Gilbert de Bourbon-Montpensier
Gilbert de Bourbon-Montpensier (* 1443 - † October 15, 1496 in Pozzuoli near Naples ) was Count of Montpensier , Lord of Mercœur and Dauphin of Auvergne .
Life
Gilbert was the eldest son of Count Louis I , known as the Good , and his second wife Countess Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne , daughter of Count Bertrand V. On his father's side, he was a grandson of Duke Jean I. From his cousin, King Charles VIII. , He was appointed lieutenant-général and later military governor of Paris . In 1494 he moved to Italy. There he was made Duke of Sessa and the French Viceroy of Naples .
On February 25, 1481 he married Clara Gonzaga (1464-1503), daughter of Margrave Federico I Gonzaga and his wife Margaret of Bavaria . The marriage had six children:
- Louise (1482–1561)
- ⚭ 1499 Seigneur Andreas IV of Chauvigny († 1502)
- ⚭ 1505 Louis de Bourbon (1473–1520), Prince de la Roche
- Louis II (1483–1501, fallen)
- Charles (1490–1527, fallen) ⚭ 1505 Suzanne de Bourbon-Beaujeu (1491–1521)
- François (1492–1515, fallen), Duke de Chatellerault
- Renée (1494–1539), heiress of Mercœur, ⚭ 1515 Duke Anton II of Lorraine
- Anne (1495-1510)
literature
- Laurent Vissière, «Capitale malgré elle? Aigueperse au temps des Bourbon-Montpensier (v. 1415–1505) ”, Actes du colloque de Moulins Le duché de Bourbon, Saint-Pourçain, 2001, pp. 153–168.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Louis I. |
Count of Montpensier Dauphin of Auvergne 1486–1496 .svg) |
Louis II |
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| SURNAME | Bourbon-Montpensier, Gilbert de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military leader, Count of Bourbon-Montpensier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1443 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1496 |
| Place of death | Pozzuoli near Naples |