François (Bourbon) de Vendôme (abt. 1470 - 1495)

Born about 1470 in Vendôme, Orléanais, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie (Luxembourg) de Vendôme — married 8 Sep 1487 in Vendome,Loir Et Cher,,France

Descendants

Died 30 Oct 1495 at about age 25 in Vercelli, Piemonte, Ducato di Savoia

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François Bourbon was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

François de Bourbon, Comte de Vendôme (abt (1470 - 30 October 1495) was a French nobleman..

François, born around 1470 at Vendôme, was the son of Jean VIII de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme and Isabelle de Beauvau. He became Count of Vendôme at the age of 7, upon his father's death. During his minority, his estates were administered by his brother-in-law Louis de Joyeuse.

In 1487, he married Marie de Luxembourg, comtesse de Saint-Pol, the widow of Jacques, Duke of Savoy. They had six children:

1. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1489-1537)
2. Jacques (1490-1491)
3. François (1491-1545), Count of Saint Pol and of Chaumont, Duke of Estouteville
4. Louis (1493-1557), Cardinal de Bourbon, Archbishop of Sens
5. Antoinette de Bourbon (1493-1583), married Claude, Duke of Guise
6. Louise (1495-1575), Abbess of Fontevraud.

François also had a son, Jacques de Bourbon, by Isabeau de Grigny.

He died on 30 October 1495 in Vercelli, Italy, aged only 25. He was succeeded by his son Charles IV de Bourbon. His wife was regent during Charles' minority.

Biographie

François de Bourbon (1470-1495), comte de Vendôme (1477-1495), fils de Jean VIII et d'Isabelle de Beauvau.

Âgé de sept ans à la mort de son père, il fut placé sous la tutelle de son beau-frère Louis de Joyeuse. François de Bourbon accompagna le roi dans les guerres d'Italie et, par sa valeur et sa prudence, contribua à la victoire de Fornoue (1495), mais le comte mourut peu après à Verceil en Italie le 30 octobre 1495, à l'âge de 25 ans.

De son épouse Marie de Luxembourg, comtesse de Saint-Pol, il eut :

1. Charles, comte puis duc de Vendôme et duc de Bourbon
2. François, comte de Saint-Pol et comte d'Estouteville
3. Louis, qui devint cardinal
4. Antoinette, mariée à Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise
5. Louise, abbesse de Fontevrault

Sources

• Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, .... Tome 1, par le Père Anselme de Sainte-Marie, continuée par Honoré du Fourny, la compagnie des libraires (Paris) 1726-1733. Page: 325 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k76026j/f340.image, consulté le 30 septembre 2017.

• François de Vendôme at Wikipedia

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