John VIII, Count of Vendôme
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| Born | 1425 |
| Died | 6 January 1477 (aged 51–52) Lavardin |
| Noble family | Bourbon |
| Spouse(s) | Isabelle de Beauvau |
| Father | Louis, Count of Vendôme |
| Mother | Jeanne de Laval |
John VIII de Bourbon (1425 – 6 January 1478) was Count of Vendôme from 1466 until his death. A member of the House of Bourbon, he was the son and successor of Louis, Count of Vendôme.[1] As a courtier of King Charles VII of France, he fought the English in Normandy and Guyenne. He attached himself to King Louis XI, but was not in royal favor. He withdrew to the Château of Lavardin and completed its construction.
In 1454, he married Isabelle de Beauvau,[2] daughter of Louis de Beauvau, Marshal of Provence[3] and Marguerite de Chambley. They had:
- Jeanne, married Louis, Count of Grandpré
- Catherine, married Gilbert de Chabannes
- Jeanne, married at first John II, Duke of Bourbon and later John III, Count of Auvergne[4]
- Renée, Abbess of Fontevraud
- François, Count of Vendôme (1470–1495)[5]
- Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon[2]
- Charlotte, married Engelbert, Count of Nevers[6]
- Isabelle, Abbess of la Trinité de Caen
Jean also had two illegitimate sons :
- Louis, Bishop of Avranches
- Jacques, Governor of Valois and the Vendomois (1455–1524) was the father of Catherine de Bourbon, paternal grandmother of Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henry IV of France. Also, Gabrielle is the third great aunt of Mathieu Amiot.
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References[]
- ^ Potter 1995, p. 376.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Du Tillet 1994, p. 220.
- ^ Favier 2008, p. table 6.
- ^ Antonetti 2000, p. 45.
- ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. vii.
- ^ Antonetti 2000, p. 39.
Sources[]
- Antonetti, Guy (2000). "Les Princes Etrangers". In Bardet, Jean-Pierre (ed.). Etat et société en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (in French). Presses l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne.
- Du Tillet, Jean (1994). Brown, Elizabeth A. R. (ed.). Jean Du Tillet and the French wars of religion: five tracts, 1562-1569. Binghamton University Press.
- Favier, Jean (2008). Le Roi René (in French). Fayard.
- Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.
- Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Cambridge University Press.
Categories:
- 1426 births
- 1478 deaths
- Counts of Vendôme
- House of Bourbon