César, Duke of Vendôme
César | |||||
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Duke of Vendôme | |||||
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Born | June 1594 Château de Coucy, Picardy, France | ||||
Died | 22 October 1665 Paris, France | (aged 71)||||
Spouse |
Françoise de Lorraine (m. 1608) | ||||
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Bourbon-Vendôme | |||||
Father | Henry IV of France | ||||
Mother | Gabrielle d'Estrées |
César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France (June 1594 – 22 October 1665) was the illegitimate son of
Biography
Born in June 1594 at the
In 1598, César was created
He was his father's first son but due to his illegitimacy, was not allowed to inherit the throne; his half-brother, the future
On 16 July 1608, at the
César was involved in many noble intrigues during the reign of his half-brother
In 1632, he returned to France but was soon accused of plotting the death of Richelieu and was exiled again, first to Holland then to England.
He reconciled with his half-brother in December 1642, a year before his death and the accession of his nephew Louis XIV. The reconciliation occurred after the death of Richelieu.
César led the royal troops against the rebels in
Early in 1665 the Duke of Vendôme was created the Grand Master of Navigation. He died later that year on 22 October 1665 in Paris and was buried in the chapel of Saint-Georges at the Château of Vendôme.
Issue
Cesar and Françoise had:
- Louis de Bourbon, 2nd Duke of Vendôme married Laura Mancini[10]
- François de Bourbon, 2nd Duke of Beaufort[11]
- Élisabeth de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Vendôme, married in Paris on 11 July 1643 Charles Amédée of Savoy, Duke of Nemours[12]
References
- ^ a b c d Gerber 2012, p. 80.
- ^ Wellman 2013, p. 352.
- ^ Collins 1994, p. 115.
- ^ Rowlands 2002, p. 308.
- ^ Kamen 2000, p. 301.
- ^ Gerber 2012, p. 81.
- ^ Moote 1989, p. 191.
- ^ Greengrass 2015, p. 122.
- ^ James 2004, p. 157.
- ^ Mansel 2019, p. xxx.
- ^ Swann 2017, p. 105.
- ^ Orr 2004, Table 2.
Sources
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- Gerber, Matthew (2012). Bastards: Politics, Family, and Law in Early Modern France. Oxford University Press.
- Greengrass, Mark (2015). Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648. Penguin Books.
- James, Alan (2004). The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661. The Boydell Press.
- Kamen, Henry (2000). Who's who in Europe, 1450-1750. Routledge.
- Mansel, Philip (2019). King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV. University of Chicago Press.xxx
- Moote, A. Lloyd (1989). Louis XIII, the Just. University of California Press.
- Orr, Clarissa Campbell, ed. (2004). Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Cambridge University Press.19
- Rowlands, Guy (2002). The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV: Royal Service and Private Interest, 1661-1701. Cambridge University Press.
- Swann, Julian (2017). Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death: The Politics of Disgrace in Bourbon France, 1610-1789. Oxford University Press.
- Wellman, Kathleen (2013). Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press.