Jean VIII de Bourbon, comte de Vendôme

Jean de Bourbon (German: Johann von Bourbon ; * 1428 ; † January 6, 1478 in Lavardin ) was Count of Vendôme (as Jean VIII) from 1446 until his death . He was the only son of his predecessor, Count Louis I de Bourbon and his second wife Jeanne de Montfort-Laval († 1468).

Through his father, Jean came from the younger branch of the House of Bourbon , which was of royal Capetian origin, descended from King Louis IX. the saint .

Life

During the Hundred Years War against England , Jean took part in the wake of the Bastard of Orléans in the conquests of Rouen (1449) and Bordeaux (1453). As early as 1451, after the capture of Fronsac , he was knighted. In 1458 he was a member of the royal court, which sentenced Duke John II of Alençon to death for insulting majesty . Jean represented the county of Champagne at the coronation of King Louis XI in 1461 . , to which he remained loyal during the uprising of the Ligue du Bien public in 1465. He fought for the royal on July 16 of the same year in the battle of Montlhéry . In the following years Jean was a member of the royal court that sentenced his cousin Jacques d'Armagnac , Duke of Nemours , to death. In 1469 he was a member of the French greats who unsuccessfully pleaded in Amboise to restart the war against England. In the same year Jean was accepted into the Order of Michael , but was not a founding member of this order.

Jean died in Lavardin in 1478, according to a manuscript from the collegiate church of Vendôme as a result of poisoning. During his life he promoted the expansion of religious institutions in Vendôme such as the chapel of Saint-Jacques or the aforementioned collegiate church, in which he was also buried. He had the church of Marie Madeleine rebuilt around 1474.

Marriage and offspring

Jean VIII. De Bourbon married Isabelle, lady of La Roche-sur-Yon († 1475) in Angers on September 9, 1454 . She was the daughter of the Seneschal of Anjou , Louis de Beauvau. The children of this marriage were:

• Jeanne de Bourbon (* 1460; † 1487), Lady of Rochefort
  • ∞ married Louis de Joyeuse , Count of Grandpré († 1498) in 1478
• Catherine de Bourbon le Pieuse (* 1462; † after 1525)
  • ∞ married Gilbert de Chabannes, Baron von Rochefort ( House of Chabannes ) in Paris in 1484
• Jeanne de Bourbon la Belle (1465 - January 22, 1511)
  • ∞ first marriage in 1487 to Duke Jean II. De Bourbon (1426–1488)
  • ∞ second marriage in 1495 to Johann III. , Count of Auvergne († 1501)
  • ∞ third marriage in 1503 to François de la Pause, Baron de la Garde
• Renée de Bourbon (* 1468; † around 1534), Abbess of Fontevrault
• François de Bourbon (* 1470; † 1495), successor as Count of Vendôme
• Louis de Bourbon (* 1473; † 1520), Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon, descendants are the Dukes of Montpensier
• Charlotte de Bourbon (* 1474; † 1520)
  • ∞ married Engelbert von Kleve , Count of Nevers and Eu († 1506) in 1490
• Isabelle de Bourbon (* 1475; † around 1531), Abbess of Sainte Trinité in Caen

Furthermore, two illegitimate sons are known of Johann:

• Jacques de Vendôme (* 1455; † 1524), legitimized in 1518, Baron von Ligny
• Louis de Vendôme (*?; † 1510 in Tours ), legitimized in 1490, from 1484 to 1510 Bishop of Avranches

literature

• Adolphe Delahays: La Loire historique, pittoresque et biographique . Volume 3. Delahays, Paris 1858, pp. 863–864 ( PDF ; 36.7 MB).
• Michel Simon: Histoire de Vendôme et de ses environs . Volume 1. Henrion-Loiseau, Vendôme 1834, pp. 223-238 ( PDF ; 15 MB).
• Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais : L'Art de vérifier les dates , des faits historiques, des chartes, des chroniques, et autres anciens monuments, depuis la naissance de Notre-Seigneur . Arthus-Betrand, Paris 1818, pp. 506–507 ( PDF ; 30.3 MB).

predecessor	Office	successor
Louis I.	Count of Vendôme 1412–1478	François