Louis de Beauvau

Tasked with the mission of eradicating écorcheurs, he mastered the situation in a year and a half and brought peace to the duchy.

[9] Henry VI agreed and the county of Maine was returned to France by 15 March 1448.

[9] After such success, Rene honoured Louis by making him the first of his knights of the Ordre du Croissant in 1448.

[10][11] In 1459, as an envoy of Duke Rene and the Angevins, Louis traveled from the French court to Florence, negotiating with Piero de Pazzi.

[12] He was sent to Rome in 1472, to negotiate with Pope Sixtus IV, concerning Rene's rightful entitlement to the Kingdom of Naples.