Louis I, Count of Montpensier
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Louis de Bourbon (1405 ā 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, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.
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Louis I, Count of Montpensier | |
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Born | 1405 |
Died | May 1486 Rome |
Noble family | Bourbon-Montpensier |
Spouse(s) | Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne |
Father | John I, Duke of Bourbon |
Mother | Marie, Duchess of Auvergne |
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