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Charles, Duke of Vendôme






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(Redirected from Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme)

Charles de Bourbon
Duke of Vendôme
18th-century portrait
Born2 June 1489
Château de Vendôme, France
Died25 March 1537(1537-03-25) (aged 47)
Amiens, France
SpouseFrançoise d'Alençon
IssueMarie of Bourbon
Antoine, King of Navarre
Francis, Count of Enghien
Charles, Archbishop of Rouen
John, Count of Soissons
Louis, Prince of Condé
Names
French: Charles de Bourbon
HouseBourbon-Vendôme
FatherFrancis, Count of Vendôme
MotherMarie de Luxembourg

Charles de Bourbon (2 June 1489 – 25 March 1537) was a French prince du sang and military commander at the court of Francis I of France.

Biography[edit]

Aportrait of Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome.

Charles was born at the ChâteaudeVendôme, eldest son of Francis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme and Marie of Luxembourg.[1][2]

Charles succeeded his father as Count of Vendôme in 1495. Charles's first military service was in Italy, under King Louis XII of France. In 1514, he was created Duke of Vendôme when the county of Vendôme was elevated into a duchy.[3] He fought at the Battle of Marignano (1515)[4] and participated in the Flemish campaign. Because of his loyalty to the King, he was appointed head of the council when King Francis I was captured at the Battle of Pavia.[5]

Marriage and issue[edit]

On 18 May 1513, Charles married Françoise d'Alençon,[6] eldest daughter of René, Duke of Alençon[7] and Margaret of Lorraine. They had:

  1. Louis de Bourbon (1514–1516), died in infancy.
  2. Marie de Bourbon (1515–1538), unmarried, prospective bride of King James V of Scotland in 1536.
  3. Marguerite de Bourbon (1516–1559), married in 1538, Francis I, Duke of Nevers (1516–1561)[7]
  4. Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1518–1562),[2] King of Navarre through his marriage (jure uxoris) in 1548 to Queen Jeanne III.
  5. François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien (1519–1546), unmarried.
  6. Madeleine de Bourbon (1521–1561), Abbess of Sainte-Croix de Poitiers.
  7. Louis de Bourbon (1522–1525), died in infancy.
  8. Charles de Bourbon (1523–1590), Archbishop of Rouen[8]
  9. Catherine de Bourbon (1525–1594), Abbess of Soissons.
  10. Renée de Bourbon (1527–1583), Abbess of Chelles.
  11. Jean de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Enghien (1528–1557), married in 1557, his first cousin, Marie, Duchess of Estouteville (1539–1601)[8]
  12. Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1530–1569),[9] married in 1551 with Eléonore de Roye, daughter of Charles de Roye, Count of Royce then in 1565 with Francoise d'Orléans-Longueville.
  13. Léonore de Bourbon (1532–1611), Abbess of Fontevraud.

Ancestors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Potter 1993, p. 83.
  • ^ a b Busby et al. 1993, p. 145.
  • ^ Knecht 1982, p. 15-16.
  • ^ Shennan 2007, p. 30.
  • ^ Knecht 1982, p. 179.
  • ^ Pitts 2009, p. 336.
  • ^ a b Potter 1995, p. 378.
  • ^ a b Boltanski 2006, p. 502.
  • ^ Holt 1999, p. 218.
  • Sources[edit]

    Preceded by

    Francis I

    Count of Vendôme
    1495–1514
    Succeeded by

    title was elevated to peerage-duchy

    Preceded by

    title was elevated from countship

    Duke of Vendôme
    1514–1537
    Succeeded by

    Antoine de Bourbon


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