Pierre II de Montferrand

Coat of arms of Pierre II de Montferrand

Pierre II de Montferrand (died July 1454), lord of Landiras, was a French knight who served the English during the Hundred Years' War. He was the governor of Blaye and was executed on 31 July 1454, due to the years-long aftermath of the Battle of Castillon. ^[1]

Biography

Pierre was a son of Bertrand III de Montferrand and Isabelle de Preissac, dame of Landiras. Landiras is about 50 kilometers south-southeast from Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand. He married Mary of Bedford, illegitimate daughter of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford. Mary was a granddaughter of Henry IV of England. Pierre received 500 pounds worth of French coinage (livre tournois) and land from the Duke of Bedford as a dowry. After being executed in 1454, he was succeeded by his son François.

References

1. Florent Palluault; Fabrice Vigier (2018), "L'exécution de Pierre de Montferrand, sire de Lesparre, à Poitiers le 31 juillet 1454" [The execution of Pierre de Montferrand, lord of Lesparre, at Poitiers on 31 July 1454], Revue historique du Centre-Ouest, vol. XVII (17), pp. 153–156, ISSN   1767-6320

• Bailey, Donald A. Les Châteaux de Landiras et de Montferrand and their Seigneurial Families - Part One: Setting, Medieval History, and Genealogy, Advances in Historical Studies, June 2013. p. 89.

• Baurein, Jacques (1876). Variétés bordeloises, ou, Essai historique et critique sur la topographie anicenne et moderne du diocèse de Bordeaux. University of Ottawa: Bordeaux : Feret.