Everything about Jeanne De Bourbon-vendome totally explained
Jeanne de Bourbon (
1465 –
22 January,
1511) was the maternal grandmother of the famous French queen,
Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589).
Family
She was a daughter of
Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme and
Isabelle de Beauvau. Her maternal grandparents were
Louis de Beauvau, Seneschal of Anjou and
Marguerite de Chambley.
Her paternal grandparents were
Louis, Count of Vendôme and
Jeanne of Laval. Louis had served as both
Grand Chamberman of France and
Grand Master of France. He was a prominent member of the
Armagnac party.
Louis was the second son of
John I, Count of La Marche and Catherine of Vendôme. John was a prominent soldier in the
Hundred Years' War.
John was in turn the second son of
James I, Count of La Marche and Jeanne of Chatillon. James was a
Constable of France but was killed in the
Battle of Brignais.
James was the second surviving son of
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. Louis served as a Grand Chamberman of France but gained a reputation for his supposed mental instability.
Louis was the eldest son of
Robert, Count of Clermont and
Beatrix of Bourbon. Beatrix was the heiress of the Bourbon family and the matriarch of the new Bourbon line of the
Capetian dynasty.
Robert was the youngest son of
Louis IX of France and
Margaret of Provence.
Marriages
She married first
John II, Duke of Bourbon in 1487. The groom was about sixty-one years old and the bride only twenty-two. John had survived two previous wives and his only son. He was in a need of an heir. They had only one son:
- Louis, Count of Clermont (1488). He was the needed heir but didn't long survive his birth.
John II died the same year as his second and last known son. Jeanne remained a widow for seven years. On
11 January,
1495, Jeanne married her second husband
John III, Count of Auvergne. They had two daughters:
Anne, married John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany.
Madeleine, married Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino. She was the mother of Catherine de' Medici.
John III died on 28 March, 1501. She remained widowed for two years. In 1503, Jeanne married her third and last husband, Francis de la Pause, Baron de la Garde.
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