Jacques II. De Bourbon, comte de La Marche
Jacques II. De Bourbon ( 1370 - 24 September 1438 in Besançon ) was Count of La Marche from 1393 to 1435 and Count of Castres from 1403 to 1435 .
Life
Jacques II was the son of Jean I , Count of La Marche and Vendôme , and Catherine, Countess of Vendôme and Castres.
His military career began in 1396 with the crusade that Johann Ohnefurcht , who later became Duke of Burgundy , undertook against the Ottomans and which ended with the defeat of Nicopolis .
Years later, on his return to France, Jacques was given a command to support the insurgent Welshman Owain Glyndŵr . However, he arrived too late with his troops, because he was losing time at court, and had to be content with pillaging the area around Plymouth in Cornwall . On the way back, he lost twelve ships in a storm in 1404.
On September 14, 1406 he married in Pamplona Beatrice d'Évreux (* around 1386; † 1410/12), daughter of Charles III. , King of Navarre , and Eleanor of Castile . Your children were:
- Isabelle (* 1408; † after 1445), nun in Besançon ,
- Marie (* 1410; † after 1445), nun in Amiens ,
- Éleonore (* 1412; † after 1464), ⚭ 1429 Bernard d'Armagnac († 1462), Count of Pardiac from the House of Lomagne
In 1411 he allied himself with Johann Ohnefurcht in the civil war of the Armagnacs and Bourguignons .
In 1415 he married Johanna II , Queen of Naples , as a second marriage . Johanna was completely ruled by Muzio Attendolo Sforza and her lover Pandolfo Alopo, which led the barons of the kingdom to provide her with a husband who should be strong enough to break the power of their favorites but who did not want to become king himself . The choice fell on Jacques de Bourbon, who was appointed Prince of Taranto in 1414 and married the Queen in 1415. Jacques had Alopo killed and Sforza imprisoned, kept his wife almost in isolation and also had himself crowned king, which in turn led to reactions from the barons. They arrested him and forced him to release Sforza in 1416, renounce his kingship and finally leave the country in 1419.
In 1428 he allied himself with King Charles VII against the English, was appointed governor of Languedoc , but gave up this task in return for a pension and returned to the royal court. In 1435 he joined the Franciscans in Besançon . He died three years later. His successor in La Marche and Castres was his daughter Eleonore.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jean I. |
Count of La Marche Count of Castres 1393–1438  |
Eleonore de Bourbon and Bernard d'Armagnac |
| Ladislaus of Naples |
Prince of Taranto 1414–1420 |
Isabella of Clermont |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jacques II. De Bourbon, comte de La Marche |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of La Marche and Castres |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1370 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1438 |
| Place of death | Besançon |