Beaujeu is a small town in the French département of Rhône, in the east-central Rhône-Alpes region of the country. It is the name of Beaujeu which gives the local area, famous for its red wine, its name, Beaujolais. Beaujolais was a semi-autonomous fiefdom of the Lords of Beaujeu; it was annexed by the French crown in 1531.

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 succesion)

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