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Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne. He was Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne and was a younger brother of
In 1428, he married Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne, daughter and heiress of Beraud III, Dauphin of Auvergne and Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne. After her death in 1436, he retained those titles (his paternal grandmother having been Anne of Auvergne, daughter of Dauphin Beraud II). On 5 February 1442, he married Gabrielle of La Tour (d. 1474), daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne. The couple had four children:
* Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)
* John (1445–1485)
* Gabrielle (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille (d. 1525), Prince of Talmond
* Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468
Charles I of Bourbon
Charles de Bourbon (1401 – 4 December 1456) was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.
Biography
Charles was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, ...
. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Spanis ...
, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.
Family
In 1428, he married Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne, daughter and heiress of Beraud III, Dauphin of Auvergne and Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne. After her death in 1436, he retained those titles (his paternal grandmother having been Anne of Auvergne, daughter of Dauphin Beraud II). On 5 February 1442, he married Gabrielle of La Tour (d. 1474), daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne. The couple had four children:
* Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)
* John (1445–1485)
* Gabrielle (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille (d. 1525), Prince of Talmond
* Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468 Wolfert van Borselen
Wolfert VI of Borselen (c. 1430 – 29 April 1486, Saint-Omer) was stadholder of Holland, Friesland, and Zeeland, Admiral of the Netherlands outside Flanders, and Lord of Veere.
Family
Wolfert VI van Borselen was the son of Henry II of ...
(d. 1487), Count of Grandpré and Earl of Buchan
He was succeeded by his son Gilbert Gilbert may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Gilbert (surname), including a list of people
Places Australia
* Gilbert River (Queensland)
* Gilbert River (South A ...
.
See also
*Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon (french: Duc de Bourbon) is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of B ...
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* House of Bourbon-Montpensier Bourbon-Montpensier, Louis comte de Bourbon-Montpensier, Louis I de Bourbon-Montpensier, Louis I de Dauphins of Auvergne Montpensier, Louis comte de Montpensier, Louis comte de {{France-noble-stub