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Pierre II, 7 duke de Bourbon
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Pierre II, 7 duke de Bourbon

French duke
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Also called:
Seigneur (lord) de Beaujeu
Born:
1438
Died:
October 1503, Moulins, Fr. (aged 65)
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Pierre II, 7e duke de Bourbon (born 1438—died October 1503, Moulins, Fr.) was the 7th duke of Bourbon (from 1488) and seigneur de Beaujeu (from 1474). Louis XI of France espoused his eldest daughter, Anne of France (q.v.), to Pierre de Beaujeu in 1474 and, on his deathbed, entrusted to Pierre the charge of his 13-year-old son, Charles VIII. Thus, from 1483 to the end of 1491, Beaujeu and Anne were to exercise a virtual regency in France. Faced with the reaction of all who had suffered from Louis XI’s callous oppressions, the Beaujeus managed to promote the King’s authority ...(100 of 168 words)

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