François de Bourbon, comte d'Enghien
François de Bourbon, comte d'Enghien (born September 23, 1519 , † February 23, 1546 in La Roche-Guyon ) was a French prince of the blood from the House of Bourbon and general.
He was a younger son of Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme , and Françoise d'Alençon. From his father's inheritance he received the county of Enghien .
In 1542, King Francis I appointed him commander of an army in the Italian wars against Habsburg . He led his troops to the siege of Nice in 1543 and won the following year against an imperial Spanish army in the battle of Ceresole . He died at the La Roche-Guyon castle at the age of 26 after a heavy chest fell on him.
literature
- Robert Jean Knecht: The rise and fall of Renaissance France, 1483-1610 . 2nd Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2001, ISBN 0-631-22729-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cf. Brantôme: Œuvres complètes de Pierre de Bourdeille (= Société de l'histoire de France . III: Vie des hommes illustres et grands capitaines français). Jules Renouard (Ch. Lahure printing shop), Paris 1867, p. 220 (French).
- ↑ See Jules Michelet: Histoire de France . tape VIII . Paris, S. 335 (French). who, out of jealousy, blames the young Duke of Guise for this death.
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SURNAME | François de Bourbon, comte d'Enghien |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Enghien |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1519 |
DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1546 |
Place of death | La Roche-Guyon |