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
The French lordship of Montpensier (named after the village of Montpensier, département of Puy-de-Dôme), located in historical Auvergne, became a countship in the 14th century.
It changed hands from the House of Thiern, to the House of B ...
,
Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and
Dauphin of Auvergne
This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne.
History
In the 7th century Auvergne (province), Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom ...
and was a younger brother of
Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre in the 16th century. A br ...
, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.
Family
In 1428, Louis married Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne, daughter and heiress of
Beraud III, Dauphin of Auvergne
This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne.
History
In the 7th century Auvergne (province), Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom ...
and
Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne. After her death in 1436, he retained those titles (his paternal grandmother having been
Anne of Auvergne
Anne of Auvergne ( – 22 September 1417) was Duchess of Bourbon from 1371 until 1410 as the wife of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon. She was also Countess of Forez (1372–1417) and sovereign Dauphine of Auvergne (1400–1417) in her own right.
Bio ...
, daughter of Dauphin Beraud II). On 5 February 1442, he married
Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne, daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne, and Jacquette of Peschin. The couple had four children:
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Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)
* John (1445–1485)
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Gabrielle de Bourbon (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485
Louis de la Tremoille, Prince of Talmond
* Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468
Wolfert van Borselen, Count of Grandpré and
Earl of Buchan
The Mormaer () or Earl of Buchan () was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male l ...
Louis was succeeded by his son
Gilbert.
See also
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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 ...
References
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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
Remarried jure uxoris officeholders
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