Louis I, 'le Bon' de Bourbon

Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie de Berry, Duchess d'Auvergne; Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne, brother of Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, who would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.

Family

In 1428, he married Jeanne, Dauphine d'Auvergne, daughter and heiress of Beraud III, Dauphin d'Auvergne and Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne. After her death in 1436, he retained those titles[1] (his paternal grandmother having been Anne of Auvergne, daughter of Dauphin Beraud II), and on 5 February 1442, married Gabrielle of La Tour (d. 1486), daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne. The couple had four children:
Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496) John (1445–1485) Gabrielle (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille (d. 1525), Prince of Talmond Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468 Wolfart van Borselen (d. 1487), Count of Grandpré and Earl of Buchan He was succeeded by his son Gilbert.

Links

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_I,_Count_of_Montpensier

Medlands: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BOURBON.htm#_Toc207154614

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Louis of Bourbon-Montpensier (1405 – May 1486), third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie de Berry, Duchess d'Auvergne; Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne, brother of Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, who would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.

Family

In 1428, he married Jeanne, Dauphine d'Auvergne, daughter and heiress of Beraud III, Dauphin d'Auvergne and Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne. After her death in 1436, he retained those titles[1] (his paternal grandmother having been Anne of Auvergne, daughter of Dauphin Beraud II), and on February 5, 1442, married Gabrielle of La Tour (d. 1486), daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne. The couple had four children:

Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)

John (1445–1485)

Gabrielle (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille (d. 1525), Prince of Talmond

Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468 Wolfart van Borselen (d. 1487), Count of Grandpré and Earl of Buchan

He was succeeded by his son Gilbert.

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^ The Biographical Dictionary, Vol 4, (Longman, Brown and Green: London, 1844), 234.

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