Francis II of Beauharnais (died 1651) was a French magistrate. He was seigneur

Lord

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 of La Grillière, the first president to the Présidial

Présidial

The Présidial was a judicial tribunal of the French Ancien Régime, set up in January 1551 by Henry II of France and suppressed by a decree of the National Assembly in 1790....

 of Orléans

Orléans

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 (1598), lieutenant général

Lieutenant General

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 to the bailliage of Orléans, and a Third Estate député at the Estates General

French States-General

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 of 1614.

Family

He was the son of Francis I of Beauharnais, seigneur de Miramion, and his wife Madeleine Bourdineau.

Marriage and issue

He married Anne Brachet, (daughter of Antoine Brachet and his wife Jeanne Jamet). They had 7 children, including :

• Jean de Beauharnais, seigneur de La Boische et de La Chaussée.