Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
| Louis I | |
|---|---|
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis | |
| Reign | 1317 – 1327 1331 – 1341 |
| Predecessor | Robert |
| Successor | Peter I |
| Count of La Marche | |
| Reign | 1322 – 1341 |
| Predecessor | Charles IV, King of France |
| Successor | James I |
| Born | 1279 Clermont, Oise, France |
| Died | 1341 (aged 61–62) France |
| Spouse |
Beatrice, Queen of Bohemia |
| House | Bourbon |
| Father | Robert, Count of Clermont |
| Mother | Beatrix of Burgundy |
Louis I, called the Lame (1279 – 1341) was a French
Life
Louis was born in
He fought on the losing side at the
On 14 April 1320, Louis offered 40,000 livres to Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy for the rights to the title King of Thessalonica, however Philip of Taranto stepped in and offered the same amount which Odo accepted.[6] The terms of the agreement also included the marriage of Philip's oldest son and Louis' daughter, Beatrice.[6]
In 1327, Charles IV of France persuaded Louis to exchange the County of Clermont for that of La Marche, and elevated Bourbon to a duchy-peerage.[7] By 1331, Clermont was restored to him since he was part of Philip VI's small circle of trusted advisors.[8] Louis continued to be an integral part of French crusading plans until 1336, when Pope Benedict XII cancelled Philip VI's crusade.[4]
Duke Louis is reported to have been somewhat mentally unstable, in particular having nervous breakdowns. The trait is believed to have been hereditary, with his granddaughter Joanna of Bourbon, her son, King Charles VI of France, and Charles' grandson, King Henry VI of England, all displaying similar symptoms.[citation needed]
He was buried in the now-demolished church of the Couvent des Jacobins in Paris.
Family and children
In 1310, Louis married
. They had:- Battle of Poitiers.[11]
- Joanna (1312–1402), married in 1324 Guigues VII, Count of Forez.
- Margaret (1313–1362), married on 6 July 1320 Jean II de Sully, married in 1346 Hutin de Vermeilles.
- Robert of Taranto, the titular Latin Emperor.[12]
- Philip (1316 – aft. 1327).
- James (1318).
- James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362),[13] killed at the Battle of Brignais.[14]
- John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia as his second wife,[15]married secondly c. 1347 Eudes II of Grancey (d. 1389).
With Jeanne de Bourbon-Lancy, dame de Clessy, Louis had several illegitimate children:
- Jean (ca. 1297–1375), "bâtard de Bourbon", knight, seigneur of Rochefort,[16] Ébreuil, Beçay le Guérant, Bellenave, Jenzat, Serrant and la Bure, advisor to the dukes of Berry and Bourbon, lieutenant du Forez, married Agnès Chaleu for his third wife;
- "N" (eldest daughter), "bâtarde de Bourbon", married in 1317 to Girard of Châtillon-en-Bazois;
- Guy (vers 1299–1349), "bâtard de Bourbon", seigneur of Clessy, la Ferté-Chauderon and Montpensier (legitimized in 1346, but that same year he was again bastardized). Married in 1315 Agnès of Chastellus, then between 1330 and 1333 Isabelle of Chastelperron;
- Jeannette, "bâtarde de Bourbon", married in 1310 to Guichard of Chastellus.
References
- ^ a b Viard 1937, p. 223.
- ^ Verbruggen 2002, p. 56.
- ^ Verbruggen 1997, p. 202.
- ^ a b Georgiou 2018, p. 39.
- ^ Georgiou 2018, p. 38.
- ^ a b Topping 1975, p. 115-116.
- ^ Henneman 1995, p. 138.
- ^ Desmond 2018, p. 248.
- ^ Warner 2016, p. 12.
- ^ Heers 2003, Bourbon table.
- ^ Nicolle 2004, p. 65.
- ^ a b Topping 1975, p. 132.
- ^ Thompson 1909, p. 527.
- ^ Sumption 1999, p. 479.
- ^ Boehm & Fajt 2005, p. xvi.
- ^ Boudet 1900, p. 16.
Sources
- Boehm, Barbara Drake; Fajt, Jiří, eds. (2005). Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347–1437. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 1-58839-161-2.
- Boudet, Marcellin (1900). Documents historiques inedits du XIVe siecle: Thomas de La Marche, batard de France et ses Aventures (1318-1361) (in French). Chez Ulysse Jouvet, Imprimeur-Editeur.
- Desmond, Karen (2018). Music and the moderni, 1300–1350: The ars nova in Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316617793.
- Georgiou, Constantinos (2018). Preaching the Crusades to the Eastern Mediterranean: Propaganda, Liturgy and Diplomacy, 1305–1352. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-74370-0.
- Heers, Jacques (2003). Louis XI. Paris: Tempus Perrin. ISBN 9782262020842.
- Henneman, John Bell Jr. (1995). "Bourbon/Bourbonnais". In Kibler, William W.; Zinn, Grover A.; Henneman, John Bell Jr.; Earp, Lawrence (eds.). Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing Inc. ISBN 0-8240-4444-4.
- Nicolle, David (2004). Poitiers 1356: The capture of a king. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-516-3.
- Sumption, Jonathan (1999). The Hundred Years War:Trial by Fire. Vol. II. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1655-5.
- Thompson, James Westfall (1909). The Wars of Religion in France, 1559-1576. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
- Topping, Peter (1975). "The Morea, 1311–1364". In ISBN 0-299-06670-3.
- Verbruggen, J. F. (1997). The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages: From the Eighth Century to 1340. Translated by Willard, Colonel Sumner (Second ed.). Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-570-7.
- Verbruggen, J. F. (2002). DeVries, Kelly (ed.). The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302). Translated by Ferguson, David Richard. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0851158884.
- Viard, Jules (1937). Les Grandes Chroniques de France (in French). Vol. Tome Neuvième. Paris: Société d'histoire de France.
- Warner, Kathryn (2016). Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen. The Hill, Stroud, Gloucester, UK: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445647401.
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