Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon
| Agnes of Burgundy | |
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| Duchess consort of Bourbon | |
| Tenure | 1434-1456 |
| Born | 1407 |
| Died | 1 December 1476 (aged 68–69) |
| Spouse | Charles I, Duke of Bourbon |
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| House | Valois-Burgundy |
| Father | John the Fearless |
| Mother | Margaret of Bavaria |
Agnes of Burgundy (1407 – 1 December 1476), duchess of Bourbon (Bourbonnais) and Auvergne, countess of Clermont, was the daughter of John the Fearless (1371–1419) and Margaret of Bavaria.[1] Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg. Her paternal grandparents were Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.
Life[edit]
Agnes spent much of her youth in the company of her mother, Margaret of Bavaria, and sisters Margaret of Burgundy and Anne of Burgundy.[2] She was well educated and a life-long reader,[3][4] involved in politics until the last years of her life.[4]
Marriage and issue[edit]
Agnes married Charles I, Duke of Bourbon.[5] They had:
- John of Bourbon (1426–1488), Duke of Bourbon[1]
- Marie de Bourbon (1428–1448), married in 1444 John II, Duke of Lorraine
- Philip of Bourbon (1430–1440), Lord of Beaujeu
- Charles of Bourbon (Château de Moulins 1434–1488, Lyon), Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon[1] and Duke of Bourbon
- Isabella of Bourbon (1436–1465), married Charles, Duke of Burgundy.[1]
- Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of Bourbon
- Louis of Bourbon (1438 – 30 August 1482, murdered), Prince-Bishop of Liège[1]
- Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1439 – 1483, Château du Pont-Ains), married in Moulins on 6 April 1472 Philip II, Duke of Savoy, parents of Louise of Savoy
- Catherine of Bourbon (Liège, 1440 – 21 May 1469, Nijmegen), married on 28 December 1463 in Bruges Adolf II, Duke of Guelders[1]
- Joanna of Bourbon (1442–1493, Brussels), married in Brussels in 1467 John II of Chalon, Prince of Orange
- Jacques of Bourbon (1445–1468, Bruges), Count of Montpensier. Unmarried
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Vaughan 1975, p. 61.
- ^ "Middle French Transcriptions". Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Kaplan, S.C. (2016). Transmission of Knowledge to and between Women in 15th-Century France: Agnes de Bourgogne's Education and Library (Thesis). University of California, Santa Barbara.
- ^ a b Kaplan, S.C. (2022). Women's Libraries in Late Medieval Bourbonnais, Burgundy, and France: A Family Affair. Liverpool University Press. pp. 113–25. doi:10.3828/9781800856325 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISBN 978-1-80085-632-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) - ^ Leguai, André, "Agnès de Bourgogne, duchesse de Bourbon (1405?-1476)," in Les ducs de Bourbon, le Bourbonnais et le royaume de France à la fin du Moyen Age (Société bourbonnaise des études locales: Yzeure, 2005), 145-60.
References[edit]
- Vaughan, Richard (1975). Valois Burgundy. Allen Lane.
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