Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon

Agnes of Burgundy
Duchess of Bourbon
Duchess consort of Bourbon
Tenure	1434-1456
Predecessor	Marie, Duchess of Auvergne
Successor	Joan of Valois
Born	1407
Died	1 December 1476 (aged 68–69)
Issue	John II, Duke of Bourbon Mary, Duchess of Lorraine Philip of Bourbon Charles II, Duke of Bourbon Isabella, Duchess of Burgundy Peter II, Duke of Bourbon Louis of Bourbon 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.^[1] 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.

Marriage and issue

Agnes was married to Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401–1456), and together they had eleven children: ^[2]

• 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. Isabella was mother of Mary of Burgundy.
• Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of Bourbon
• Louis of Bourbon (1438 – 30 August 1482, murdered), 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
• Catharine 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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon

16. Philip VI of France               8. John II of France                       17. Joan of Burgundy               4. Philip II, Duke of Burgundy                             18. John I of Bohemia               9. Bonne of Bohemia                       19. Elisabeth of Bohemia               2. John II, Duke of Burgundy                                   20. Louis I of Flanders               10. Louis II of Flanders                       21. Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy               5. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders                             22. John III, Duke of Brabant               11. Margaret of Brabant                       23. Marie d'Évreux               1. Agnes of Burgundy                                         24. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria               12. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor                       25. Matilda of Habsburg               6. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria                             26. William I, Count of Hainaut               13. Margaret II, Countess of Hainault                       27. Joan of Valois               3. Margaret of Bavaria                                   28. Bolesław III the Generous               14. Ludwik I the Fair                       29. Margaret of Bohemia               7. Margaret of Brieg                             30. Henry IV the Faithful               15. Agnes of Głogów                       31. Matilda of Brandenburg

Notes

1. O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle, How France Built Her Cathedrals, (Harper Brothers Publishers:London, 1921), 265.
2. Leguai, André, "Agnès de Bourgogne, duchesse de Bourbon (1405?-1476)," in Les ducs de Bourbon, le Bourbonnais et le royaume de France à la fin du Moyen Age (Société bourbonnaise des études locales: Yzeure, 2005), 145-60.

References

• O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle, How France Built Her Cathedrals, (Harper Brothers Publishers:London, 1921)