Jean II de Bourbon
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Jean II. De Bourbon (* 1426 , † 1488 in Moulins ) was first Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis then Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne . He was the son of Duke Charles I de Bourbon and his wife Agnes of Burgundy .
Life
Jean's military career began with the siege of the fortress of Metz in 1444, which was followed by a campaign in Normandy . In 1450 he conquered all of Normandy together with Jean de Dunois in the Battle of Formigny . He dedicated the following years - still together with Dunois - to the reconquest of the Guyenne , which ended in 1453 with the conquest of Bordeaux . He became governor of the Guyenne and had to deal with the fight against Count Jean V d'Armagnac , when he rose against the king.
As the favorite of King Charles VII , Jean had the dislike of the royal successor Louis XI. to suffer. Louis XI. withdrew the Guyenne from him, and Jean II joined the Ligue du Bien public . After the peace agreement, he was pardoned and appointed governor of Languedoc . In addition, Ludwig XI. made him Knight of the Ordre de Saint-Michel when it was founded on August 1, 1469. After all, like his father, he was the Grand Chamberlain of France .
After the death of Louis XI. in 1483 he was appointed Constable of France by King Charles VIII .
Marriages and offspring
He married in 1447 in Moulins Johanna of France (* 1435, † 1482), daughter of Charles VII and Maries d'Anjou . After her death in 1484 in Saint-Cloud , he married Catherine d'Armagnac († 1487), daughter of Jacques' d'Armagnac , Duke of Nemours , and his wife Louise d'Anjou . They had a son, Jean, who, like his mother, died shortly after birth. In their third marriage, Jean II married Jeanne de Bourbon in 1487, daughter of Jean VIII de Bourbon , Count of Vendôme and Isabelle de Beauvau . The son from this marriage, Louis, also died after a few months, in the same year as his father.
In addition to his legitimate children, Jean II had some illegitimate children:
- with Marguerite de Brunant:
- Mathieu († 1505), called le Grand Bâtard de Bourbon , Baron von La Roche-en-Renier, Admiral and Governor of Guyenne
- with Jeanne Louise d'Albret ( Haus Albret ):
- Charles († 1502), Viscount de Lavedan , progenitor of the Bourbon-Lavedan family
- with unknown women:
- Hector († 1502), Archbishop of Toulouse
- Pierre († young)
- Marie († 1482), ⚭ 1470 Jacques de Sainte-Colombe
- Marguerite (* 1445; † 1483), 1464 legitimized, ⚭ 1462 Jean de Ferrieres († 1497)
literature
- Olivier Mattéoni: Un prince face à Louis XI. Jean II de Bourbon, une politique en procès . Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-13-058443-8 .
- Philippe de Commynes: The memoirs of Philippe de Commynes . Ed .: Samuel Kinser. Columbia (1969-1973).
- Henry de Surirey de Saint Remy: Jean II de Bourbon. Duc de Bourbonnais et d'Auvergne . Les belles lettres, Paris 1944.
- Denis Bingham: The marriages of the Bourbons . Chapman & Hall, London 1890.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Charles I. |
Duke of Bourbon Duke of Auvergne 1456–1488 ![]() |
Charles II |
Charles I. |
Earl of Forez 1456–1488 |
Pierre II. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jean II de Bourbon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John II of Bourbon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Forez |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1426 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1488 |
Place of death | Moulins |