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Louis I, Count of Montpensier

Louis I, Count of Montpensier

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For other uses of "Louis, Dauphin", see Louis, Dauphin (disambiguation).

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.

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Coat-of-arms of Louis before 1428.

In 1428, Louis married Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne,[2] 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:

He was succeeded by his son Gilbert.

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References

  1. [1]
    Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 25.
  2. [2]
    Manry 1974, p. 233.

Sources

  • 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
Born: 1405 Died: May 1486
Preceded by Count of Montpensier
1428–1486		 Succeeded by
Preceded by Dauphin d'Auvergne
Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne
1428–1486
With: Jeanne 1428–1436


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