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Louis I, Count of Montpensier

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French noble, 1405–1486 For other uses of "Louis, Dauphin", see Louis, Dauphin (disambiguation).

Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Coat-of-arms of Louis I, Count of Montpensier after 1428.
Born1405
DiedMay 1486
Rome
Noble familyBourbon-Montpensier
Spouse(s)Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne
Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne
Issue
FatherJohn I, Duke of Bourbon
MotherMarie, Duchess of Auvergne

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 Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.

Family

Coat-of-arms of Louis before 1428.

In 1428, Louis 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 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:

Louis was succeeded by his son Gilbert.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 25.
  2. Manry 1974, p. 233.
  3. ^ Dupont-Pierrart 2017, p. 301.
  4. Durand 2000, p. 45.

Sources

  • Dupont-Pierrart, Nicole (2017). Claire de Gonzague Comtesse de Bourbon-Montpensier (1464-1503): Une princess italienne a la cour de France (in French). Presses Universitaires Septentrion.
  • Durand, Yves (2000). Etat et société en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: Mélanges offerts à (in French). Presses de l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne.
  • Manry, André-Georges (1974). Histoire de l'Auvergne (in French). Privat Editeur.
  • Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.
Louis I, Count of Montpensier Bourbon-MontpensierBorn: 1405 Died: May 1486
Preceded byJohn I Count of Montpensier
1428–1486
Succeeded byGilbert
Preceded byJeanne Dauphin d'Auvergne
Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne

1428–1486
With: Jeanne 1428–1436


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