Beaujeu

Beaujeu gave its name to the Beaujolais and to a family of lords whose power lay between the Saône and the hills west of it. Their lands bordered the possessions of Lyon, Forez and Savoy, and the family counted among the leading nobles of medieval France. When the last lord, Édouard II, died in 1400, the dukes of Bourbon took possession of the Beaujolais, ending the long rule of the house of Beaujeu.