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 Duke of 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 Bourbon. In 1416, wi ...

and

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from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the

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, he acquired control of the duchy more than eighteen years before his father's death. In 1425, Charles renewed his earlier betrothal by marrying Agnes of Burgundy (1407–1476), daughter of

John the Fearless John I (; ; 28 May 1371 – 10 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his assassination in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during the early 15th century, part ...

. Charles served with distinction in the Royal army during the

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, while nevertheless maintaining a truce with his brother-in-law and otherwise enemy,

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. Both dukes were reconciled and signed an alliance by 1440. He was present at the coronation of Charles VII where he fulfilled the function of a peer and conferred knighthood. Despite this service, he took part in the " Praguerie" (a revolt by the French nobles against Charles VII) in 1439–1440. When the revolt collapsed, he was forced to beg for mercy from the King, and was stripped of some of his lands. He died on his estates at

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de Moulins in 1456.

Children

Charles and Agnes had eleven children: * John of Bourbon (1426–1488), Duke of Bourbon * Marie de Bourbon (1428–1448), married in 1444 John II, Duke of Lorraine * Philip of Bourbon (1430–1440), Lord of Beaujeu * Charles of Bourbon (Château de Moulins 1433–1488,

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), Cardinal and

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and Duke of Bourbon * Isabella of Bourbon (1434–1465), married Charles, Duke of Burgundy * Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of Bourbon * Louis of Bourbon (1438 – 30 August 1482, murdered),

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* Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1439 – 1483, Château du Pont-Ains), married in Moulins on 6 April 1472, Philip II, Duke of Savoy * Catherine of Bourbon (

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, 1440 – 21 May 1469,

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), married on 28 December 1463, in

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Adolf II, Duke of Guelders * Joanna of Bourbon (1442–1493,

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), married in Brussels in 1467 John II of Chalon,

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* James of Bourbon (1445–1468, Bruges), unmarried.

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