John I, Count of La Marche

Jean I de Bourbon ( * 1344, † June 11, 1393 ) was from 1362 to 1393 when Jean I. Count of La Marche, from 1372 to 1393 when Jean VII, Count of Vendôme and Castres and peer of France. He was the son of Jacques' I de Bourbon and his wife Jeanne de Châtillon.

He married in 1364 Catherine de Vendôme († 1412 ), who in 1372 inherited the counties of Vendôme and Castres, at the latest. With her he had the following children:

  • Jacques II († 1438 ), Count of La Marche, Count of Castres
  • Louis I ( † 1447 ), Count of Vendôme
  • Jean, Lord of Carency
  • Anne (around 1380-1408 ) ∞ 1) Jean de Valois, duc de Berry, Count of Montpensier; ∞ 2) Louis VII of Bavaria- Ingolstadt,
  • Marie
  • Charlotte ∞ Janus de Lusignan, King of Cyprus.

Jean de Bourbon in 1356 fought at the battle of Maupertuis got into the captive. After his release, he joined Bertrand du Guesclin, with whom he Castile Henry of Trastamara against King Peter the Cruel supported in 1366. In Vendômois he left the castles Vendôme and Lavardin rebuild.

James I, Count of La Marche Battle of Poitiers Peter of Castile Château de Lavardin
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