Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Template:Short description Template:Other uses of Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox noble Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.Template:Sfn 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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In 1428, Louis married Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne,Template:Sfn 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,Template:Sfn daughter of Bertrand V of La Tour, count of Auvergne and Boulogne, and Jacquette of Peschin.Template:Sfn The couple had four children:
- Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443–1496)Template:Sfn
- John (1445–1485)
- Gabrielle de Bourbon (1447–1516), Countess of Benon, married in 1485 Louis de la Tremoille,Template:Sfn Prince of Talmond
- Charlotte (1449–1478), married in 1468 Wolfert van Borselen,Template:Sfn Count of Grandpré and Earl of Buchan
Louis was succeeded by his son Gilbert.
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