John VIII de Bourbon (1425 – 6 January 1477) was
Count of Vendôme from 1446 until his death. A member of the
House of Bourbon
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, he was the son and successor of
Louis, Count of Vendôme
Louis de Bourbon (Louis I, Count of Vendôme) (1376 – December 21, 1446), younger son of John I, Count of La Marche and Catherine de Vendôme, was a French '' prince du sang'', as well as Count of Vendôme from 1393, and Count of Castres from ...
. As a courtier of King
Charles VII of France
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, he fought the English in
Normandy
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and
Guyenne
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Name
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. He attached himself to King
Louis XI
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, but was not in royal favor. He withdrew to the
Château
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of
Lavardin and completed its construction.
In 1454, he married
Isabelle de Beauvau, daughter of
Louis de Beauvau, Marshal of
Provence
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and Marguerite de Chambley. They had:
*Jeanne (1460-1487), married in 1477 to
*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, Duke of Bourbon, Charles I of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Ag ...
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:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
...
, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
*Charlotte (1474-1520), married
Engelbert, Count of Nevers
Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers.
In 1481, Engelbert was sent with a large army ...
*Isabelle, Abbess of la Trinité de Caen
Jean also had two
illegitimate
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Conversely, ''illegitimacy'', also known as ''b ...
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 is noted for her role in ending the religious civil wars that plagued France ...
, mistress of
Henry IV of France
Henry IV (; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (''le Bon Roi Henri'') or Henry the Great (''Henri le Grand''), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 16 ...
. Also, Gabrielle is the third great aunt of
Mathieu Amiot.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:John VIII, Count of Vendome
1425 births
Vendome, Jean VIII Count of
Jean VIII Count of
House of Bourbon