Charles I, Duke of Bourbon

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Infobox royal Charles de Bourbon (1401 – 4 December 1456) was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.

Biography

Charles was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy more than eighteen years before his father's death.Template:Sfn

In 1425, Charles renewed his earlier betrothal by marrying Agnes of Burgundy (1407–1476), daughter of John the Fearless.Template:Sfn

Charles served with distinction in the Royal army during the Hundred Years' War, while nevertheless maintaining a truce with his brother-in-law and otherwise enemy, Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. Both dukes were reconciled and signed an alliance by 1440.Template:Sfn He was present at the coronation of Charles VII where he fulfilled the function of a peer and conferred knighthood.Template:Sfn

Despite this service, he took part in the "Praguerie" (a revolt by the French nobles against Charles VII) in 1439–1440. When the revolt collapsed, he was forced to beg for mercy from the King, and was stripped of some of his lands.Template:Sfn He died on his estates at Château de Moulins in 1456.

Children

Charles and Agnes had eleven children:

• John of Bourbon (1426–1488), Duke of BourbonTemplate:Sfn
• Marie de Bourbon (1428–1448), married in 1444 John II, Duke of Lorraine
• Philip of Bourbon (1430–1440), Lord of Beaujeu
• Charles of Bourbon (Château de Moulins 1433–1488, Lyon),Template:Sfn Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon and Duke of BourbonTemplate:Sfn
• Isabella of Bourbon (1434–1465),Template:Sfn married Charles, Duke of BurgundyTemplate:Sfn
• Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of BourbonTemplate:Sfn
• Louis of Bourbon (1438 – 30 August 1482, murdered), Prince-Bishop of LiègeTemplate:Sfn
• Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1439 – 1483, Château du Pont-Ains), married in Moulins on 6 April 1472, Philip II, Duke of SavoyTemplate:Sfn
• Catherine of Bourbon (Liège, 1440 – 21 May 1469, Nijmegen), married on 28 December 1463, in Bruges Adolf II, Duke of Guelders
• Joanna of Bourbon (1442–1493, Brussels), married in Brussels in 1467 John II of Chalon, Prince of Orange
• James of Bourbon (1445–1468, Bruges), unmarried.

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