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'''François de Bourbon''' (1470 – 30 October 1495) was a French nobleman. He was the [[Count of Vendôme]]. |
'''François de Bourbon''' (1470 – 30 October 1495) was a French nobleman. He was the [[Count of Vendôme]]. |
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He was the son of [[Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme]], and [[Isabelle de Beauveau]].<ref>Achaintre, Nicolas Louis, ''Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de Bourbon'',Vol.1, (Rue de L' |
He was the son of [[Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme]], and [[Isabelle de Beauveau]].<ref>Achaintre, Nicolas Louis, ''Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de Bourbon'',Vol.1, (Rue de L'École de Médecine, 1825), 362.</ref> At his father's death when he was 7, he became Count of Vendôme. During his minority, his estates were administered by his uncle Louis le Joyeuse. |
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In 1484, he received the Barony of Mondoubleau, which was incorporated into the County of Vendôme. He was a faithful follower of [[Anne of France]] and King [[Charles VIII of France]]. |
In 1484, he received the Barony of Mondoubleau, which was incorporated into the County of Vendôme. He was a faithful follower of [[Anne of France]] and King [[Charles VIII of France]]. |
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François de Bourbon (1470 – 30 October 1495) was a French nobleman. He was the Count of Vendôme.
He was the son of Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme, and Isabelle de Beauveau.[1] At his father's death when he was 7, he became Count of Vendôme. During his minority, his estates were administered by his uncle Louis le Joyeuse.
In 1484, he received the Barony of Mondoubleau, which was incorporated into the County of Vendôme. He was a faithful follower of Anne of France and King Charles VIII of France.
In 1487, he married Marie de Luxembourg,[2] the widow of Jacques, Duke of Savoy, comte de Romont. She brought great estates as her dowry, including the counties of Saint Pol and Soissons in Picardy.
They had six children:
- Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1489–1537), Duke of Vendôme
- Jacques (1490–1491)
- François (1491–1545), Count of Saint Pol and of Chaumont, Duke of Estouteville
- Louis (1493–1557), Cardinal de Bourbon, Archbishop of Sens
- Antoinette de Bourbon (1493–1583), married Claude, Duke of Guise, grandparents of Mary Queen of Scots
- Louise (1495–1575), Abbess of Fontevraud
Also by Isabeau de Grigny;
- Jacques de Bourbon[3]
He died at the age of 25 in Vercelli, Italy, and was succeeded by his son Charles IV de Bourbon. His wife was regent during Charles' minority.
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References
- Achaintre, Nicolas Louis, Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de Bourbon,Vol.1, Rue de L'ecole de Medecine, 1825.
- Sandret, Louis, Revue nobiliaire historique et biographique, Vol.10, Libraire Societes des Antiquaires de France, 1875.