Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol
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Francis de Bourbon | |
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Count of St. Pol | |
Born | 6 October 1491 Ham, Somme, Kingdom of France |
Died | 1 September 1545 Reims, Kingdom of France |
Noble family | Bourbon-Vendôme |
Spouse(s) | Adrienne, Duchesse d'Estouteville |
Issue | Francis II de Bourbon-Saint-Pol Marie |
Father | Francis, Count of Vendôme |
Mother | Marie I, Countess of Saint-Pol and Soissons |
Francis I de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol, Duke of Estouteville (6 October 1491 – 1 September 1545), was a French prince and important military commander during the Italian Wars.
Francis was the second son of
His marriage on 9 February 1534 with the heiress Adrienne, Dame d’Estouteville, brought him several baronies which comprised the lands of the Norman House of Estouteville: Vallemont, Varengeville, Berneval, and Cleuville. These were erected for Francis into the dukedom of Estouteville by royal letters patent registered 12 September 1534 in the Parlement of Rouen, the couple's marriage contract being registered by the Parlement of Paris on 16 April 1540. In 1537 he exchanged the countship of St. Pol for that of Montfort-l'Amaury with King Francis I, but in 1544 it was returned to him to enjoy as before the war.
He was knighted by Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard after the Battle of Marignano in 1515. He participated in the defence of Mézières in 1521, fought under Bonnivet and Bayard at the lost Battle of the Sesia (1524) and was made prisoner at the Battle of Pavia in 1525.
In 1527 he became governor of the
He was present at the meeting between Francis I of France and Pope Clement VII in Marseille in 1533.
In 1542, he joined the Dauphin in
Marriage and children
He married, on 9 February 1534, Adrienne, duchesse d'Estouteville 1512-1560:
- Francis II de Bourbon-Saint-Pol (1536-1546),
- Marie (1539-1601), his successor, married her first cousin Jean, Count of Soissons and Enghien, and then Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville.
References
- ^ Collection des ordonnances des rois de France: Supplément, 1527–1547, 6 (Paris, 1894), p. 49 no. 19154.
- Charles Gavard, «Galerie Historique du Palais de Versailles. Vol.VIII» (1846) Imprimerie Royale.