House of Bourbon

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House of Bourbon
Parma
EtymologyBourbon
Founded1272; 752 years ago (1272)
FounderRobert, Count of Clermont, the sixth son of King Louis IX of France, married Beatrice of Bourbon
Current headPrince Louis, Duke of Anjou
Final ruler
(1859–1861)
Titles
List
Estate(s)
  • France
  • Navarre
  • Spain
  • Two Sicilies
  • Luxembourg
  • Parma
Deposition

The House of Bourbon (English: /ˈbʊərbən/, also UK: /ˈbɔːrbɒn/; French: [buʁbɔ̃]) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. A branch descended from the French Bourbons came to rule Spain in the 18th century and is the current Spanish royal family. Further branches, descended from the Spanish Bourbons, held thrones in Naples, Sicily, and Parma. Today, Spain and Luxembourg have monarchs of the House of Bourbon. The royal Bourbons originated in 1272, when Robert, the youngest son of King Louis IX of France, married the heiress of the lordship of Bourbon.[2] The house continued for three centuries as a cadet branch, serving as nobles under the direct Capetian and Valois kings.

The senior line of the House of Bourbon became extinct in the male line in 1527 with the death of Duke

Charles III of Bourbon. This made the junior Bourbon-Vendôme branch the genealogically senior branch of the House of Bourbon. In 1589, at the death of Henry III of France, the House of Valois became extinct in the male line. Under the Salic law, the head of the House of Bourbon, as the senior representative of the senior-surviving branch of the Capetian dynasty, became King of France as Henry IV.[2] Bourbon monarchs then united to France the part of the Kingdom of Navarre north of the Pyrenees, which Henry's father had acquired by marriage in 1555, ruling both until the 1792 overthrow of the monarchy during the French Revolution. Restored briefly in 1814 and definitively in 1815 after the fall of the First French Empire, the senior line of the Bourbons was finally overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830. A cadet Bourbon branch, the House of Orléans
, then ruled for 18 years (1830–1848), until it too was overthrown.

The

princes of the blood, were prominent French noble families, well known for their participation in French affairs, even during exile in the French Revolution, until their respective extinctions in 1830 and 1814. Consequently, since the extinction of the Capetian House of Courtenay in 1733, the Bourbons are the only extant legitimate branch of the House of Capet. Although illegitimate, the House of Braganza traces it's line to the House of Capet via their descent from Robert II of France through the First House of Burgundy, then through the Portuguese House of Burgundy. Peter I of Portugal fathered an illegitimate son John I of Portugal, founder of the House of Aviz who in turn fathered an illegitimate son named Afonso, who in turn founded the extant House of Braganza
.

In 1700, at the death of King

Sicily from 1735 to 1816, and in a unified Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1816 to 1861. They also ruled in Parma from 1731 to 1735, 1748–1802 and 1847–1859, the Kingdom of Etruria 1802–1807 and Duchy of Lucca
1814–1847.

Grand Duchess

Charlotte of Luxembourg married Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, and thus her successors, who have reigned in Luxembourg since her abdication in 1964, have also been members of the House of Bourbon. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, regent for her father, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, married a cadet of the Orléans line and thus their descendants, known as the Orléans-Braganza, were in the line of succession to the Brazilian throne and expected to ascend its throne had the monarchy not been abolished by a coup in 1889
.

All legitimate, living members of the House of Bourbon, including its cadet branches, are direct

agnatic descendants of Henry IV through his son Louis XIII
of France.

Origins

The castle of Bourbon-l'Archambault

The pre-Capetian House of

King of France. The term House of Bourbon ("Maison de Bourbon") is sometimes used to refer to this first house and the House of Bourbon-Dampierre, the second family to rule the seigneury
.

In 1272,

Beatrix of Bourbon, heiress to the lordship of Bourbon and member of the House of Bourbon-Dampierre.[2] Their son Louis was made Duke of Bourbon in 1327. His descendant, the Constable of France Charles de Bourbon, was the last of the senior Bourbon line when he died in 1527. Because he chose to fight under the banner of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
and lived in exile from France, his title was discontinued after his death.

The remaining line of Bourbons henceforth descended from

Count of Vendôme through his mother's inheritance.[2] In 1525, at the death of Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, all of the princes of the blood royal
were Bourbons; all remaining members of the House of Valois were members of the king's immediate family.

In 1514,

Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé. Louis' male-line descendants, the Princes de Condé, survived until 1830. Finally, in 1589, the House of Valois died out and Antoine's son Henry III of Navarre became Henry IV of France.[2]

List of Bourbons

Bourbon branches

Family from India's claim to be a branch and their claim to The "Throne of France"

As per the latest research carried out by

Prince Michael of Greece and incorporated in his historical novel, Le Rajah Bourbon,[7] Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon from India is the senior heir in line to the French throne.[4][5][6][8]

France

French kings from House of Bourbon. Family tree

Rise of Henry IV

The first Bourbon

Duke of Vendôme at the age of 10, with Admiral Gaspard de Coligny (1519–1572) as his regent. Seven years later, the young duke became the nominal leader of the Huguenots after the death of his uncle the Prince de Condé
in 1569.

Henry succeeded to Navarre as Henry III when his mother died in 1572. That same year

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
. Henry saved his own life by converting to Catholicism. He repudiated his conversion in 1576 and resumed his leadership of the Huguenots.

The period from 1576 to 1584 was relatively calm in France, with the Huguenots consolidating control of much of the south with only occasional interference from the royal government. Extended civil war erupted again in 1584, when

François, Duke of Anjou, younger brother of King Henry III of France, died, leaving Navarre next in line for the throne. Thus began the War of the Three Henrys, as Henry of Navarre, Henry III, and the ultra-Catholic leader, Henry of Guise
, fought a confusing three-cornered struggle for dominance. After Henry III was assassinated on 31 July 1589, Navarre claimed the throne as the first Bourbon king of France, Henry IV.

Much of Catholic France, organized into the

Cathedral of Chartres on 27 February 1594.[10]

Early Bourbons in France

Henry granted the

Treaty of Vervins
ended the war with Spain, adjusted the Spanish-French border, and resulted in a belated recognition by Spain of Henry as king of France.

Ably assisted by

Gobelins
; and intervened in favor of Protestants in the duchies and earldoms along the German frontier. This last was to be the cause of his assassination.

Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon King of France

Henry's marriage to Margaret, which had produced no heir, was annulled in 1599 and he married

Louis XIII was only nine years old when he succeeded his father.[2] He was to prove a weak ruler; his reign was effectively a series of distinct regimes, depending who held the effective reins of power. At first, Marie de' Medici, his mother, served as regent and advanced a pro-Spanish policy. To deal with the financial troubles of France, Louis summoned the Estates General in 1614; this would be the last time that body met until the eve of the French Revolution. Marie arranged the 1615 marriage of Louis to Anne of Austria, the daughter of King Philip III of Spain
.

In 1617, however, Louis conspired with

Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
, a former protégé of his mother, the chief minister of France in 1624.

Richelieu advanced an anti-

Henrietta Maria, to marry King Charles I of England, on 11 May 1625. Her pro-Catholic propaganda in England was one of the contributing factors to the English Civil War. Richelieu, as ambitious for France and the French monarchy as for himself, laid the ground for the absolute monarchy that would last in France until the Revolution. He wanted to establish a dominating position for France in Europe, and he wanted to unify France under the monarchy. He established the role of intendants
, non-noble men whose arbitrary powers of administration were granted (and revocable) by the monarch, superseding many of the traditional duties and privileges of the noble governors.

