François de Bourbon, Comte de Vendôme

François de Bourbon ( 1470 - October 30, 1495 in Vercelli ) was Count of Vendôme from 1478 until his death . He was the eldest son of Count Jean VIII. De Bourbon († 1478) and his wife Isabelle de Beauvau († 1474).

François came from a younger branch of the House of Bourbon , which in turn was of royal Capetian origin, being derived from Robert, the youngest son of King Louis IX. of the saint .

Life

Since François was not of age when his father died, his brother-in-law Louis de Joyeuse, Count of Grandpré , administered his territories, which in 1484 were expanded to include the baronies of Mondoubleau and Saint-Calais thanks to a royal donation . At the coronation of King Charles VIII of France , he represented the county of Toulouse and assisted him in 1488 in the trial of the Dukes of Brittany and Orléans (later King Louis XII ), who had revolted against the crown. In 1494, François took part in Charles' army campaign to Italy , the aim of which was to conquer the Kingdom of Naples . After taking Florence , Rome and Naples , he fought on July 6, 1495 in the Battle of Fornovo , after which the French army withdrew from Italy. On the way back he fell ill with dysentery and died in Vercelli. His body was transferred to Vendôme and buried in the Saint-Georges cathedral.

Marriage and offspring

François de Bourbon married on September 8, 1487 in La Fère Marie de Luxembourg . She came from the French branch of the former imperial family of the Luxembourgers and was the heir to Pierre II. Marie married the counties of St. Pol , Soissons , Marle , the vice-county of Meaux and the Seigneurie von Enghien and died on April 1, 1547.

The couple's children were:

• Charles (born June 2, 1489 in Vendôme, † March 25, 1537 in Amiens ), Count and from 1515 Duke of Vendôme
• Jacques (July 6, 1490 - August 16, 1491)
• François (born October 6, 1491 in Ham, † September 1, 1545 in Cotignan near Reims ), Count of St. Pol, by marriage Duke of Estouteville
• Louis (January 2, 1493 - March 11, 1557 in Paris ), Vice Count of Meaux, Archbishop of Sens , Cardinal
• Antoinette (born December 25, 1494 in Ham, † January 22, 1583 in Joinville )
  • ∞ married Claude de Lorraine , first Duke of Guise , on June 9, 1513 in Paris
• Louise (born May 1, 1495 in La Fère; † September 21, 1575), Abbess of Fontevrault

literature

• Georges Touchard-Lafosse: La Loire historique pittoresque et biographique. De la source de ce fleuve à son embouchure dans l'océan. 5 volumes. Delahays, Paris 1856.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean VIII.	Count of Vendôme 1478–1495	Charles