Pierre II de Montferrand

Pierre II de Montferrand
Died	July 1454
Spouse(s)	Mary of Bedford

Pierre II de Montferrand, 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 in July 1454.

Biography

Pierre was a son of Bertrand III de Montferrand and Isabelle de Preissac, dame of Landiras. 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

• 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.