Louis I, Count of Montpensier

For other uses of "Louis, Dauphin", see Louis, Dauphin (disambiguation).

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, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.

Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Coat-of-arms of Louis I, Count of Montpensier after 1428.
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

Family

Coat-of-arms of Louis before 1428.

In 1428, Louis married Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne,^[2] daughter and heiress of Beraud III, Dauphin of 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). On 5 February 1442, he married Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne, 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 de Bourbon (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.
2. Manry 1974, p. 233.

Sources

• Manry, André-Georges (1974). Histoire de l'Auvergne (in French). Privat Editeur.
• Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.

Louis I, Count of Montpensier Bourbon-Montpensier Born: 1405 Died: May 1486
Preceded by John I	Count of Montpensier 1428–1486	Succeeded by Gilbert
Preceded by Jeanne	Dauphin d'Auvergne Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne 1428–1486 With: Jeanne 1428–1436