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Duchess consort of Bourbon
Agnes of Burgundy
Tenure 1434-1456 Born 1407 Died 1 December 1476 (aged 68–69) Spouse
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Issue
John II, Duke of Bourbon
Mary, Duchess of Lorraine
Philip, Lord of Beaujeu
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon
Isabella, Countess of Charolais
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon
Louis, Prince-Bishop of Liège
Margaret, Duchess of Savoy
Catherine, Duchess of Guelders
Joanna, Princess of Orange
Jacques, Count of Montpensier
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 . 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
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
Agnes married
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon .
[5] They had:
John of Bourbon (1426–1488), Duke of Bourbon
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 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 – 30 August 1482, murdered),
Prince-Bishop of Liège
Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1439 – 1483, Château du Pont-Ains), married in Moulins on 6 April 1472
Philip II, Duke of Savoy ,
[5] 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
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
References
Hand, Joni M. (2013). Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550 . Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Vaughan, Richard (1975). Valois Burgundy . Allen Lane.
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