Charles I, Duke of Bourbon

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Stone statue of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon in the abbey church of Souvigny

Charles I of Bourbon (1401–4 December 1456, Château de Moulins) was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy before this date.

In 1425, Charles renewed his earlier betrothal by marrying Agnes of Burgundy (1407–1476), daughter of John the Fearless.

Charles served with distinction in the Royal army during the Hundred Years' War, while nevertheless maintaining local truces with his brother-in-law and otherwise enemy, Philip III, Duke of Burgundy.

Despite this service, he took part in the "Praguerie" (a revolt by the French nobles against Charles VII) in 1439–1440. When the revolt collapsed, he was forced to beg for mercy from the King, and was stripped of some of his lands. He died on his estates in 1456.

[edit] Issue

Charles and Agnes had eleven children:

• John of Bourbon (1426–1488), Duke of Bourbon
• Mary of 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 and Duke of Bourbon
• Isabella of Bourbon (1436–1465), married Charles, Duke of Burgundy
• Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of Bourbon
• Louis of Bourbon (1438 – August 30, 1482, murdered), Bishop of Liège
• Margaret of Bourbon (February 5, 1439 – 1483, Château du Pont-Ains), married in Moulins on April 6, 1472 Philip II, Duke of Savoy
• Catherine of Bourbon (Liège, 1440 – May 21, 1469, Nijmegen), married on December 28, 1463 in Bruges Adolf II, Duke of Guelders
• 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.

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