didier de Beauvais, assistee se venerable et religieuse personne dom Christophe de Beauvais, seigneur de Beauvais, frere de la future epouse, et de Jean de Beauvais, capitaine de Buzancy, prevot de Chepy, et Francois de Pouilly, ecuyer, ses oncles, d'autre part.Paul Pellot, ''La Famille de Beauvais, Revue d’Ardenne et d’Argonne, 7th year (1899/1900)'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTdNAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=snippet&q=%22Didier%20de%20Beauvais%22&f=false p. 2, p. 8]
      An unknown de Beauvais, Seigneur d'Autruche, had ''at least'' two sons, Didier de Beauvais, Seigneur d'Autruche (from 1520), and Jean de Beauvais, who both lived around the same time as François did. Pellot doesn't have N. de Beauvais, Seigneur d'Autruche as having a son François. Didier was dead on 9 October 1536 when Didier's daughter Marie married. The marriage record names no François de Beauvais nor Françoise Nicole. At this time, Françoise Nicole would have been of minor age (16 or younger) and would not have been named as a witness.
      François had Françoise Nicole (de Beauvais) des Ancherins around 1520, so it is possible that he died just before Didier assumed the title of Seigneur d'Autruche. So then either François was the unknown man mentioned as the father of Didier, Jean and Marie, or François was not Seigneur d'Autruche.

      Timeline ('''Exact years in bold'''):
      :1480(?): N. de Beauvais, Seigneur d'Autruche, has at least two sons, Didier and Jean.:'''1520: Didier de Beauvais holds the title of Seigneur d'Autruche.''':1520: Estimated birth of Françoise Nicole de Beauvais, daughter of François.
      :'''bef. 1536: Didier de Beauvais dies.''':'''1536: Marriage of Marie de Beauvais''' (Françoise Nicole age 16 or younger)
      :1545: Estimated birth of Jean de Joyeuse, son of Nicole de Beauvais.:'''1563: Nicole's son, Jean de Joyeuse, marries Nicole des Ancherins.'''

      == Sources ==
    Person ID I60861  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family   
    Children 
     1. BEAUVAIS Nicole Françoise,   b. Bef 1520, Argonne, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. France Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F347670  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1765] Merged from MartinBissonAnc_1 on 6-Jan-2026 at 21:46.


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