Duchy of Montpensier

The French rule Montpensier ( named after the place Montpensier in the Puy -de- Dôme) was the late 12th century through marriage from the possession of the Lords of Thiern in the possession of the Lords of Beaujeu, and they in turn by marriage to the house of France Dreux - inherited. As the offspring of this marriage became extinct in 1346, were the Viscounts of Ventadour out of the house Comborn 1358 heritage.

1384 sold Bernard and Robert de Montpensier Ventadour at Duke Jean de Berry, whose sons Charles and Jean were the first two counts of Montpensier. After her death, her sister Marie -less heritage brought the possession with in her marriage to Jean I, Duke of Bourbon. The county was then successively owned by Louis I de Bourbon, the younger son of Jean and Marie I., and his descendants until Charles III. de Bourbon- Montpensier, the famous Constable of France, by the marriage with his cousin Suzanne de Bourbon Duke of Bourbon was also 1505.

Upon the seizure by King Francis I in 1538, the county was returned to Louise de Bourbon- Montpensier, sister of the Constable and widow of the Prince of La Roche -sur- Yon, as well. Against their son Louis III, in addition to the duchy in 1539 Montpensier and raised to the peerage. Marie, daughter and heiress of Duke Henri married 1626 Jean -Baptiste Gaston de Bourbon, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIII .. your daughter and heiress was Anne Marie Louise, called La Grande Mademoiselle.

The song stayed in the sequence in the House of Orléans and was worn by Antoine Philippe, son of Louis -Philippe II Joseph de Bourbon, duc d' Orléans, called Philippe Egalite, and Antoine d' Orléans, the son of the French king Louis -Philippe and father of the Spanish King Alfonso XII. Mademoiselle de Montpensier was a multiple identical within the royal family titles, especially in the years before the French Revolution.

Lords of Montpensier

• Guy de Thiers, M. de Montpensier, a younger brother of Count William I of Chalon
• Agnès de Thiers, Lady of Montpensier, whose daughter; ∞
• Humbert I de Beaujeu, as Humbert IV Lord of Beaujeu, † 1190/1202 (House Beaujeu )
• Guichard de Beaujeu I, † 1216, when Mr. Guichard IV of Beaujeu, whose son
• Guichard de Beaujeu II, † before 1256, whose son
• Humbert II de Beaujeu, † before 1285, Constable of France, whose son
• Jeanne de Beaujeu, † 1308 Dame de Montpensier, whose daughter, ∞ 1292
• John II ( Dreux ), † 1309, 1282 Count of Dreux, Braine, Montfort and Joigny, 1303 M. de Montpensier
• Robert V. ( Dreux ), † 1329, 1309, Count of Dreux, etc., Lord of Montpensier, whose son
• Johann III. ( Dreux ), † 1331, 1329, Count of Dreux, etc., Lord of Montpensier, whose brother
• Peter I ( Dreux ), † 1345, 1331, Count of Dreux, etc., Lord of Montpensier, whose brother
• Johanna I. ( Dreux ), † 1346, 1345 Countess of Dreux, etc., mistress of Montpensier, whose daughter
• Johanna II ( Dreux ), † 1355, 1346 Countess of Dreux etc, Lady of Montpensier, whose aunt

The rule of Montpensier is charged on April 2, 1350 to the county.

Johanna II was a daughter of John II of his second marriage, so no descendant of Joan I, therefore not entitled to inherit Montpensier, but for Dreux, etc. The next of kin were nieces Humbert II, Blanche and Marguerite de Beaujeu. Blanche was married to Philippe I de Chauvigny († 1310), Marguerite Ebles / Hélie VIII, Viscount of Ventadour out of the house Comborn ( † before 1321 ). Their son Bernard, Viscount of Ventadour 1358 came into the possession of Montpensier.

• Bernard, 1329 Viscount of Ventadour, † after 1390, in 1358 Mr. de Montpensier, son of Ebles VIII de Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaujeu, niece of Humbert II de Beaujeu
• Robert and Bernard de Ventadour, sons Bernard, sell Montpensier 1381 at the Jean de Valois, Duke of Berry.

Count of Montpensier

• Charles de Berry (1362-1382), son of jeans, Duke of Berry and Auvergne, third son of King John II
• Jean de Berry (1377-1416), whose brother
• Maria (Auvergne ) ( Marie de Berry, 1367-1434 ), Countess of Montpensier, Duchess of Auvergne, whose sister
• Louis I de Bourbon, comte de Montpensier (1406-1486), Dauphin of Auvergne, son of Marie de Berry and Jean I, Duke of Bourbon
• Gilbert (1448-1496), Dauphin of Auvergne, whose son
• Louis II de Bourbon, comte de Montpensier (1483-1501), Dauphin of Auvergne, whose son
• Charles III. de Bourbon- Montpensier (1490-1527), whose brother, Count of Montpensier, Dauphin of Auvergne, and by marriage Duke of Bourbon.

Dukes of Montpensier

• Louise de Bourbon- Montpensier (1482-1561), daughter of Gilbert, widow of Louis de Bourbon (1473-1520), Prince of La Roche -sur -Yon
• Louis III. de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (1513-1582), whose son
• François de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (1542-1592), Duke of Montpensier, whose son
• Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier, Duke of Montpensier (1573-1608), whose son
• Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier (1605-1627), whose daughter, the Duchess of Montpensier ( Mademoiselle de Montpensier )
• Anne Marie Louise d' Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier ( la Grande Mademoiselle ) ( 1627-1693 )
• Philippe II de Bourbon, duc d' Orléans (1674-1723)

Other family members

• Charlotte de Bourbon- Montpensier (* 1546/1547, † 1582), by marriage Countess of Nassau and Princess of Orange

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