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Two of Antoine's younger brothers were Cardinal Archbishop Charles de Bourbon and the French and Huguenot general Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé. Louis' male-line descendants, the Princes de Condé, survived until 1830. Finally, in 1589, the House of Valois died out and Antoine's son Henry III of Navarre became Henry IV of France. [2]
Duke of Bourbon 1401–1456 r. 1434–1456: Louis I Count of Montpensier 1405–1486 r. 1428–1486: John Count of Angoulême 1399–1467: Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche 1407–aft.1464: Lords of Carency: Louis XI King of France 1423–1483 r. 1461–1483: Joan of France 1435–1482: John II Duke of Bourbon 1426–1488 r. 1456–1488: Charles II ...
Otherwise, the political establishment was relatively stable until the subsequent reign of Charles X. [3] It also saw the reestablishment of the Catholic Church as a major power in French politics. [6] Throughout the Bourbon Restoration, France experienced a period of stable economic prosperity and the preliminaries of industrialisation. [3]
Antoine of Bourbon was born at La Fère, Picardy, France, the second son of Charles of Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1489–1537), and his wife, Françoise d'Alençon (died 1550). [1] He was the older brother of Louis of Bourbon, Prince of Condé, who would lead the Huguenots during the early French Wars of Religion. [2]
The first House of Bourbon ended in 1196, with the death of Archambault VII, who had only one heir, Mathilde of Bourbon. She married Guy II of Dampierre, who added Montluçon to the possessions of the lords of Bourbon. The second house of Bourbon started in 1218, with Archambaud VIII, son of Guy II and Mahaut, and brother of William II of ...
Bourbon whiskey (/ ˈ b ɜːr b ən /; also simply bourbon) is a barrel-aged American whiskey made primarily from corn (maize). The name derives from the French House of Bourbon, although the precise source of inspiration is uncertain; contenders include Bourbon County, Kentucky, and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, both of which are named after the House of Bourbon. [1]
Duke of Bourbon (French: Duc de Bourbon) is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont , and Beatrice of Burgundy , heiress of the lordship of Bourbon .
Bourbon Restoration may refer to: France under the House of Bourbon: Bourbon Restoration in France (1814, after the French revolution and Napoleonic era, until 1830; interrupted by the Hundred Days in 1815)