Although it required a succession of internal military campaigns, he disarmed the fortified Huguenot towns that Henry had allowed. He involved France in the

Jules Mazarin as a successor. Louis XIII outlived him but by one year, dying in 1643 at the age of forty-two. After a childless marriage for twenty-three years his queen, Anne, delivered a son on 5 September 1638, whom he named Louis after himself.[2]

In the mid eighteenth century, the Bourbon monarchy had a faulty system for finance and taxation. Their lacking a national bank led to them taking short-term loans, and ordering financial agents to make payments in advance or in excess of tax revenues collected.[11]

Louis XIV and Louis XV

Royal Coat of arms of the Kingdom of France and Navarre.

Frondes
. He continued to war with Spain until 1659.

In that year the

Elisabeth, the sister of Louis XIII. They were married in 1660 and had a son, Louis, in 1661.[2]
Mazarin died on 9 March 1661 and it was expected that Louis would appoint another chief minister, as had become the tradition, but instead he shocked the country by announcing he would rule alone.

For six years Louis reformed the finances of his state and built formidable armed forces. France fought a series of wars from 1667 onward and gained some territory on its northern and eastern borders. Maria Theresa died in 1683 and the next year he secretly married the devoutly Catholic Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. Louis XIV began to persecute Protestants, undoing the religious tolerance established by his grandfather Henry IV, culminating in his revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

The last war waged by Louis XIV proved to be one of the most important to dynastic Europe. In 1700, King Charles II of Spain, a Habsburg, died without a son. Louis's only legitimate son, the Grand Dauphin, as the late king's nephew, was the closest heir; and Charles willed the kingdom to the Dauphin's second son, the Duke of Anjou. Other powers, particularly the Austrian Habsburgs, who had the next closest claims, objected to such a vast increase in French power.

Initially, most of the other powers were willing to accept Anjou's reign as Philip V, but Louis's mishandling of their concerns soon drove the English, Dutch and other powers to join the Austrians in a coalition against France. The War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701 and raged for 12 years. In the end Louis's grandson was recognized as king of Spain, but he was obliged to agree to the forfeiture of succession rights in France, the Spanish Habsburgs' other European territories were largely ceded to Austria, and France was nearly bankrupted by the cost of the struggle. Louis died on 1 September 1715 ending his seventy-two-year reign, the longest in European history.

Dynastic group portrait of Louis XIV (seated) with his son the Louis the Grand Dauphin (to the left), his grandson Louis, Duke of Burgundy (to the right), his great-grandson the duc d'Anjou, later Louis XV, and Madame de Ventadour, his governess, who commissioned this painting some years later; busts of Henry IV and Louis XIII in the background.

The reign of Louis XIV was so long that he outlived both his son and eldest grandson. He was succeeded by his great-grandson Louis XV.[2] Louis XV was born on 15 February 1710 and was thus aged only five at his ascension, the third Louis in a row to become king of France before the age of thirteen (Louis XIII became king at 9, Louis XIV at almost 5 and himself at 5). Initially, the regency was held by Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Louis XIV's nephew, as nearest adult male to the throne.[2] This Régence was seen as a period of greater individual expression, manifested in secular, artistic, literary and colonial activity, in contrast to the austere latter years of Louis XIV's reign.

Following Orléans' death in 1723, the

infanta
was still a young girl.

A posthumous painting commissioned around 1670 by Philippe de France. It shows the French Bourbon family around that time. It includes: Henrietta Maria of France (d. 1669), exiled Queen of England; Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, founder of the House of Orléans; his first wife Princess Henriette (d. 1670); the couple's first daughter Marie Louise d'Orléans (later Queen of Spain); Anne of Austria (d. 1666); the Orléans daughters of Gaston, Duke of Orléans; Louis XIV; the Dauphin of France with his wife Maria Theresa of Spain with her third daughter Marie-Thérèse, called Madame Royale (died 1672) and her second son Philippe-Charles de France, duc d'Anjou (d. 1671). The first daughter of Gaston stands on the far right: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans. The picture frame with the two children are the other two daughters of Louis and Maria Theresa who died in 1662 and 1664.

Nevertheless, Bourbon's action brought a very negative response from Spain, and for his incompetence Bourbon was soon replaced by Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, the young king's tutor, in 1726. Fleury was a peace-loving man who intended to keep France out of war, but circumstances presented themselves that made this impossible.

The first cause of these wars came in 1733 when

Augustus III
, Elector of Saxony and son of Augustus II.

Stanislas lost the Polish crown, but he was given the

Frederick II of Prussia against Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary
. Fleury died in 1743 before the conclusion of the war.

Shortly after Fleury's death in 1745 Louis was influenced by his mistress the

Marquise de Pompadour to reverse the policy of France in 1756 by creating an alliance with Austria against Prussia in the Seven Years' War. The war was a disaster for France, which lost most of her overseas possessions to the British in the Treaty of Paris (1763)
. Maria, his wife, died in 1768 and Louis himself died on 10 May 1774.

French Revolution

Estates-General
on 5 May 1789.

They formed the National Assembly and forced Louis to accept a constitution that limited his powers on 14 July 1789. He tried to flee France in June 1791, but was captured. The French monarchy was abolished on 21 September 1792 and a republic was proclaimed. The chain of Bourbon monarchs begun in 1589 was broken. Louis XVI was executed on 21 January 1793.

Marie Antoinette and her son, Louis, were held as prisoners. Many French royalists proclaimed him Louis XVII, but he never reigned. She was executed on 16 October 1793. He died of tuberculosis on 8 June 1795 at the age of ten while in captivity.[13]

The

Napoleon Bonaparte deposed him and installed his brother, Joseph
, as king. Ferdinand continued to rule from Sicily until 1815.

Napoleon conquered Parma in 1800 and compensated the Bourbon duke with Etruria, a new kingdom he created from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It was short-lived, counting only two monarchs, Louis and Louis II, as Napoleon annexed Etruria in 1807.

King

Ferdinand, was plotting to overthrow him. Napoleon exploited the situation and invaded Spain in March 1808. This led to an uprising that forced Charles to abdicate on 19 March 1808 in favor of his son, who became Ferdinand VII. Napoleon forced Ferdinand to return the crown to Charles on 30 April and then convinced Charles to relinquish it to him on 10 May 1808. In turn, he gave it to his brother, Joseph, king of Naples on 6 June 1808. Joseph abandoned Naples to Joachim Murat, the husband of Napoleon's sister. This was very unpopular in Spain and resulted in the Peninsular War
, a struggle that would contribute to the downfall of Napoleon.

Bourbon Restoration

.

With the abdication of Napoleon on 11 April 1814 the Bourbon dynasty was restored to the Kingdom of France in the person of Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI. Napoleon escaped from exile and Louis fled in March 1815. Louis was again restored after the Battle of Waterloo on 7 July 1815.

