Jean II of Bourbon

History

It started by taking part in the seat of Metz in 1444, then took part in the countryside of Normandy where it proved to be a captain of famous war. In 1450, with Jean de Dunois, it had reconquered all Normandy. The years which followed were devoted, always with Dunois, with the conquest of the Guyenne, which finished in 1453 by the catch of Bordeaux. In reward, he was governor of Guyenne and fought Jean V, count d' Armagnac, in revolt against the king.

Favorite of Charles VII, it had to undergo the hatred of Louis XI after the advent of this last. Louis XI withdrew the government of Guyenne to him, and it joined the Ligue of the Public property of which it became burning taking part. After peace, Louis XI tried to reconsider his errors and forgave him, and charged it with taking again the Normandy with Charles of France. In reward, Jean II became governor of the Languedoc. Lous XI also named it knight of the Ordre of Saint-Michel, during the first promotion of this new royal kind, on August 1st, 1469.

It was also, like his father, Grand chambrier of France.

After the death of Louis XI, Charles VIII named it Connétable of France, in 1483. He died a few years later, in 1488.

== Famille ==

He married with Moulins in 1447 Jeanne de France (1430 † 1482), girl of Charles VII, king de France, and of Marie of Anjou

Widower, it remaria with Saint-Cloud in 1484 with Catherine of Armagnac († 1487) girl of Jacques of Armagnac, duke of Nemours, and Louise of Anjou, and had:

Jean (1487 † 1487), count de Clermont

Lastly, he marries in third weddings in 1487 Jeanne of Bourbon-Vendôme (1465 † 1512), girl of Jean VIII of Bourbon, count de Vendôme, and of Isabelle de Beauvau.

Louis (1488 † 1488), count de Clermont

It had also several illegitimate children:

of Marguerite de Brunant, it had:
# Mathieu known as the Large Bastard one of Bourbon († 1505), baron Rock-in-To disavow it. It was announced to the combat of Béthune in 1487 and was named admiral and governor of Guyenne;
of Jeanne Louis d' Albret, it had:
#Charles († 1502), bastard of Bourbon, Viscount of Lavedan, author of the family of the Bourbon-Lavedan;
several women, it had:
# Hector († 1502), bastard of Bourbon, archbishop of Toulouse;
# Pierre, bastard of Bourbon, dead young;
# Marie († 1482), bastard of Bourbon, married in 1470 in Jacques of Holy-Dove;
# Marguerite (1445 † 1483), bastard of Bourbon, légitimiée in 1464, married in 1462 in Jean de Ferrieres († 1497).

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