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Anne of Auvergne Anne of Auvergne also known as ''Anna d'Auvergne'' (1358 – 22 September 1417) was Sovereign Dauphine of Auvergne 1400-1417 and Countess of Forez in 1372-1417 as well as Dame de Mercoeur from 1400 and 1417. She was also Duchess of Bourbon by ...

. Through his mother, John inherited the County of Forez. During the

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he took sides against the Burgundians. John was captured at the Battle of Agincourt and died a prisoner in

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, in spite of the payment of several ransoms, and promises to support the king of England as king of France. In 1400 in

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, he married

Marie, Duchess of Auvergne Marie de Berry (c. 1375 – June 1434) was ''suo jure'' Duchess of Auvergne and Countess of Montpensier in 1416-1434. She was the daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and Joanna of Armagnac. She was married three times. She acted as administrator of ...

, daughter of

John, Duke of Berry John of Berry or John the Magnificent (French: ''Jean de Berry'', ; 30 November 1340 – 15 June 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. He was Regent of France during the minority of his nephew 1380-1388 ...

, who inherited the Auvergne title from her father. They had three sons: * Charles de Bourbon (1401–1456), Duke of Bourbon * Louis of Bourbon (1403–1412,

), Count of Forez *

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(1405–1486), Count of Montpensier * John, bishop of Puy In addition, he had an illegitimate daughter: * Margaret, married to

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* * * * House of Bourbon (France) Dukes of Bourbon Dukes of Auvergne Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis Counts of Montpensier Counts of Forez Counts of Isle-Jourdain 1381 births 1434 deaths French prisoners of war in the Hundred Years' War 15th-century peers of France People of the Hundred Years' War House of Bourbon-Montpensier {{france-noble-stub