John VIII de Bourbon (1425 – 6 January 1478) was
Count of Vendôme
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from 1466 until his death. A member of the
House of Bourbon, he was the son and successor of
Louis, Count of Vendôme. As a courtier of King
Charles VII of France, he fought the English in
Normandy
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and
Guyenne
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The name "Guyenne" comes from ''Aguyenne'', a popular transformation o ...
. He attached himself to King
Louis XI
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII.
Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revol ...
, but was not in royal favor. He withdrew to the
Château
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Now ...
of
Lavardin and completed its construction.
In 1454, he married
Isabelle de Beauvau, daughter of
Louis de Beauvau
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, Marshal of
Provence
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and Marguerite de Chambley. They had:
*Jeanne (1460-1487), married in 1477 to
Louis of Joyeuse
*Catherine, married Gilbert de Chabannes
*
Jeanne, married at first
John II, Duke of Bourbon
Jean (John) de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon (1426 – 1 April 1488), sometimes referred to as John the Good and The Scourge of the English, was a son of Charles I of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy. He was Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1456 to ...
and later
John III, Count of Auvergne
*Renée, Abbess of
Fontevraud
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*
François, Count of Vendôme (1470–1495)
*
Louis Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ( ...
, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
*Charlotte, married
Engelbert, Count of Nevers
*Isabelle, Abbess of la Trinité de Caen
Jean also had two
illegitimate
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sons :
*Louis,
Bishop of Avranches
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*Jacques, Governor of Valois and the Vendomois (1455–1524) was the father of Catherine de Bourbon, paternal grandmother of
Gabrielle d'Estrées
Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux (; 157310 April 1599) was a mistress, confidante and adviser of Henry IV of France. She persuaded Henry to renounce Protestantism in favour of Catholicism in 1593. La ...
, mistress of
Henry IV of France
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. Also, Gabrielle is the third great aunt of
Mathieu Amiot.
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1426 births
Vendome, Jean VIII Count of
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