Charles de Bourbon was born in 1489, the son of Marie de Luxembourg.[1]
Charles' brother was François de Bourbon, comte de Saint-Pol.[2]
From his mother Marie, Charles would inherit many Picard lands, among them: La Fère, Ham and Condé-en-Brie. She also brought him Flemish fiefs, including Enghien, though these revenues would be confiscated by the Holy Roman Emperor.[1]
His wife, Françoise, brought the seigneuries of the comté de Soissons and the baronnies de Château-Gontier, La Flèche and Beaumont-sur-Sarthe.[1]
With Françoise d'Alençon he would have thirteen children, among whom:[2]
- Antoine de Bourbon (1518–), married Jeanne, queen of Navarre.[2][1]
- Marguerite de Bourbon (–1559), married the duc de Nevers with issue.[2]
- Charles de Bourbon, cardinal de Bourbon, king Charles X for the Catholic Ligue (League).[2]
- François de Bourbon, comte d'Enghein.[1]
- Jean de Bourbon, married Marie de Bourbon, duchesse d'Estouteville.[2]
- Louis de Bourbon, prince de Condé, had issue.[2][1]
After a period of agonies, Louis XII died in the late evening of 1 January 1515.[4]
His bedside was crowded by many of his faithful companions including the comte de Vendôme, his brother the comte de Saint-Pol, the comte de Dunois and the vicomte de Thouars. The bishop of Paris was also present, accompanied by mendicant friars and English officers.[4]
In 1515, the comté de Vendôme was elevated to the rank of a duché.[1]
While François was in captivity, the duc de Vendôme presided over royal council.[1]
In 1527, with the death of the connétable de Bourbon, the Bourbon-Vendôme became the most senior branch of the Bourbon family. Due to the confiscations of the duc de Bourbon's lands, this elevation came without receipt of the older branches lands.[1]
In 1537, the duc de Vendôme died.[1]
The tomb of Vendôme and his wife in the collegiate church of Saint-Georges in Vendôme would be ransacked by Protestants in 1562, with the bones of the couple scattered. It is possible that this desecration occurred with the assent of Vendôme's daughter-in-law, the queen of Navarre.[5]
Sources
edit- Babelon, Jean-Pierre (2009). Henri IV. Fayard.
- Boltanski, Ariane (2006). Les ducs de Nevers et l'État royal: genèse d'un compromis (ca 1550 - ca 1600). Librairie Droz.
- Le Fur, Didier (2010). Louis XII: Un Autre César. Perrin.