Beaujeu, Rhône

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Commune of Beaujeu Coat of arms of Beaujeu
Location
Longitude	04° 35' 20" E
Latitude	46° 09' 18" N
Administration
Country	France
Région	Rhône-Alpes
Département	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Beaujeu
Statistics
Altitude	277 m–880 m (avg. 293 m)
Land area¹	17.85 km²
Population² (1999)	1,905
- Density (1999)	106/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	69018/ 69430
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Beaujeu is a small town in the French département of Rhône, in the east-central Rhône-Alpes région of the country.

It is the name of Beaujeu which gives the local area, famous for its red wine, its name, Beaujolais.

[edit] History

Beaujeu was the historical capital of the Beaujolais, a former province of France.

Beaujolais was a semi-autonomous fiefdom of the Lords of Beaujeu; it was annexed by the French crown in 1531.

[edit] List of rulers

Lords:

• Berard of Beaujeu + c. 966
• Guichard I of Beaujeu c. 966-977
• Humbert I of Beaujeu + c. 977-1016
• Guichard II of Beaujeu c. 1016-1050
• Guichard III of Beaujeu c. 1050-1070
• Humbert II of Beaujeu c. 1070-1102
• Guichard IV of Beaujeu 1102-1137
• Humbert III of Beaujeu 1137-1174
• Humbert IV of Beaujeu 1174-1202
• Guichard V le Grand of Beaujeu 1202-1216
• Humbert V of Beaujeu 1216-1250
• Isabelle de Bauejeu 1250-1297
• Renaud I of Forez, count of Forez 1250-1297
• Louis de Beaujeu 1250-1295
• Guichard VI of Beaujeu 1295-1331
• Edouard I of Beaujeu 1331-1351
• Antoine of Beaujeu 1351-1374
• Edouard II of Beaujeu 1374-1400 (+1400 without succession)

The Lordship of Beaujolais and the Lordship of Dombes were sold in 1390 by Louis II of Bourbon.