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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 .
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon , he was a prince du sang .
Louis Alphonse was recognised by some members of the Capetian dynasty as Chef de la Maison de Bourbon (Head of the House of Bourbon) [10] [13] and took the title Duke of Anjou, but not his father's Spanish dukedom. He is considered the rightful pretender to the defunct French throne by adherents of the Legitimist movement. [10]
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (17 February 1490 – 6 May 1527) was a French military leader and noble. He was the count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne, and dauphin of Auvergne from 1501 to 1525, and then duke of Bourbon and Auvergne, count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Forez and La Marche, and lord of Beaujeu from 1505 to 1521.
Duke of Bourbon 1279–1341 r. 1327–1341: Mary of Avesnes 1280–1354: Philip VI King of France 1293–1350 r. 1328–1350: John II King of France 1319–1364 r. 1350–1364: Isabella of Valois 1313–1383: Peter I Duke of Bourbon 1311–1356 r. 1342–1356: James I Count of La Marche 1319–1362 r. 1356–1362: Jeanne of Châtillon 1320-1371 ...
Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Enghien (duc d'Enghien pronounced [dɑ̃ɡɛ̃]) (Louis Antoine Henri; 2 August 1772 – 21 March 1804) was a member of the House of Bourbon of France. More famous for his death than his life, he was executed by order of Napoleon Bonaparte , who brought charges against him of aiding Britain and plotting against ...
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]
John of Bourbon (1381–1434) was Duke of Bourbon, from 1410 to his death and Duke of Auvergne since 1416. He was the eldest son of Louis II and Anne of Auvergne. [1] Through his mother, John inherited the County of Forez. During the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War he took sides against the Burgundians.