James I, Count of La Marche

Jacques I de Bourbon ( probably * 1319, † April 6, 1362 in Lyon) ( German: " the flower of the Knights" ), also called " la Fleur des Chevaliers " called, was from 1342, Count of La Marche, 1346-1360 Count of Ponthieu and 1354-1356 Constable of France. He was the son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Count of La Marche, and his wife Marie d' Avesnes. He is in a direct line ancestor of the French King Henry IV

Life

1341 and 1342 in the Breton War of Succession fought Jacques Charles de Blois against Jean de Montfort. 1346 he participated in the Battle of Crécy, in which he was wounded. In the same year he gave the King John II of Ponthieu. In 1349 he was captain general of Languedoc. 1354 he was appointed Constable of France, however, already in 1356, replaced again before the battle of Maupertuis, and by Gautier VI. de Brienne replaced. In this battle he was again wounded, and fell - as well as King John II - in English captivity. By the Treaty of Brétigny He was released and lost Ponthieu, which fell to England. Then he fought against the dismissed mercenaries to gangs, Grandes Compagnies called himself, merged and analyzed in the Kingdom as muggers their livelihood. In one of these battles, the Battle of Brignais near Lyon, he and his eldest son mortally wounded. Jacques I was buried in the church of Saint -Jacques in Lyon.

Marriage and issue

Jacques I de Bourbon was married since 1335 to Jeanne de Châtillon, dame de Condé and Carency (* 1320, † 1371 ). Their common children were:

  • Isabelle ( * 1340, † 1371 ) ∞ 1 ) 1362 Louis II de Brienne, Viscount of Beaumont († 1364, killed at the Battle of Cocherel )
  • ∞ 2 ) 1364 Bouchard VII de Vendôme († 1371 ), Count of Vendôme and Castres
  • Count (La Marche )
  • Graf ( Ponthieu )
  • Constable (France)
  • House of Bourbon
  • Frenchman
  • Born in the 14th century
  • Died in 1362
  • Man
Henry IV of France War of the Breton Succession Charles I, Duke of Brittany John IV, Duke of Brittany Battle of Poitiers Walter VI, Count of Brienne Free company John I, Count of La Marche Crown lands of France Edward III of England
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