Peter of Bourbon-La Marche (1342 – 1362 in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

) was the eldest son of

James I, Count of La Marche James I of Bourbon (1319 – 6 April 1362), was a French '' prince du sang'', and the son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. He was Count of Ponthieu from 1351 to 1360, and Count of La Marche from 1341 to his death. Hundred Y ...

and Jeanne of Chatillon, and was a French '' prince du sang''. He was knighted by his father shortly before the

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, in which both father and son fought. Both were mortally wounded during the battle, but were carried away by their soldiers to Lyon. He survived his father only a short while, and was succeeded by his brother

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* * 1342 births 1362 deaths Bourbon-La Marche, Peter 02 of Counts of La Marche Military personnel killed in action 14th-century peers of France {{France-noble-stub