John I, Duke of Bourbon

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John I
Duke of Bourbon
Reign1410 – 1434
PredecessorLouis II
SuccessorCharles I
Born1381
Died1434 (aged 52–53)
London
SpouseMarie, Duchess of Auvergne
HouseBourbon
FatherLouis II, Duke of Bourbon
MotherAnne of Auvergne

John of Bourbon (1381–1434) was Duke of Bourbon, from 1410 to his death and Duke of Auvergne since 1416. He was the eldest son of Louis II and Anne of Auvergne.[1] Through his mother, John inherited the County of Forez.

During the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War he took sides against the Burgundians. John was captured at the Battle of Agincourt and died a prisoner in London, in spite of the payment of several ransoms, and promises to support the king of England as king of France.[2]

In 1400 in Paris, he married Marie, Duchess of Auvergne,[3] daughter of John, Duke of Berry, who inherited the Auvergne title from her father. They had three sons:

In addition, he had two illegitimate children:

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Vale states Villandrando was married to a bastard daughter of the Duke of Bourbon[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ramsey 1999, p. 234.
  2. ^ Bennett 1991, p. 36.
  3. ^ a b c d Heers 2016, Bourbon table.
  4. ^ Vale 1974, p. 74.

Sources[edit]

  • Bennett, Michael (1991). Agincourt 1415: triumph against the odds. Osprey Publishing.
  • Heers, Jacques (2016). Louis XI. Perrin.
  • Ramsey, Ann W. (1999). Liturgy, Politics, and Salvation: The Catholic League in Paris and the Nature of Catholic Reform, 1540-1630. University of Rochester Press.
  • Vale, Malcolm Graham Allan (1974). Charles the Seventh. University of California Press.


French nobility
Preceded by Duke of Bourbon
1410–1434
Succeeded by
Preceded by Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1400–1424
Preceded by Count of Forez
1410–1434
Preceded by Duke of Auvergne
1416–1434
with Marie
Preceded by Count of Montpensier
1416–1434
with Marie
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jourdain VI
Count of L'Isle-Jourdain
1405–1421
Succeeded by