| Louise Borgia | |
|---|---|
| suo jure Duchess of Valentinois suo jure Dame de Chalus |
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| Reign | 12 March 1507 - 1553 |
| Spouse(s) | Louis II de La Tremouille Philippe de Bourbon, Seigneur de Bourbon-Busset |
| Issue | |
| Claude, Count of Busset Jean, Seigneur of La Motte-Feuilly Jerome, Seigneur of Montet |
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| Father | Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois |
| Mother | Charlotte of Albret |
| Born | 17 May 1500 France |
| Died | 1553 (aged 52–53) Chateau de Busset, France |
Louise Borgia, born princess Louise de Candia-Borgia d'Albret (17 May 1500–1553), was a French noblewoman and the suo jure Duchess of Valentinois, having succeeded to the title upon the death of her father Cesare Borgia in 1507 when she was almost seven years old. She was also the suo jure Dame de Chalus. a title she inherited from her mother Charlotte of Albret. Louise was Cesare's only legitimate child of his marriage to Charlotte. Louise married twice.
Louise was born on 17 May 1500, the only child of Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois and Charlotte of Albret.[1] Her paternal grandparents were Pope Alexander VI of the House of Borgia and Vannozza dei Cattanei of the House of Candia, and her maternal grandparents were Alain I of Albret, Lord of Albret, and Françoise of Châtillon-Limoges. She had at least eleven illegitimate half-siblings from her father's relationships with other women. On 12 March 1507, her father was killed at the siege of Viana in the service of her maternal uncle, King John III of Navarre. Louise being his only child succeeded suo jure to the Duchy of Valentinois. Her mother acted as Louise's regent until her death on 11 March 1514 when Louise was not quite fourteen years old. Louise then succeeded her mother as the suo jure Dame de Chalus.
Louise married her first husband on 7 April 1517. He was Louis II de La Tremouille, Governor of Burgundy. He was killed at the Battle of Pavia on 24 February 1525, leaving her a widow at the age of twenty-four. She married her second husband, Philippe de Bourbon, Seigneur de Bourbon-Busset on 3 February 1530. They made their home at the Chateau de Busset, where she made many renovations including a covered arcade on the ground floor and a gallery in the east wing.[2] Together Philippe and Louise had six children:
Louise died on an unknown date in 1553. One of her many descendants is Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma.