CHAPTER I
1332–1356
The House of Bourbon—Marriage of Pierre de Bourbon and Isabelle de Valois—Birth of their children—Betrothal of Jeanne to the Comte de Savoie—To the Dauphin Humbert—Her marriage with the heir of France—Character of Charles—Death of Philippe VI.—Coronation of King and Queen—Charles invested with Duchy of Normandy—Marriage of the Queen of Spain—Pedro el Cruel—Marriage of the Comtesse de Savoie—Death of the Duc de Bourbon at Poitiers.
The royal house of Bourbon descends from Saint Louis through his sixth son, Robert, Comte de Clermont and Sire de Bourbon. The pedigree is as follows:—
Saint Louis.
|
Robert de France, Comte de Clermont et Sire de Bourbon.
|
Louis I., Duc de Bourbon et Comte de Clermont.
|
+-----------------------+------------------------+
| | |
Pierre I., Duc de Bourbon. Jeanne, Jacques, Comte
| m. Charles V. de la Marche.
| |
Louis II., Duc de Bourbon. Louis, Comte
| de Vendôme.
| |
+------+-----------+------------------+ Jean II., Comte
| | | de Vendôme.
| | | |
Jean, Louis, Other François, Comte
Duc de Bourbon. Comte de Montpensier. daughters. de Vendôme.
| | |
| | Charles, Duc
| | de Vendôme.
| +------------------------+ |
+---------------------------+ | Antoine, Duc
| | | de Vendôme et
Charles I., Duc de Bourbon. Pierre II., | Roi de Navarre.
| Duc de Bourbon | |
Jean II., Duc de Bourbon. et | Henri IV.
| Sire de Beaujeu. |
LOUIS, COMTE DE CLERMONT. | |
| |
| |
| |
SUSANNE, DUCHESSE DE BOURBON, |
m. |
her cousin, Charles, Constable de Bourbon,
descended from LOUIS, COUNT DE MONTPENSIER.
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Jeanne de Bourbon was the great-granddaughter of Saint Louis. Her father was Pierre, Duc de Bourbon, and her mother Isabelle, one of the younger daughters of Charles, Comte de Valois.[3] Their eldest daughter, Jeanne, was born February 3, 1335, and within a year or so of each other their second daughter, Blanche, and their son Louis.[4] The other daughters were Bonne, Catherine, Marguérite, Isabelle (?), and Marie.[5]