The conservative elements of Europe dominated the post-Napoleonic age, but the values of the French Revolution could not be easily swept aside. Louis granted a

Talleyrand, "they had learned nothing and forgotten nothing."[15]

Aftermath

Charles passed several laws that appealed to the upper class, but angered the middle class. The situation came to a head when he appointed a new minister on 8 August 1829 who did not have the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies. The chamber censured the king on 18 March 1830 and in response Charles proclaimed the July Ordinances on 26 July 1830 intended to silence criticism against him.[citation needed] This resulted in the July Revolution.

Coat of arms of Louis Philippe of the Orléanist cadet branch, French king during the July Monarchy 1830–48 (with the revolutionary Tricolour flag and the Napoleonic Order of the Legion of Honour)

As a compromise the crown was offered to

tricolour, he was proclaimed King of the French on 7 August 1847. The resulting regime, known as the July Monarchy, lasted until the Revolution of 1848. The Bourbon monarchy in France ended on 24 February 1848, when Louis Philippe was forced to abdicate and the short-lived Second Republic
was established.

Some Legitimists refused to recognize the Orléanist monarchy. After the death of Charles in 1836 his son was proclaimed Louis XIX, though this title was never formally recognized. Charles' grandson Henri, Count of Chambord, the last Bourbon claimant of the French crown, was proclaimed by some Henry V, but the French monarchy was never restored.

Following the 1870 collapse of the

French National Assembly
could not possibly agree.

A temporary

Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou
.

However the terms of the Peace of Utrecht forbade the descendants of Philip V of Spain from inheriting the throne of France, therefore many monarchists recognised the Orléans line as heirs to the French throne.

By an ordinance of Louis Philippe I of 13 August 1830, it was decided that the king's children (and his sister) would continue to bear the arms of Orléans, that Louis-Philippe's eldest son, as Prince Royal, would bear the title of Duke of Orléans, that the younger sons would continue to have their existing titles, and that the sister and daughters of the king would be styled Royal Highness and "d'Orléans," but the Orléans dynasts did not take the name "of France."

Bourbons of Spain and Italy

Spanish kings from the House of Bourbon

Philip V

King of Spain
of the House of Bourbon

The Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon, also known as the

House of Bourbon-Anjou, was founded by Philip V. He was born in 1683 at Versailles, the second son of the Grand Dauphin, who was eldest son of Louis XIV. He was Duke of Anjou and probably never expected to be raised to a rank higher than that. However, King Charles II of Spain, dying without issue, willed the throne to his grand-nephew the Duke of Anjou, who was the younger grandson of his eldest sister Marie-Thérèse
, who had married Louis XIV.

The prospect of Bourbons on both the French and Spanish thrones was resisted as creating an

king of Spain but his renunciation of succession rights to France was affirmed and, of the Spanish Empire's other European territories, Sicily was ceded to Savoy, and the Spanish Netherlands, Milan and Naples were allotted to the Austrian Habsburgs
.

Philip had two sons by his first wife. After her death, he married

Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, in 1714. She presented Philip with three sons, for whom she had ambitions of securing Italian crowns. She therefore induced Philip to occupy Sardinia
and Sicily in 1717.

A

Louis I
, his eldest son with his first wife, but Louis died in August and Philip resumed the crown.

When the War of the Polish Succession began in 1733, Philip and Elisabeth saw another opportunity to advance the claims of their sons and recover at least part of the former possessions of the Spanish crown on the Italian peninsula. Philip signed the Family Compact with Louis XV, his nephew and king of France. Charles, Duke of Parma since 1731, invaded Naples. At the conclusion of peace on 13 November 1738, control of Parma and Piacenza was ceded to Austria, which had occupied the duchies but was now forced to recognise Charles as king of Naples and Sicily. Philip also used the War of the Austrian Succession to win back control of Parma. He did not live to see it to its conclusion, however, dying in 1746.

Ferdinand VI and Charles III

Coat of arms of Ferdinand VI at the Omoa Fortress in Honduras.

Ferdinand VI, second son of Philip V and his first wife, succeeded his father. He was a peace-loving monarch who kept Spain out of the Seven Years' War. He died in 1759 in the midst of that conflict and was succeeded by his half-brother Charles III, already reigning as king in Naples and Sicily.

Following Spain's victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Bitonto, it proved inexpedient to reunite Naples and Sicily to Spain, so as a compromise Charles became King of Naples, as Charles IV and VII of Sicily. Following Charles' accession to the Spanish throne in 1759, he was required, by the Treaty of Naples of 3 October 1759, to abdicate Naples and Sicily to his third son, Ferdinand, thus initiating the branch known as the Neapolitan Bourbons.

Charles revived the Family Compact with France on 15 August 1761 and joined in the Seven Years' War against Britain in 1762; the reformist policies he had espoused in Naples were pursued with similar energy in Spain, where he completely overhauled the cumbersome bureaucracy of the state. As a French ally, he opposed Britain during the American Revolution in June 1779, supplying large quantities of weapons and munitions to the rebels and keeping one third of all the British forces in the Americas occupied defending Florida and what is now Alabama, which were ultimately recaptured by Spain. Charles died in 1788.

Bourbons of Parma

Elisabeth Farnese's ambitions were realized at the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748 when the

Philip, and combined with the former Duchy of Guastalla of the Gonzagas
. Elisabeth died in 1766.

Later Bourbon monarchs outside France

Coat of Arms of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Coat of Arms of the House of Bourbon-Parma

Upon the fall of the French Empire, Ferdinand I was restored to his throne in Naples, forming the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816 and founding the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. His subjects revolted in 1820 and he was forced to grant a constitution; Austria invaded in March 1821 at his request and revoked the constitution. He was succeeded by his son, Francis I, in 1825 and by his grandson, Ferdinand II, in 1830. A revolution in Sicily erupted in January 1848 and Ferdinand was also forced to grant a constitution. This constitution was revoked in 1849. Ferdinand was succeeded by his son, Francis II, in May 1859.

When

captured by the Piedmontese troops in February 1861. His kingdom was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy on 17 March 1861, after the fall the fortress of Messina (surrendered on 12 March), although the Neapolitan troops in Civitella del Tronto
resisted three days longer.

After the fall of Napoleon, Napoleon's wife,

Robert I, in 1854. The people of Parma voted for a union with the Kingdom of Sardinia
in 1860. After Italian unification the next year, the Bourbon dynasty in Italy was no more.

Ferdinand VII was restored to the throne of Spain in March 1814. Like his Italian Bourbon counterpart, his subjects

Don Carlos
, of the throne.

Isabella II succeeded her father when he died in 1833. She was only three years old and Maria Cristina, her mother, served as regent. Maria knew that she needed the support of the liberals to oppose Don Carlos so she granted a constitution in 1834. Don Carlos found his greatest support in Catalonia and the Basque country because the constitution centralized the provinces thus denying them the autonomy they sought. He was defeated and fled the country in 1839. Isabella was declared of age in 1843 and she married her cousin Francisco de Asís
, the son of her father's brother, on 10 October 1846. A military revolution broke out against Isabella in 1868 and she was deposed on 29 September 1868. She abdicated in favor of her son, Alfonso, in 1870, but Spain was proclaimed a republic for a brief time.

When the

Don Carlos, who returned to Spain, was defeated and resumed his exile in February 1876. Alfonso granted a new constitution
in July 1876 that was more liberal than the one granted by his grandmother. His reign was cut short when he died in 1885 at the age of twenty-eight.

Alfonso XIII was born on 17 May 1886 after the death of his father. His mother, Maria Christina, the second wife of Alfonso XII served as regent. Alfonso XIII was declared of age in 1902 and he married Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, the granddaughter of the British Queen Victoria on 31 May 1906. He remained neutral during World War I, but supported the military coup of Miguel Primo de Rivera on 13 September 1923. A movement towards the establishment of a republic began in 1930 and Alfonso fled the country on 14 April 1931. He never formally abdicated, but lived the rest of his life in exile. He died in 1941.

The Bourbon dynasty seemed finished in Spain as in the rest of the world, but it would be resurrected. The

Spanish Constitution of 1978
recognized the monarchy.

Since 1964 the Bourbon-Parma line has reigned agnatically though not officially in Luxembourg through Grand Dukes

Henri
. In June 2011, Luxembourg adopted absolute primogeniture, replacing the old Semi-Salic law that might have guaranteed the survival of Bourbon rule for generations.

Though it is not as powerful as it once was and no longer reigns in its native country of France, the House of Bourbon is by no means extinct and has survived to the present-day world, predominantly composed of republics.

The House of Bourbon, in its surviving branches, is believed to be the oldest royal dynasty of Europe (and the oldest documented European family altogether) that is still existing in the direct male line today: The

Robert of Hesbaye (d. 807) as their first secured ancestor and he is believed to be a direct male descendant of Charibert de Haspengau (c. 555–636). Should this be true, only the Imperial House of Japan would outmatch the Bourbon's age, being reliably documented – as a ruling house already – from about 540. The House of Hesse traces its line back to 841, the House of Welf-Este and the House of Wettin are both emerging in the 10th century (and so do some Italian non-ruling houses like the Caetani or the Massimo family
), whereas most of the other ruling families of Europe only turn up to the light of history after the year 1000.

List of Bourbon rulers

France

Monarchs of France

Dates indicate reigns, not lifetimes.

Claimants to the throne of France

Dates indicate claims, not lifetimes.

Monarchs of France

Dates indicate reigns, not lifetimes.

  • Louis XVIII (1814–1824)
  • Charles X (1824–1830)
  • Louis-Philippe I
    (House of Bourbon-Orléans) (1830–1848)

Legitimist claimants in France

Dates indicate claims, not lifetimes.

Legitimist claimants in France (Spanish branch)

Dates indicate claims, not lifetimes.

  • Juan, Count of Montizón
    (Jean III) (1883–1887)
  • Carlos, Duke of Madrid
    (Charles XI) (1887–1909)
  • Jaime, Duke of Anjou and Madrid
    (Jacques I) (1909–1931)
  • Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime
    (Charles XII) (1931–1936)
  • Alfonso XIII of Spain (Alphonse I) (1936–1941) (did not claim the Throne of France)
  • Jaime, Duke of Segovia
    (Jacques II / Henri VI) (1941–1975)
  • Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (Alphonse II) (1975–1989)
  • Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou
    (Louis XX) (1989–present)

Orléanist and Unionist claimants in France

Dates indicate claims, not lifetimes.

Kingdom of Spain

Monarchs of Spain

Dates indicate seniority, not lifetimes. Where reign as king or queen of Spain is different, this is noted.

  • Philip V (1700–1746) [abdicated 1724, resumed throne on death of son]
  • Louis I
    [King 1724; ruled less than one year]
  • Ferdinand VI
    (1746–1759)
  • Charles III (1759–1788)
  • Charles IV (1788–1808)
  • Ferdinand VII
    (1808–1833) [King 1808, 1813–1833]
  • Isabella II
    (1833–1870) [Queen 1833–1868]
  • Alfonso XII (1870–1885) [King 1874–1885]
  • Alfonso XIII (1886–1941) [King 1886–1931]
  • Juan, Count of Barcelona
    (Juan III) (1941–1977) [did not become King]
  • Juan Carlos I (1977–2014) [King 1975–2014]
  • Felipe VI (2014–present)

"Carlist" claimants in Spain

Dates indicate claims, not lifetimes.

  • Infante Carlos, Count of Molina
    (Carlos V) (1833–1845)
  • Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin
    (Carlos VI) (1845–1861)
  • Juan, Count of Montizón
    (Juan III) (1861–1868)
  • Carlos, Duke of Madrid
    (Carlos VII) (1868–1909)
  • Jaime, Duke of Madrid
    (Jaime III) (1909–1931)
  • Alfonso Carlos of Bourbon, Duke of San Jaime
    (Alfonso Carlos I) (1931–1936)
  • Xavier, Duke of Parma
    (Xavier I) (1936–1952–1977)
  • Carlos Hugo of Bourbon, Duke of Parma
    (Carlos Hugo I) (1977–1979)
  • Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (Sixto Enrique I) (1979–present)

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Grand Dukes of Luxembourg

Dates indicate reigns, not lifetimes.

Other significant Bourbon titles

Surnames used

Officially, the

Medieval origins of the Bourbon Dynasty's name and referring to Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty
).

Members of the House of Bourbon-Condé and its cadet branches, which never ascended to the throne, used the surname "de Bourbon" until their extinction in 1830.

The daughters of Gaston, Duke of Orléans, were the first members of the House of Bourbon since the accession of Henry IV to take their surname from the appanage of their father (d'Orléans). Gaston died without a male heir; his titles reverted to the crown. It was given to his nephew, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV, whose descendants still bear the surname.

When Philippe, grandson of Louis XIV, became King of Spain as Philip V, he gave up his French titles. As a Son of France, his actual surname was "de France". However, since that surname was not heritable for descendants of rank lower than Son of France, and since Philippe had already given up his French titles, his descendants simply took the name of their royal house as their surname ("de Bourbon", rendered in Spanish as "de Borbón").

The children of Philippe's brother, Charles, Duke of Berry (all of whom died in infancy), were given the surname "d'Alençon". He was Duke of Berry only in name, so the surname of his children was taken from his first substantial duchy.

The children of Charles Philippe, Count of Artois, brother of Louis XVI, were surnamed "d'Artois". When Charles succeeded to the throne as

Henri d'Artois
, being merely a Grandson of France, would use the surname until his death.

Sovereigns of the minor branches of the House of Bourbon

  • Gabriel de Doria-Pamphili y Borbón|Gabriel de Doria-Pamphili y Borbón (1945–1998)

Capetian related branches

The three dynasties of Bourbon

The first were the lords of Bourbon, who died out by the males in 1171, then by the women in 1216. Their coat of arms are: D'or au lion de gueules, et à l'orle de huit coquilles d'azur Nicolas Louis Achaintre, Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of Bourbon vol. 1, ed. Didot, 1825, p. 45.

The second family formed by the marriage of the last descendant of the first family,

de iure uxoris
).

The third house of Bourbon acceded to the throne of

House of France, officially since 29 June 1768, date of death of Hélène de Courtenay (1689–1768), with which was extinguished the Capetian House of Courtenay
, extinction which made the House of France the only branch dynasty resulting from the dukes of Bourbon.

First House of Bourbon

The Lords of Bourbon, 9th century until 1196.

Second House of Bourbon (Bourbon-Dampierre)

Prince of Bourbon since 1196.

Third and current House of Bourbon

Princes and Dukes of Bourbon from 1327 to 1830.

|→ Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon

  x 
Marguerite de Provence
) ├─>Louis (1280–1342), Duke of Bourbon │ X Marie d'Avesnes (1280–1354) │ │ │ ├─>Pierre (1311–1356), Duke of Bourbon │ │ X Isabella of Valois (1313–1383) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne (1338–1378) │ │ │ x Charles V of France │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis II (1337–1410), Duke of Bourbon │ │ │ X Anne of Auvergne (1358–1417), Comtess de Forez │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (1381–1434), Duke of Bourbon │ │ │ │ X Marie, Duchess of Auvergne (1367–1434) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles (1401–1456), Duke de Bourbon │ │ │ │ │ X Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon (1407–1476) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean II (1426–1488), Duke de Bourbon │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Jeanne de France (1430–1482) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Catherine d'Armagnac (+1487) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 3) Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme (1465–1512) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Jean (1487–1487), Comte de Clermont │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └3>Louis (1488–1488), Comte de Clermont │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Mathieu (+1505), Prince de Bothéon en Forez (Bouthéon) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Hector, (+1502), Archbishop of Toulouse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Pierre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Marie (+1482) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jacques de Sainte-Colombe │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Marguerite (1445–1482) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean de Ferrieres (+1497) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Maison illégitime de Bourbon-Lavedan │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Charles (+1502), vicomte de Lavedan │ │ │ │ │ │ X Louise du Lion, vicomtesse de Lavedan │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>branche illégitime des Bourbon Lavedan │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marie (1428–1448) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean II, Duke of Lorraine (1425–1470) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Philippe, prince de Beaujeu (1430–1440) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles II (1434–1488), cardinal, archevêque de Lyon, duc de Bourbon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Isabelle-Paris (+1497) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Gilbert de Chantelot │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Isabelle (1436–1465) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Charles the Bold (+1477) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis (1438–1482), évêque de Liege │ │ │ │ │ │ X inconnue │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Maison illégitime de Bourbon-Busset │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>i>Pierre de Bourbon (1464–1529), baron de Busset │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Marguerite de Tourzel, dame de Busset (+1531) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>branche illégitime des Bourbon-Busset │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis (1465–1500) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Jacques (1466–1537) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Pierre II de Beaujeu (1438–1503), Duke of Bourbon │ │ │ │ │ │ x Anne of France (1462–1522) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles, Comte de Clermont (1476–1498) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Suzanne (1491–1521) │ │ │ │ │ │ x Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490–1527) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Catherine (1440–1469) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Adolphe de Gueldres (1438–1477) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne (1442–1493) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean II de Chalon, Prince d'Orange (+1502) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marguerite (1444–1483) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438–1497) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Jacques (1445–1468) │ │ │ │ │ │ Maison illégitime de Bourbon-Roussillon │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Louis (+1487), comte de Roussillon-en-Dauphine et de Ligny │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jeanne de France (+1519) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles (+1510), comte de Roussillon et de Ligny │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Anne de La Tour (+1530) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Suzanne (1466–1531), comtesse de Roussillon et de Ligny │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean de Chabannes, comte de Dammartin │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Charles, seigneur de Boulainvilliers (+1529) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Anne │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean II, baron d'Arpajon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Jean, abbé de Senilly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Renaud (+1483), archevêque de Narbonne 1483 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Charles (1461–1504), évêque de Clermont │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Suzanne │ │ │ │ │ │ X Louis de Coustaves, seigneur de Chazelles │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Pierre (+1490), prêtre, seigneur du Bois-d'Yoin-en-Lyonnais │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Antoinette │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Pierre Dyenne │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Catherine │ │ │ │ │ │ X Pierre Holiflant │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Jeanne │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean du Fay, seigneur de Bray-en-Touraine │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Charlotte │ │ │ │ │ │ X Odilles de Senay │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Sidoine │ │ │ │ │ │ X Rene, prince de Bus │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Catherine, abbesse de Sainte-Claire-d'Aigueperse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis, comte de Forez (1403–1412) │ │ │ │ │ Maison de Bourbon-Montpensier (comtes) │ │ │ │ └─>Louis I, Count of Montpensier │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Jeanne, dauphine d'Auvergne (+1436) │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Gabrielle de La Tour (+1486) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Gilbert (1443–1496), comte de Montpensier │ │ │ │ │ │ X Claire Gonzaga (1464–1503) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louise (1482–1561), duchesse de Montpensier, dauphine d'Auvergne │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Andre III de Chauvigny (+1503) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Louis de Bourbon, prince of la Roche-sur-Yon (1473–1520) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis II (1483–1501), comte de Montpensier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490–1527), duc de Bourbon (1490–1527), le "connétable de Bourbon" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491–1521) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François, comte de Clermont (1517–1518) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>deux jumeaux (1518–1518) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Catherine │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Bertrand Salmart, seigneur of Ressis │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François (1492–1515), duc de Chatellerault │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Renée, dame de Mercœur (1494–1539) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489–1544) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Anne (1495–1510) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Jean (1445–1485) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Gabrielle (1447–1516) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Louis de la Tremoille, prince de Talmond (+1525) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └2>Charlotte (1449–1478) │ │ │ │ │ X Wolfart van Borsselen, comte de Grandpré (+1487) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Jean, comte de Velay, évêque de Puy-Rembert-en-Forez 1485 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Alexandre, prêtre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Guy (+1442) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Marguerite │ │ │ │ │ X Rodrigo de Villandrando, comte de Ribadeo │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Edmée │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis, prince de Beaujolais (1388–1404) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Catherine (1378-jeune) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Isabelle (1384-ap.1451) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Hector, prince de Dampierre-en-Champagne (1391–1414) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Perceval (1402–1415) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Pierre, chevalier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Jacques, moine │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Jean, prince de Tanry │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne (1339 – Paris 1378) │ │ │ X Charles V of France (1337–1380) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Blanche (1339–1361) │ │ │ X Peter of Castile │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Bonne (1341–1402) │ │ │ X Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (+1383) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Catherine (1342–1427) │ │ │ X John VI, Count of Harcourt (+1388) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marguerite ((1344) │ │ │ X Arnaud Amanieu d'Albret (1338–1401) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Isabelle (1345–) │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie (1347–1401), prieure de Poissy │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne (1312–1402) │ │ X Guigues VII de Forez (1299–1357) │ │ │ ├─>Marguerite (1313–1362) │ │ X 1)Jean II de Sully (+1343) │ │ X 2)Hutin de Vermeilles │ │ │ ├─>Marie (1315–1387) │ │ X 1) Guy de Lusignan (1315–1343) │ │ X 2) Robert de Tarente (+1364) │ │ │ ├─>Philippe (1316–c.1233) │ │ │ ├─>Jacques (1318–1318) │ │ Maison de Bourbon-La Marche │ ├─>Jacques (1319–1362), Count of la Marche and Count of Ponthieu │ │ X Jeanne de Chatillon, dame de Condé et Carency(1320–1371) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Isabelle (1340–1371) │ │ │ X 1) Louis II de Brienne, vicomte de Beaumont (+1364) │ │ │ X
Bouchard VII, Count of Vendôme
(+1371) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Pierre de la Marche (1342–1362) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean de Bourbon (1344–1393), comte de Vendôme et de la Marche │ │ │ x Catherine of Vendôme (+1412) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jacques II (1370–1438), comte de La Marche │ │ │ │ x 1) Béatrice d'Évreux │ │ │ │ x 2) Joanna II of Naples │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1>Isabelle (1408–c. 1445), nonne à Besançon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1>Marie (1410–c. 1445), nonne à Amiens │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └1>Eléonore de Bourbon (1412–c.1464) │ │ │ │ │ x Bernard d'Armagnac (+1462) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Claude d'Aix, moine à Dole │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Anne (+1408) │ │ │ │ X 1) Jean II de Berry (+1401), comte de Montpensier │ │ │ │ X 2) Louis VII (+1447), duc de Bavière-Ingolstadt │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Isabelle (1373–), nonne à Poissy │ │ │ │ Maison de Bourbon-Vendôme │ │ │ ├─>Louis de Bourbon (1376–1446), comte de Vendôme │ │ │ │ X 1) Blanche de Roucy (+1421) │ │ │ │ X 2) Jeanne de Laval (1406–1468) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Catherine (1425–jeune) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Gabrielle (1426–jeune) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └2>Jean VIII de Bourbon (1428–1478), comte de Vendôme │ │ │ │ │ X Isabelle de Beauvau │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne, dame de Rochefort (1460–1487) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Louis de Joyeuse, comte de Grandpre (+1498) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Catherine (1462–) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Gilbert de Chabannes, baron de Rochefort │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>
Jeanne
(1465–1511) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Jean II de Bourbon (+1488) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Jean de la Tour, comte d'Auvergne et de Boulogne (1467–1501) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 3) François de la Pause, baron de la Garde │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Renée (1468–1534), abbess of Fontevraud │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François de Bourbon (1470–1495), comte de Vendôme │ │ │ │ │ │ X
Marie of Luxembourg
(+1546) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles IV, Duke of Bourbon (1489–1537), duc de Vendôme │ │ │ │ │ │ │ x Françoise d'Alençon (1491–1550) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis (1514–1516), comte de Marle │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marie (1515–1538) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Antoine of Navarre (1518–1562), duc de Vendôme │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ x Jeanne III d'Albret (1529–1572), reine de Navarre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Henri (1551–1553), duc de Beaumont │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Kings of France
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>
Henri IV of France
(1553–1610)/Henri III de Navarre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>
Bourbon dynasty
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis, comte de Marle (1555–1557) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Madeleine (1556–1556) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Catherine (1559–1604) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Henry II de Lorraine (1563–1624) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Charles (1554–1610), Archbishop of Rouen │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Jacquinne d'Artigulouve │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X N de Navailles │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marguerite (1516–1589) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Francois I de Clèves, duc de Nevers (+1561) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Madeleine (1521–1561), abbesse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François, comte d'Enghien (1519–1546) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis (1522–1525) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles (1523–1590), cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Poullain │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Catherine, abbesse (1525–1594) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (1528–1557), comte de Soissons et d'Enghien, duc d'Estouteville │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Marie (1539–1601), duchesse d'Estouteville │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>N de Valency (+1562) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Renée, abbesse de Chelles (1527–1583) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Maison de
Bourbon-Condé
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>
Louis
(1530–1569), prince de Condé │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>
House of Condé
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Eléonore, abbess of Fontevraud (1532–1611) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Nicolas Charles │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jeanne de Bordeix et de Ramers │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jacques │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Michel Charles │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Nicolas │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Christophe │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marguerite │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Jeanne │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jacques (1490–1491) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François I (1491–1545), comte de Saint-Pol, duc d'Estouteville │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Adrienne, duchesse d'Estouteville (1512–1560) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François II (1536–1546), duc d'Estouteville │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie, duchesse d'Estouteville, (1539–1601) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Jean de Bourbon, comte de Soissons │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) François de Clèves, duc de Nevers (+1562) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 3) Léonor, duc de Longueville (1540–1573) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis (1493–1557), cardinal, archevêque de Sens │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Antoinette (1493–1583) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Louise (1495–1575), abbess of Fontevraud │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Jacques (1495–) │ │ │ │ │ │ Maison de Bourbon-Montpensier (ducs) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis (1473–1520), prince of La Roche-sur-Yon │ │ │ │ │ │ X Louise de Montpensier (1482–1561) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Suzanne (1508–1570) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Claude de Rieux, comte d'Harcourt et d'Aumale (+1532) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>
Louis
(1513–1582), Duke of Montpensier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Jacqueline de Longwy (+1561) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Catherine de Lorraine (1552–1596) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1>Françoise (1539–1587) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Henri-Robert de La Marck, duke of Bouillon, prince of Sedan (+1574) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1>Anne (1540–1572) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X François de Clèves, duc de Nevers (+1562) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne (1541–1620), abbesse de Jouarre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1>
François
(1542–1592), duc de Montpensier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Renée (1550–1590), marquise de Mezieres │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>
Henri
(1573–1608), duc de Montpensier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Henriette-Catherine (1585–1656), duchesse de Joyeuse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie (1605–1627), Duchess of Montpensier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ x Gaston de France │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charlotte (1547–1582) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Guillaume de Orange-Nassau (+1584) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Louise (1548–1586), abbesse de Faremoutier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Charles (1515–1565), prince de la Roche sur Yon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Philippe de Montespedon, dame de Beaupreau (+1578) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Henri, marquis de Beaupreau (154?–1560) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Jeanne (1547–1548) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Louis dit Helvis, évêque de Langres (+1565) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charlotte (1474–1520) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Engelbert de Clèves, comte de Nevers (+1506) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Isabelle (1475–1531), abbesse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Jacques de Vendôme (1455–1524), baron de Ligny │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jeanne, dame de Rubempré │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Claude de Bourbon-Vendôme (1514–1595) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Antoinette de Bours, vicomtesse de Lambercourt (+1585) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Antoine (+1594), vicomte de Lambercourt │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Claude (+1620), vicomtesse de Lambercourt │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean, seigneur de Rambures │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Anne │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Claude de Crequi, seigneur d'Hemond │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Jacques (+1632), seigneur de Ligny et de Courcelles │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Marie de Bommy │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Louise de Gouy │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François Claude (+1658) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Louise de Belleval │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François, seigneur de Bretencourt │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jacqueline Tillette d'Achery │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>une fille mariée à un seigneur des Lyons │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>une fille mariée à un Fortel des Essarts │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles, seigneur de Brétencourt │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marguerite │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Jacques de Monchy, seigneur d'Amerval (+1640) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Antoine de Postel, seigneur de la Grange │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marie Gabrielle (+1629) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Antoinette │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Alexandre de Touzin │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>André, seigneur de Rubempré │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Anne de Busserade │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Anne de Roncherolles │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (+jeune) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles, seigneur de Rubempré (+1595) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis, seigneur de Rubempré (1574–1598) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marguerite, dame de Rubempré │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean de Monchy, seigneur de Montcavrel │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Madeleine │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean, seigneur de Gonnelieu │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne Marie, abbesse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marguerite, nonne │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (+1571), abbé de Cuisey │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jacques, moine │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Catherine (+1530) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Jean d'Estrées, seigneur de Cœuvres │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jeanne, abbesse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Madeleine (+ 1588), abbesse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Louis de Vendôme (+1510), évêque d'Avranches │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Jean de Vendôme, seigneur de Preaux (1420–1496) │ │ │ │ X 1) Jeanne d'Illiers │ │ │ │ X 2) Gillette Perdrielle │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean, prêtre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>François (+1540), prêtre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jacques │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Mathurine │ │ │ │ │ X Pierre de Montigny, seigneur de la Boisse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louise │ │ │ │ │ X Jean, seigneur des Loges │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie │ │ │ │ X 1) seigneur de La Velette en Limousin │ │ │ │ X 2) Jacques de Gaudebert, seigneur des Forges │ │ │ │ Maison de Bourbon-Carency │ │ │ ├─>Jean (1378–1457), seigneur de Carency │ │ │ │ X 1) Catherine d'Artois (1397–1420) │ │ │ │ X 2) Jeanne de Vendomois │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Louis(1417–1457) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Jean (1418–) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Jeanne (1419–) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Catherine (1421–) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Pierre (1424–1481), seigneur de Carency │ │ │ │ │ X Philipotte de Plaines │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Jacques (1425–1494), seigneur de Carency │ │ │ │ │ X Antoinette de la Tour (+1450) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles, prince de Carency (1444–1504) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Didere de Vergy │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Antoinette de Chabannes (+1490) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 3) Catherine de Tourzel │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├3>Bertrand, prince de Carency (1494–1515) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├3>Jean (1500–1520), prince de Carency │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├3>Louise, princesse de Carency │ │ │ │ │ │ X François de Perusse des Cars (+1550) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └3>Jean (1446–), seigneur de Rochefort │ │ │ │ │ X Jeanne de Lille │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Eleonore (1426–) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├2>Andriette (1427–) │ │ │ │ │ Maison de Bourbon-Duisant │ │ │ │ └2>Philippe, seigneur de Duisant (1429–1492) │ │ │ │ X Catherine de Lalaing (+1475) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Antoine, seigneur de Duisant │ │ │ │ │ X Jeanne de Habart │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Pierre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Philippe II, seigneur de Duisant (+1530) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Jeanne de Bourbon Duisant │ │ │ │ X François Rolin, seigneur d'Aymerie │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Marie, dame de Bréthencourt ((1386) │ │ │ │ X Jean de Baynes, seigneur des Croix │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Charlotte (1388–1422) │ │ │ │ X
Janus of Cyprus
(1378–1432) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └i>Jean, batard de la Marche–1435 │ │ │ Maison de Bourbon-Preaux │ │ └─>Jacques, seigneur de Preaux (1346–1417) │ │ X Marguerite de Preaux (+1417) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis, seigneur de Preaux (1389–1415) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Pierre, seigneur de Preaux (1390–1422) │ │ │Elizabeth de Montagu (1397–1429) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jacques II, seigneur de Preaux, baron de Thury (1391–1429) │ │ │ X Jeanne de Montagu │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles, seigneur de Combles │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (1394–) │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie, dame de Preaux (1387–1442) │ │ │ └─>Béatrice (1320–1383) │ │ X 1) Jean de Luxembourg (+1346), king of Bohemia │ │ X 2) Eudes II de Grancey (+1389) │ │ │ ├i>Jean, batard de Bourbon (+1375) │ │ X 2) Laure de Bordeaux │ │ X 3) Agnes de Chaleu │ │ │ │ │ └─>Gérard de Bourbon │ │ │ ├i>Jeannette │ │ X Guichard de Chastellux │ │ │ └i>Guy de Bourbon, seigneur de Cluys │ X 2) Jeanne de Chastel-Perron │ │ │ └─>Gérard de Bourbon, seigneur de Clessy │ X 1) Jeanne de Chastillon │ X 2) Alix de Bourbon-Montperoux │ │ │ └─>Isabelle, Dame de Clessy │ X 1) Bernard de Montaigu-Listenois │ X 2) Guillaume de Mello, seigneur d'Epoisses │ ├─>Blanche (1281–1304) │ X
Robert VII, Count of Auvergne
(+1325) │ ├─>Jean (1283–1316), baron de Charolais │ X Jeanne d'Argies │ │ │ ├─>Béatrice (1310–1364), dame de Charolais │ │ X Jean d'Armagnac (+1373) │ │ │ └─>Jeanne (1312–1383) │ X John I, Count of Auvergne (+1386) │ ├─>Pierre (1287–c.1330) prêtre │ ├─>Marie(1285–1372), prieure de Poissy │ └─>Marguerite (1289–1309) X Jean (1267–1330), margrave of Namur

Family trees

Simplified family trees showing the relationships between the Bourbons and the other branches of the Royal House of France.


From Louis IX to Louis XIV

Direct Capetians
Louis IX
King of France
1214–1270
r. 1226–1270
Margaret
of Provence
1221–1295
House of Bourbon
Philip III
King of France
1245–1285
r. 1270–1285
Robert
Count of Clermont
1256–1317
r. 1268–1317
Beatrice
of Burgundy
1257–1310
House of Valois
Charles
Count of Valois
1270–1325
r. 1284–1325
Louis I
Duke of Bourbon
1279–1341
r. 1327–1341
Mary
of Avesnes
1280–1354
Philip VI
King of France
1293–1350
r. 1328–1350
John II
King of France
1319–1364
r. 1350–1364
Isabella
of Valois
1313–1383
Peter I
Duke of Bourbon
1311–1356
r. 1342–1356
James I
Count of La Marche
1319–1362
r. 1356–1362
Jeanne
of Châtillon
1320-1371[17]
Charles V
King of France
1338–1380
r. 1364–1380
Joanna
of Bourbon
1338–1378
Louis II
Duke of Bourbon
1337–1410
r. 1356–1410
Peter II
Count of La Marche
1342–1362
r. 1362
John I
Count of La Marche
1344–1393
r. 1362–1393
Catherine
of Vendôme
1354–1412
Charles VI
King of France
1368–1422
r. 1380–1422
John I
Duke of Bourbon
1381–1434
r. 1410–1434
Louis I
Duke of Orléans
1372–1407
r. 1392–1407
James II
Count of La Marche
1370–1438
r. 1393–1438
Louis
Count of Vendôme
1376–1446
r. 1393–1446
John
Lord of Carency
1378–1458
r. 1393–1458
Lords of Carency
Louis XI
King of France
1423–1483
r. 1461–1483
Joan
of France
1435–1482
John II
Duke of Bourbon
1426–1488
r. 1456–1488
Charles II
Duke of Bourbon
1434–1488
r. 1488
Louis
Bishop of Liège
1438–1482
r. 1456–1482
Gilbert
Count of Montpensier
1443–1496
r. 1486–1496
Charles
Count of Angoulême
1459–1496
r. 1467–1496
Dukes of NemoursJohn VIII
Count of Vendôme
1425–1477
r. 1446–1477
Anne
of France
1461–1522
Peter II
Count of La Marche
Duke of Bourbon
1438–1503
r. 1488–1503
Peter
of Bourbon-Busset
1464–1529
Francis
Count of Vendôme
1470–1495
r. 1477–1495
Louis
Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
1473–1520
Louise
Duchess of Montpensier
1482–1561
r. 1538–1561
Louis

Duke of Montpensier
1513-1582
r. 1561–1582
Dukes of Montpensier
Henri I

Prince of Condé
1552–1588
r. 1569–1588
Henri II

Prince of Condé
1588–1646
r. 1588–1646
Louis II
Grand Condé
Prince of Condé
1621–1686
r. 1646–1686
Armand
Prince of Conti
1629–1666
r. 1629–1666
Henri Jules
Prince of Condé
1643–1709
r. 1686–1709
Louise Françoise
of Bourbon
1673–1743
Marie Thérèse
de Bourbon
1666–1732
François Louis
Grand Conti

Prince of Conti
1664–1709
r. 1685–1709
Louis Armand I
Prince of Conti
1661–1685
r. 1666–1685
Marie Anne
de Bourbon
1666–1739
Louis IV Henri
Prince de Condé
1692–1740
r. 1710–1740
Marie Anne
de Bourbon
1689–1720
Louise Élisabeth
de Bourbon
1693–1775
Louis Armand II
Prince of Conti
1695–1727
r. 1709–1727
Louis V
Joseph

Prince of Condé
1736–1818
r. 1740–1818
Louis François
Prince of Conti
1717–1776
r. 1727–1776
Louis VI Henri
Prince of Condé
1756–1830
r. 1818–1830
Louis François Joseph
Prince of Conti
1734–1814
r. 1776–1814
Louis Antoine
Duke of Enghien
1772–1804

Descent from Henry IV

King of France
Henry IV
Kingdom of France King of France
(1589–1610)
Louis XIII
Kingdom of France
King of France
(1610–1643)
Louis XIV
Kingdom of France King of France
(1643–1715)
Duke of Orléans
Philippe I
Duke of Orléans
Louis
"Le Grand Dauphin" of France
Duke of Orléans
Philippe II
Duke of Orléans
Regent of France

Louis
"Le Petit Dauphin" of France
King of Spain
Philip V
Spain King of Spain
(1700–1746)
Duke of Orléans
Louis
Duke of Orléans
Ferdinand VI
Spain King of Spain
(1746–1759)
King of Spain
Charles III
Spain King of Spain
(1759–1788)
Philip
Duchy of Parma Duke of Parma
(1748–1765)
Duke of Orléans
Louis Philippe I
Duke of Orléans
Ferdinand
Duchy of Parma Duke of Parma
(1765–1802)
Duke of Orléans
Louis Philippe II
(Philippe Égalité)
Duke of Orléans
Louis-Philippe I
France
King of the French
(1830–1848)
Orléanist pretender
(1848–1850)
Ferdinand Philippe

Duke of Orléans
Alfonso Carlos
Duke of San Jaime Alfonso Carlos I
Spain Carlist pretender
(1931–1936)

Titular King of France as Charles XII
Legitimist pretender
(1931–1936)
Charles III
Duchy of Parma Duke of Parma
(1849–1854)
Philippe
Count of Paris
Titular King of France as Philippe VII
France Orléanist pretender
(1850–1894)
Robert
Duke of Chartres
Philippe
Duke of Orléans
Titular King of France as Philippe VIII
France Orléanist pretender
(1894–1926)
Jean
Duke of Guise
Titular King of France as Jean III
France Orléanist pretender
(1926–1940)
Xavier
Duke of Parma
Spain Carlist regent
(1936–1952)
Javier I
Spain Carlist pretender
(1952–1977)
Felix
Prince of Luxembourg
Henri
Count of Paris
Titular King of France as Henri VI
France Orléanist pretender
(1940–1999)
Henri
Count of Paris
Duke of France

Titular King of France as Henri VII
France
Orléanist pretender
(1999–2019)
Carlos
Duke of Parma Carlos Xavier II
Spain Carlist pretender
(2011–present)
Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Henri
Luxembourg Grand Duke of Luxembourg
(2000–present)
Jean
Count of Paris
Titular King of France as Jean IV
France Orléanist pretender
(2019–present)

Louis
Duke of Burgundy
Dauphin of France
Princess of Asturias, Heir to the Throne
Leonor
Princess of Asturias
Carlos
Prince of Piacenza
Guillaume
Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Gaston
Count of Clermont


See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b titular

References

  1. ^ The Governor General of Canada (12 November 2020). "Royal Banner of France – Heritage Emblem". Confirmation of the blazon of a Flag. February 15, 2008 Vol. V, p. 202. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Anselme, Père. ‘'Histoire de la Maison Royale de France'’, tome 4. Editions du Palais-Royal, 1967, Paris. pp. 144–146, 151–153, 175, 178, 180, 185, 187–189, 191, 295–298, 318–319, 322–329. (French).
  3. ^ Bourbon-Bhopal, The Royal "House of Bourbon" in India Official Website
  4. ^ a b Chrisafis, Angelique (3 March 2007). "Found in India: The last king of France". The Guardian.
  5. ^ a b "The next King of France? An Indian!". 21 August 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Bourbon of Indian vintage". Los Angeles Times. 10 January 2008.
  7. .
  8. ^ "The lost Bourbon, in India". The Hindu. 3 March 2007.
  9. ^ Holt 1995, p. 147.
  10. ^ Knecht 2014, p. 269.
  11. .
  12. ^ Levi 2004, p. 37.
  13. ^ "The heart of Louis XVII, the son of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI who died in prison in 1795, has been laid to test in the crypt of Saint-Denis Basilica.(News)(Brief Article)." History Today. History Today Ltd. 2004. HighBeam Research. 18 September 2012;"Louis XVII officially died of TB at the age of ten in the Temple prison."
  14. ^ Durant, Will and Durant, Ariel. The Story of Civilization, Part XI, The Age of Napoleon". Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975. pp. 730–731, 774.
  15. ^ In French: Ils n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublié. There is no historic evidence linking the saying to Talleyrand. It may derive from a similar lamentation about the royalists, found in a letter by Charles Louis Etienne, chevalier de Panat, a French naval officer, dated January 1796 and sent from London to Mallet du Pan: personne n'a su ni rien oublier, ni rien apprendre ("nobody has been able to forget anything, nor to learn anything"), included in: A. Sayou, ed. (1852). Mémoires et correspondance de Mallet du Pan. Vol. II. p. 197.
  16. ^ Nicolas Louis Achaintre, Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of Bourbon vol. 1, ed. Didot, 1825, p. 30
  17. ^ "Jeanne de Chatillon".

Sources

  • Holt, Mack P. (1995). The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629. Cambridge University Press.
  • Knecht, R. J. (2014). The French Civil Wars, 1562-1598. Routledge.
  • Levi, Anthony (2004). Louis XIV. Constable.

Further reading

Other languages

  • Van Kerrebrouck, Patrick. La Maison de Bourbon, 1256–1987. ___v. Villeneuve d'Ascq, France: The Author, 1987–2000. [only Vol. 2 & Vol. 4 have been published as of 2005].
  • Klaus Malettke, Die Bourbonen. Band I: Von Heinrich IV. bis Ludwig XV. 1589–1715 (Stuttgart, Kohlhammer Verlag, 2008); Band II: Von Ludwig XV. bis Ludwig XVI. 1715–1789/92 (Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer, 2008); Band III: Von Ludwig XVIII. bis zu Louis Philippe 1814–1848 (Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer, 2009).

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