List of Lords and Dukes of Bourbon
The list of Lords and Dukes of Bourbon lists the owners of the rulership of the medieval French feudal territory of the Bourbonnais .
The Lords of Bourbon
During the Middle Ages, the region of the later Bourbonnais belonged to the area of the County of Bourges . However, the lords of the castle of Bourbon (today Bourbon-l'Archambault) managed to break away from the sovereignty of the counts and vice counts of Bourges in the course of the 11th century and, in turn, to establish an independent rule, which they extended to their surrounding area and thus his Gave names. It was not until 1108 that the Sire Aymon II. Vaire-Vache had to face King Ludwig VI. subject to the fat . In the middle of the 13th century, the Bourbonnais came under the influence of the Duke of Burgundy , but through a female line of succession, the area came into the possession of the Capetian Prince Robert, the youngest son of King Louis IX. of the saint .
| Surname | Reign | relationship | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon's first house | |||
| Adémar (Aymar) | 916/917 attested as a comes , † before 944/45 |
founded Souvigny | |
| Aymon I. | 950/954 attested as dominus Burbonis | Son of the predecessor | |
| Archambault I. le Franc | 944 / 45-995 attested as comes et dominus Burbonis | Son of the predecessor | |
| Archambault II. Le Vieux | 1012-1024/25 attested, † 1031/33 |
Son of the predecessor | |
| Archambault III. le Jeune | 1077 princeps , † July 16, 1078 |
Son of the predecessor | built the castle of Montluçon |
| Archambault IV. Le Fort | 1079–1085 princeps Borbonensis , † September 22, 1095 |
Son of the predecessor | |
| Archambault V. le Pieux | Testified in 1074/95, † before 1096 |
Son of the predecessor | |
| Archambault VI. le pupil | attested after 1096 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Aymon II. Vaire-Vache | Testified in 1097, † March 27, 1120 |
Uncle of the predecessor | |
| Archambault VII. | probably 1095/97, † before 1173 |
Son of the predecessor | his son Archambault (VIII.) died in 1169 |
 The houses of Dampierre and Burgundy |
|||
| Mathilde I & Guido II of Dampierre | 1171-1228 | Daughter and son-in-law of the predecessor | Transfer to the Dampierre house |
| Archambault VIII the Great | 1228-1242 | Son of his predecessors | |
| Archambault IX. | 1242-1249 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Mathilde II & Odo of Burgundy | 1249-1262 | Daughter of the predecessor | from 1257 Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre |
| Agnes & Johann of Burgundy | 1262-1288 | Sister and brother-in-law of the predecessor | |
.svg) Capetians |
|||
| Beatrix of Burgundy & Robert of Clermont | 1288-1310 | Daughter and son-in-law of the predecessor | |
| Ludwig I. the limping | 1310-1327 | Son of his predecessors | |
The Duchy of Bourbon and the Bourbons
Prince Robert, who owned Clermont County , and his wife Beatrix of Burgundy-Bourbon are the first parents of the Bourbon Capetian dynasty. The family only got this name under their son, Ludwig the Limping . In 1327 he exchanged the County of Clermont for the County of La Marche with King Charles IV the Handsome . In addition, the Bourbon rule was raised to a duchy and given the dignity of a pairie . As a result, the descendants of Louis called themselves de Bourbon ( from Bourbon ) in the male line . An older and a younger line of the family branched off through the two sons of Duke Ludwig I. While the older Bourbons remained in the possession of the Duchy of Bourbon, the younger ones took over the county of La Marche. The older line died out in the male line in 1527, the later kings of France from the house of Bourbon arose from the younger line.
Under the dukes of Bourbon, Moulins became the new main residence of the Bourbonnais.
| Surname | Reign | relationship | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) House of Bourbon |
|||
| Ludwig I. the limping | 1327-1342 | ||
| Peter I. | 1342-1356 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Ludwig II the good | 1356-1410 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Johann I. | 1410-1434 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Charles I. | 1434-1456 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Johann II the good | 1456-1488 | Son of the predecessor | Connétable of France |
| Charles II | 1488 | Brother of the predecessor | Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon |
| Peter II of Beaujeu | 1488-1503 | Brother of the predecessor | |
| Suzanne | 1503-1521 | Daughter of the predecessor | |
| Charles III | 1505-1523 | Great-grandson of Duke John I of Bourbon and husband of Duchess Suzanne | Connétable of France Duke of Bourbon in the right of his wife with him ended in 1527 the older line of the Bourbons |
| After the death of the Duchess Suzanne, a dispute began between her widower and the mother of King Francis I over the inheritance of the late Duchess. As a first cousin, Luise von Savoyen was closely related to Suzanne, while the Connétable de Bourbon was only related to his wife in the second degree. In 1523, King Francis I ended the dispute by drawing in Bourbon as a settled fiefdom and then lending it to his mother. | |||
| Luise of Savoy | 1523-1531 | Granddaughter of Duke Charles I of Bourbon | |
| Association of Bourbons with the Crown Domain. | |||
Duc de Bourbon
With the entry of the duchy to the crown, the status of the Bourbonnais as an autonomous principality in France was ended. The ducal administration was abolished and replaced by a royal governorate. This in turn was subordinated to the Généralité of Moulins in 1587, which also included the Nivernais and the Marche . The title of Duke of Bourbon ( duc de Bourbon ) remained in use in the Valois dynasty, however, combined with the dignity of a pair and the use of the income from the city of Moulins.
| Surname | relationship | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles d'Orléans | 1544-1545 | Son of King Francis I. | |
| Henri d'Anjou | 1566-1574 | Son of King Henry II. | also held the title of duc de Moulins from 1574 as Henry III, King of France |
In 1661 King Ludwig XIII. his cousin, the "great Prince Condé" , with the title of duke, which remained hereditary among his descendants. This title returned to the House of Bourbon, as the princes of Condé, like their royal cousins, as members of the younger Bourbon line, were direct descendants of Duke Louis I of Bourbon.
| Surname | relationship | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) House of Bourbon-Condé |
|||
| Louis le Grand de Condé | 1661-1686 | ||
| Henri Jules de Condé | 1686-1709 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Louis de Condé | 1709-1710 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Louis Henri de Condé | 1710-1740 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Louis Joseph de Condé | 1740-1818 | Son of the predecessor | |
| Louis Henri Joseph de Condé | 1818-1830 | Son of the predecessor | |
| With the death of Louis Henri Joseph de Condé, the Bourbon-Condé line died out; his son had previously been executed by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804 . With this the title of Duke of Bourbon also expired. | |||
- further use of the title:
The title Duc de Bourbon is claimed today as a courtesy title by the French pretenders to the throne from the House of Bourbon-Anjou .
- In 1950 Alphonse Jacques de Bourbon (Alfons III, † 1975) was awarded this title by his father
- In 1975, François Alphonse de Bourbon († 1984), son of the predecessor, received this title
- In 1984 Louis Alphonse de Bourbon (Ludwig XX) took over the title from his late brother