Anne de Bourbon
Anne | |
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John de Valois, Count of Montpensier Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria | |
| Issue | Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria |
| Father | John I, Count of La Marche |
| Mother | Catherine of Vendôme |
Anne de Bourbon (1380 – September 1408) was a daughter of John I, Count of La Marche and his wife Catherine of Vendôme. She was a member of the House of Bourbon.
Family
Anne was one of the seven children of
Queen Charlotte of Cyprus. Through her sister, Anne was the aunt of John II of Cyprus and Anne, Duchess of Savoy
. She also had an illegitimate half-brother by her father's relationship with a mistress.
Anne's paternal grandparents were
Jeanne of Ponthieu
.
First marriage
In 1390, Anne became the second wife of
Catherine of Valois
had died at the age of 10, so John was in need of an heir. Like his first marriage however, Anne and John produced no surviving children. He died in 1397, freeing Anne for a second marriage.
Second marriage
On October 1, 1402, in Paris, Anne remarried to Louis of Bavaria, the brother of Queen Isabeau of France.[2] He succeeded his father as Duke of Bavaria in 1413, after Anne's death. They had one surviving son:
- Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria (1 September 1403 – 7 April 1445)
Anne died in September, 1408 and was buried in the now-demolished church of the Couvent des Jacobins in Paris. Louis would remarry to Catherine of Alençon in 1413.
References
- ^ Lehoux 1966, p. 439.
- ^ Adams 2010, p. 256.
Sources
- Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9926-3.
- Lehoux, Francoise (1966). Jean de France, due de Berri: sa vie, son action politique (1340-1416) (in French). Vol. 2. Picard.
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