Louis I, Count of Montpensier

For other uses of "Louis, Dauphin", see Louis, Dauphin (disambiguation).

Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Coat-of-arms of Louis I, Count of Montpensier after 1428.
Born	1405
Died	May 1486 Rome
Noble family	Bourbon-Montpensier
Spouse(s)	Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne
Issue	Gilbert, Count of Montpensier John Gabrielle de Bourbon Charlotte
Father	John I, Duke of Bourbon
Mother	Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.^[1] He was Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne and was a younger brother of Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.

Family

Coat-of-arms of Louis before 1428.

In 1428, Louis married Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne,^[2] daughter and heiress of Beraud III, Dauphin of Auvergne and Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne. After her death in 1436, he retained those titles (his paternal grandmother having been Anne of Auvergne, daughter of Dauphin Beraud II). On 5 February 1442, he married Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne,^[3] daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne, and Jacquette of Peschin.^[4] The couple had four children:

• Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)^[1]
• John (1445–1485)
• Gabrielle de Bourbon (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille,^[3] Prince of Talmond
• Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468 Wolfert van Borselen,^[3] Count of Grandpré and Earl of Buchan

Louis was succeeded by his son Gilbert.

See also

• Duke of Bourbon

References

1. Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 25.
2. Manry 1974, p. 233.
3. Dupont-Pierrart 2017, p. 301.
4. Durand 2000, p. 45.

Sources

• Dupont-Pierrart, Nicole (2017). Claire de Gonzague Comtesse de Bourbon-Montpensier (1464-1503): Une princess italienne a la cour de France (in French). Presses Universitaires Septentrion.
• Durand, Yves (2000). Etat et société en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: Mélanges offerts à (in French). Presses de l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne.
• Manry, André-Georges (1974). Histoire de l'Auvergne (in French). Privat Editeur.
• Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.

Louis I, Count of Montpensier Bourbon-Montpensier Born: 1405 Died: May 1486
Preceded by John I	Count of Montpensier 1428–1486	Succeeded by Gilbert
Preceded by Jeanne	Dauphin d'Auvergne Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne 1428–1486 With: Jeanne 1428–1436