Charles I of Bourbon (1401 – 4 December 1456, Château de Moulins) oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie de Berry, duchesse d'Auvergne; was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy more than eighteen years before his father's death.[1]
In 1425, Charles renewed his earlier betrothal by marrying Agnes of Burgundy (1407–1476), daughter of John the Fearless.[2]
Charles served with distinction in the Royal army during the Hundred Years' War, while nevertheless maintaining a truce with his brother-in-law and otherwise enemy, Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. Both dukes were reconciled and signed an alliance by 1440.[3] He was present at the coronation of Charles VII where he fulfilled the function of a peer and conferred knighthood.[4]
Despite this service, he took part in the "Praguerie" (a revolt by the French nobles against Charles VII) in 1439–1440. When the revolt collapsed, he was forced to beg for mercy from the King, and was stripped of some of his lands.[5] He died on his estates in 1456.
Children
Charles and Agnes had eleven children:
- John of Bourbon (1426–1488), Duke of Bourbon
- Mary of Bourbon (1428–1448), married in 1444 John II, Duke of Lorraine
- Philip of Bourbon (1430–1440), Lord of Beaujeu
- Charles of Bourbon (Château de Moulins 1434–1488, Lyon), Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon and Duke of Bourbon
- Isabella of Bourbon (1436–1465), married Charles, Duke of Burgundy
- Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of Bourbon
- Louis of Bourbon (1438 – August 30, 1482, murdered), Bishop of Liège
- Margaret of Bourbon (February 5, 1439 – 1483, Château du Pont-Ains), married in Moulins on April 6, 1472 Philip II, Duke of Savoy
- Catherine of Bourbon (Liège, 1440 – May 21, 1469, Nijmegen), married on December 28, 1463 in Bruges Adolf II, Duke of Guelders
- Joanna of Bourbon (1442–1493, Brussels), married in Brussels in 1467 John II of Chalon, Prince of Orange
- Jacques of Bourbon (1445–1468, Bruges), Count of Montpensier. Unmarried
Notes
- ^ Pernoud, Régine, Marie-Véronique Clin, Prof. Jeremy duQuesnay Adams, and Bonnie Wheeler, Joan of Arc, (St.Martin's Press:New York, 1986), 177.
- ^ Vaughan, Richard, Philip the Good, (The Boydell Press: London, 2004), 123.
- ^ Vaughan, Richard, Philip the Good, 123.
- ^ Pernoud, Régine, Joan of Arc, 177.
- ^ Pernoud, Régine, Joan of Arc, 177
References
- Pernoud, Régine, Marie-Véronique Clin, Prof. Jeremy duQuesnay Adams, and Bonnie Wheeler, Joan of Arc, (St.Martin's Press:New York, 1986)
- Vaughan, Richard, Philip the Good, (The Boydell Press: London, 2004)
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Duke of Auvergne 1434–1456 |
Succeeded by John II |
| Preceded by John I |
Duke of Bourbon Count of Forez 1434–1456 |
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| Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1424–1456 |
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