Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.[1] 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.
Louis I, Count of Montpensier | |
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 Coat-of-arms of Louis I, Count of Montpensier after 1428. | |
| Born | 1405 |
| Died | May 1486 Rome |
| Noble family | Bourbon-Montpensier |
| Spouse(s) | Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne |
| Father | John I, Duke of Bourbon |
| Mother | Marie, Duchess of Auvergne |
Family
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In 1428, he 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. The couple had four children:
- Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)[1]
- John (1445–1485)
- Gabrielle de Bourbon (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille (d. 1525), Prince of Talmond
- Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468 Wolfert van Borselen (d. 1487), Count of Grandpré and Earl of Buchan
He was succeeded by his son Gilbert.
See also
References
- Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 25.
Sources
- Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.