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On 19 August 1371 Louis married Anne of Auvergne (1358–1417), [2] Countess of Forez and daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne, and his wife the Countess of Forez. They had: Catherine of Bourbon (b. 1378), [2] d. young. John of Bourbon (1381–1434), Duke of Bourbon [1]
- 4 February 1337
- John I, Duke of Bourbon
Louis II, 3 e duc de Bourbon (born 1337—died August 19, 1410) was the duke of Bourbon (from 1356), count of Clermont and of Forez. He was an ally of Bertrand du Guesclin, the Breton-French hero, and a staunch supporter of John II of France; when John was taken prisoner by the English at Poitiers, Bourbon became one of the hostages delivered to the English as a guarantee of the payment of the ...
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Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (8 September 1621 – 11 December 1686), known as le Grand Condé (French for 'the Great Condé'), was a French military commander. A brilliant tactician and strategist, he is regarded as one of France's greatest generals, particularly celebrated for his triumphs in the Thirty Years' War and his campaigns during the Franco-Dutch War.
- 26 December 1646 – 11 December 1686
- Henri Jules
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Louis was the son of Peter de Bourbon and Isabella de Valois. His mother was the sister to King Philip VI of France. He inherited the duchy after his father Duke Peter I died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. In 1390, Louis launched the Barbary Crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis, in conjunction with the Genoese.
Louis Alphonse de Bourbon. Duke of Bourbon ( French: Duc de Bourbon) is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont, and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of Bourbon. In 1416, with the death of John of Valois, the Dukes of Bourbon ...
Feb 3, 2023 · Definition. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (l. 1747-1793) was a French noble of royal blood. He was the head of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the royal Bourbon dynasty, and was a cousin of King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792). Despite this, Orléans supported the French Revolution (1789-1799) and voted for Louis XVI's ...
Feb 23, 2024 · Louis II de Bourbon, 4e prince de Condé (born Sept. 8, 1621, Paris, France—died Dec. 11, 1686, Fontainebleau) was the leader of the last of the series of aristocratic uprisings in France known as the Fronde (1648–53). He later became one of King Louis XIV’s greatest generals. The princes de Condé were the heads of an important French ...
