Louis I, Count of Montpensier

Louis I, Count of Montpensier

Coats of Arms of Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Spouse(s) Jeanne, Dauphine d'Auvergne
Noble family Bourbon-Montpensier
Father John I, Duke of Bourbon
Mother Marie de Berry, Duchess d'Auvergne
Born 1405
Died May 1486
Rome

Louis de Bourbon (1405 May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie de Berry, Duchess d'Auvergne. 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, 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:

He was succeeded by his son Gilbert.

See also

Notes

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

References

Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Born: 1405 Died: May 1486
Preceded by
John I
Count of Montpensier
1428–1486
Succeeded by
Gilbert
Preceded by
Jeanne
Dauphin d'Auvergne
Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne

1428–1486
With: Jeanne 1428–1436