What is "beauvilliers"

Beauvilliers (or Beauvillier) was the name of a very ancient French family belonging to the country around Chartres, members of which are found filling court offices from the 15th century onward.

• For Charles de Beauvillier, gentleman of the chamber to the king, governor and bailli of Blois, the estate of Saint-Aignan was created a countship in 1537.

Later, there were two ducs de Beauvilliers:

• François de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan (1610-1687)
• Paul de Beauvilliers, 2nd duc de Saint-Aignan (1648-1714), son of the former

Other members of the family included:

• Antoine Beauvilliers, pastry chef to the future Louis XVIII and proprietor of the Grande Taverne de Londres — in the arcades of the Palais-Royal - one of the most famous restaurants of all time.
• Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan (1684–1776)

Beauvilliers may refer to:

• Beauvilliers (surname), a French surname, also of French nobility
• communes in France:
  • Beauvilliers, Eure-et-Loir, in the Eure-et-Loir department
  • Beauvilliers, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loir-et-Cher department
  • Beauvilliers, Yonne, in the Yonne department