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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]
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]
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 Reforms, a series of measures taken by the Spanish Crown; Bourbon Restoration (disambiguation), the return to monarchs in the Bourbon Dynasty in France and Spain; Bourbon Democrat, from 1876 to 1904 a conservative member of the US Democratic Party; Palais Bourbon : meeting place of the French National Assembly
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 ...
He did so based upon the Bourbon response to the "Year Without a Summer" in 1816, during which Louis XVIII relaxed tariffs during a series of famines, caused a downturn in prices, and incurred the ire of wealthy landowners, who were the traditional source of Bourbon legitimacy. Thus, between 1827 and 1830, peasants throughout France faced a ...
Spain gained from the agreement, as did France, and Britain felt the danger of a closer Bourbon alliance and increased French participation in the transatlantic trade. [5] The result was the expansion of Spanish influence in Italy when Philip V's fourth son Philip , became in 1748 Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla .
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 ...