Louis I, Count of Montpensier

Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.[1] He was Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne and was a younger brother of Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, who would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.

Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Coat-of-arms of Louis I, Count of Montpensier for before 1428.
Born	1405
Died	May 1486 Rome
Noble family	Bourbon-Montpensier
Spouse(s)	Jeanne, Dauphine d'Auvergne
Father	John I, Duke of Bourbon
Mother	Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

Family

Coat-of-arms of Louis since 1428.

In 1428, he married Jeanne, Dauphine d'Auvergne, daughter and heiress of Beraud III, Dauphin d'Auvergne and Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne. After her death in 1436, he retained those titles (his paternal grandmother having been Anne of Auvergne, daughter of Dauphin Beraud II), and on 5 February 1442, married Gabrielle of La Tour (d. 1474), daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne. The couple had four children:

• Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)[1]
• John (1445–1485)
• Gabrielle (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille (d. 1525), Prince of Talmond
• Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468 Wolfert van Borselen (d. 1487), Count of Grandpré and Earl of Buchan

He was succeeded by his son Gilbert.

See also

• Duke of Bourbon

References

1. Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 25.

Sources

• Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)