Charles I. de Bourbon

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Reclining figure of Charles I. de Bourbon on his tumba in the abbey church of Souvigny

Charles I. de Bourbon (* 1401 ; † December 4, 1456 in the Palais du Bourbon in Moulins ) was Duke of Bourbonnais and Auvergne from 1434 to 1456 . He was the son of Duke Jeans I of Bourbon and Maries de Berry , Duchess of Auvergne and Countess of Montpensier .

Life

As Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis , after his father was captured at the Battle of Azincourt in 1415, he was given the task of administering his property. At the age of 15 he chaired the Regency Council and after the expulsion of the Armagnacs in 1418 had to submit to Duke John Fearless of Burgundy (see Civil War of the Armagnacs and Bourguignons ), whose daughter he then married in 1425. As governor of Languedoc from 1421 he led campaigns against the Count of Foix . In 1423 he was general commander of the Lyonnais . Charles led the aid convoy to Orléans in 1429 , which failed with the Journée des Harengs (German: Tag der Heringe). After the liberation of the city by Joan of Arc , he fought against the English, but received little support from King Charles VII , so that he finally withdrew to the Bourbonnais . However, he managed to get his brother-in-law Philip of Burgundy to give up his alliance with the English and re-approach the King of France, making him one of the architects of the Treaty of Arras in 1435 .

As Duke of Bourbon and Grand Chamberlain of France , both from 1434, he opposed the royal claim to power. As an opponent of the army reform of 1439 and in competition with the Connétable de Richmont , he supported the Praguerie in 1440 , but was quickly forced to peace by the king. In his later years Charles devoted himself to the skillful administration of his lands and established a splendid court in Moulins .

Marriages and offspring

On July 19, 1412 Charles married three-year-old Anne de Dreux (* 1409; † 1415), who died at the age of six. In 1425 he married Agnes von Burgund (* 1407; † 1476), daughter of Johann Ohnefurcht . Their children together were:

• Jean II (* 1426; † 1488), Duke of Bourbon
• Marie (* around 1427; † 1448), ⚭ 1444 Johann II (* 1425; † 1470), Duke of Lorraine and Calabria
• Philippe (* around 1430; † young), Lord of Beaujeu
• Charles II (* 1433; † 1488), Archbishop of Lyon , Cardinal and Duke of Bourbon
• Isabelle (* 1437; † 1465), ⚭ 1454 Charles the Bold (* 1433; † 1477), Duke of Burgundy ( House of Burgundy )
• Louis (1438–1482), Bishop of Liège
• Marguerite (* 1438; † 1483), ⚭ 1472 Philip II (* 1438; † 1497), Duke of Savoy
• Pierre II (* 1438; † 1503), Duke of Bourbon
• Catherine (* around 1440; † 1469), ⚭ 1463 Adolf von Egmond , Duke of Geldern
• Jacques (around 1443; † 1468)
• Jeanne († 1483), ⚭ 1467 Jean de Chalon , Prince of Orange from the House of Chalon

In addition, he had several illegitimate children, including with Jeanne de Bournan:

• Louis de Bourbon († 1487), Admiral of France ⚭ 1466 Jeanne de Valois (* 1447; † 1519), Dame de Mirebeau

Web links

• Collection of materials genealogie-mittelalter.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean I.	Duke of Bourbon Earl of Forez 1434-1456	Jean II
Jean I.	Lord of Beaujeu 1434–1456	Pierre II.
Jean I. (de iure uxoris)	Duke of Auvergne 1434-1456	Jean II