Charles I, Duke of Bourbon

Charles de Bourbon (1401 – 4 December 1456) was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.

Charles I
Drawing of Charles I
Duke of Bourbon
Reign1434 – 4 December 1456
PredecessorJohn I
SuccessorJohn II
Born1401
Died4 December 1456 (aged 54–55)
Château de Moulins
SpouseAgnes of Burgundy
HouseBourbon
FatherJohn I, Duke of Bourbon
MotherMarie, Duchess of Auvergne

Biography

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Charles was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy more than eighteen years before his father's death.[1]

In 1425, Charles renewed his earlier betrothal by marrying Agnes of Burgundy (1407–1476), daughter of John the Fearless.[2]

Charles served with distinction in the Royal army during the Hundred Years' War, while nevertheless maintaining a truce with his brother-in-law and otherwise enemy, Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. Both dukes were reconciled and signed an alliance by 1440.[2] He was present at the coronation of Charles VII where he fulfilled the function of a peer and conferred knighthood.[1]

Despite this service, he took part in the "Praguerie" (a revolt by the French nobles against Charles VII) in 1439–1440. When the revolt collapsed, he was forced to beg for mercy from the King, and was stripped of some of his lands.[1] He died on his estates at Château de Moulins in 1456.

Children

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Charles and Agnes had eleven children:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pernoud & Clin 1986, p. 177.
  2. ^ a b Vaughan 2004, p. 123.
  3. ^ a b c d Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 25.
  4. ^ Boehm 2020, p. 21.
  5. ^ Kiening 1994, p. 17.
  6. ^ a b Hand 2017, p. 220.

Sources

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  • Boehm, Barbara Drake (2020). A Blessing of Unicorns: The Paris and Cloisters Tapestries. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Hand, Joni M. (2017). Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550. Taylor & Francis.
  • Kiening, Christian (1994). "Rhétorique de la perte. L'exemple de la mort d'Isabelle de Bourbon (1465)" (PDF). Médiévales (in French). 13 (27): 15–24. doi:10.3406/medi.1994.1307.
  • Pernoud, Régine; Clin, Marie-Véronique (1986). Joan of Arc. Translated by Adams, Jeremy duQuesnay. St.Martin's Press.
  • Vaughan, Richard (2004). Philip the Good. The Boydell Press.
  • Ward, Adolphus William; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. 13. The Macmillan Co.


Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Born: 1401 Died: 4 December 1456
French nobility
Preceded by Duke of Auvergne
1434–1456
Succeeded by
Preceded by Duke of Bourbon
Count of Forez

1434–1456
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1424–1456