Louis (Bourbon) de Montpensier (1513 - 1582)

Born 10 Jun 1513 in Moulins, Bourbonnais, France

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Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1582 at age 69 in Château de Champigny, Touraine, France

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Louis III Bourbon was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Louis was born at Moulins 10 June 1513, the eldest son of Louis de Bourbon-Vendòme, prince de la Roche-sur-Yon, and his wife, Louise de Bourbon, comtesse de Montpensier and dauphine d'Auvergne.^[1]

He succeeded on the death of his father in 1520, as 2nd Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon, and Seigneur de Champigny-sur-Vende, d'Argenton, de Cluys d'Agurande, du Chatelet, de Montagu, d'Ecolle and de Combrailles. He was created Duc de Montpensier (as Louis III) and Peer of France on 6 March 1539, his mother being created Duchesse de Montpensier on the same day. He granted the title of Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon to his younger brother Charles. In 1560 he was created Prince Souverain de Dombes, Comte de Mortain, Vicomte d'Auge and de Brossse, Baron de Beaujolais, de Thiers and de la Roche-en-Renier. On the death of his mother he also succeeded to the titles; Prince de Luc, Dauphin d'Auvergne and Comte de Forez. On the death of his brother Charles without surviving issue in 1565, he again received the title Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon.^[2]

He was Governor of Anjou, Touraine, Maine, Dauphiné and Bretagne, and also a Lieutenant General in the French army.^[2] He served in the wars of François I; at Avignon in 1536 in the Italian war of 1536-38, at the capture of Hesdin, at the siege of Perpignan in 1542 and at Chalons in 1544.^[3] Later during the French wars of religion he supported the royalist (Catholic) faction and served at the siege of La Rochelle in 1573 and commanded the army sent to Poitou in 1574.^[4]

Louis also attended the coronations of Henri II, François II and Charles IX as the representative of the Count of Flanders.^[3]

First marriage and family

He married firstly in August 1538, Jacqueline de Longwy (or Longwie or Longuewie), comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine, daughter of Jean IV de Longwy, seigneur de Givry, and his wife, Jeanne d'Orléans, bâtarde d'Angoulême, comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine.^[2]; ^[1]

They had six children;^[3]; ^[1]; ^[2]

1. Françoise, born circa 1539, married (contract dated 7 February 1558 at Paris), Henri Robert de la Marck, Prince de Sedan, Duc de Bouillon. Both she and her husband became protestants;
2. Anne, born circa 1540, married (contract dated 6 September 1561), François II de Cleves, Duc de Nevers et Rethel;
3. Jeanne, born end of 1541, Abbess of Sainte-Croix de Poitiers 20 November 1570, and succeeded her sister Charlotte as Abbess de Jouarre 1573, died 6 March 1624 probably at Poitiers;
4. François, born 1542, who succeeded his father;
5. Charlotte, born about 1546-1547
6. Louise, born in 1548, Abbess de Faremoutier 1573, died at Paris, 9 February 1586.

Jacqueline de Longwy died 28 August 1561 at Paris.^[1]

Second marriage

Louis married secondly (contract dated 4 February 1570), Catherine de Lorraine, daughter of François I de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, and Anne d'Este. She was 40 years younger than Louis; born 18 July 1552.^[2]

Death and burial

Louis II died at the Chateau de Champigny on 23 September 1582, and is buried in the chapel of that Chateau.^[1]

His widow never remarried and was a strong political force in the Catholic League which resulted in the assassination of Henri III, and the original opposition to Henri IV.^[5] She died at Paris 6 May 1596 and is buried in the Abbaye de Sainte-Pierre de Reims.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Dussieux, Louis. 1872. Généalogie de la maison de Bourbon: de 1256 à 1871. 2nd ed. Paris: Lecoffre fils et cie. Digital image. https://archive.org/details/gnalogiedelamai00dussgoog. pp. 39 & 41
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. 1984. Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur geschichte der Europäischen Staaten. Neue folge ed. Vol. 3 (1) - Herzogs-und Grafenhäuser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches andere Europäische Fürstenhäuser. Marburg: J.A. Stargardt. Tafel 75.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} De la Chenaye-Desbois et Badier, François Alexandre Aubert. 1863. Dictionnaire de la Noblesse. Vol. 3, Paris: Schlesinger freres. Digitial image Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedela03aube.
4. ↑ Le Hête, Thierry. 1998. La dynastie Capétienne (764-1998). France, Condé-sur-Noireau: Corlet.
5. ↑ "Catherine de Lorraine (1552-1596)." Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. 20 Sep 2016, (http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_de_Lorraine_(1552-1596)&oldid=129786553 : viewed 7 December 2016).

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• Wikidata: Item Q927365