Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

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Louis II
Duke of Bourbon
Reign1356 – 1410
PredecessorPeter I
SuccessorJohn I
Born1337
Died1410 (aged 73)
Montluçon
SpouseAnne of Auvergne
IssueJohn I, Duke of Bourbon
HouseBourbon
FatherPeter I, Duke of Bourbon
MotherIsabella de Valois

Louis de Bourbon, called the Good (c.1337 – 1410), was the third Duke of Bourbon. He was also the Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Lord of Beaujeu.

Life[edit]

Louis was the son of Peter de Bourbon[1] and Isabella de Valois.[2] His mother was the sister to King Philip VI of France. He inherited the duchy after his father Duke Peter I died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.[3]

In 1390, Louis launched the Barbary Crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis, in conjunction with the Genoese. Its objective was to suppress piracy based in the city of Mahdia, but the siege was unsuccessful.[4] Louis died at Montluçon in 1410, at the age of 73.

Marriage and issue[edit]

On 19 August 1371 Louis married Anne of Auvergne (1358–1417),[2] Countess of Forez and daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne, and his wife the Countess of Forez. They had:

  1. Catherine of Bourbon (b. 1378),[2] d. young
  2. John of Bourbon (1381–1434), Duke of Bourbon[1]
  3. Louis of Bourbon (1388 – 1404), Sieur de Beaujeu
  4. Isabelle of Bourbon (1384 – aft. 1451)[2]


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ramsey 1999, p. 234.
  2. ^ a b c d Heers 2016, Bourbon table.
  3. ^ Roux 2009, p. 248.
  4. ^ Housley 1992, p. 286.

Sources[edit]

  • Heers, Jacques (2016). Louis XI. Perrin.
  • Ramsey, Ann W. (1999). Liturgy, Politics, and Salvation: The Catholic League in Paris and the Nature of Catholic Reform, 1540-1630. University of Rochester Press.
  • Housley, Norman (1992). The later Crusades, 1274-1580: from Lyons to Alcazar. Oxford University Press.
  • Roux, Simone (2009). Paris in the Middle Ages. Translated by McNamara, Jo Ann. University of Pennsylvania Press.
French nobility
Preceded by Count of Forez
1372–1410
with Anna
Succeeded by
Preceded by Duke of Bourbon
1356–1410
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1371–1400