Noble family House of Bourbon Spouse Catherine of Vendome Died June 11, 1393 | Name John Count Mother Jeanne of Chatillon | |
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Father James I, Count of La Marche Parents James I, Count of La Marche Children James II, Count of La Marche, Louis, Count of Vendome, Charlotte of Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus, Anne de Bourbon Grandchildren Anne of Cyprus, John VIII, Count of Vendome Similar People Robert - Count of Clermont, Anne of Cyprus, Joanna II of Naples | ||
John of Bourbon (John I/VII, Count of La Marche and of Vendôme), (1344 – 11 June 1393, Vendôme) was the second son of James I, Count of La Marche and Jeanne of Châtillon.
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Life
He was captured as a young man at the Battle of Poitiers, but ransomed.
After the death of his father and elder brother following the Battle of Brignais, John succeeded them as Count of La Marche.
He took an active part in the Hundred Years' War, and became Governor of Limousin after helping reconquer it from the English. Later he joined Bertrand du Guesclin in his campaign of 1366 in Castile. In 1374, his brother-in-law Bouchard VII, Count of Vendôme died, and John became Count of Vendôme and Castres in right of his wife.
He joined the campaign of Charles VI 1382 in Flanders (which culminated in the Battle of Roosebeke) and fought in 1392 in Brittany.
He rebuilt the castles of Vendôme and Lavardin.
Marriage and children
On 28 September 1364, he married Catherine of Vendôme, countess of Vendôme (d. 1412) and daughter of John VI, Count of Vendôme.
He had seven children by Catherine: