John of Bourbon (1381–1434) was
Duke of Bourbon, from 1410 to his death and
Duke of Auvergne since 1416. He was the eldest son of
Louis II and
Anne of Auvergne. Through his mother, John inherited the County of Forez.
During the
Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War he took sides against the Burgundians. John was captured at the
Battle of Agincourt and died a prisoner in
London
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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
Paris
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, he married
Marie, Duchess of Auvergne, daughter of
John, Duke of Berry, who inherited the Auvergne title from her father. They had three sons:
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Charles de Bourbon (1401–1456), Duke of Bourbon
* Louis of Bourbon (1403–1412,
Paris
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), Count of Forez
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Louis de Bourbon (1405–1486), Count of Montpensier
* John, bishop of Puy
In addition, he had an illegitimate daughter:
* Margaret, married to
Rodrigo de Villandrando.
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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
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