Jean VI, Comte de Vendôme

John VI de Vendôme (died 1365), Count of Vendôme and Castres (1354-1365) was of the House of Montoire and was son of Bouchard VI and Alix de Bretagne.

He lived mainly in Castres and fought at Poitiers (1356) where he was captured.[1] In 1362, a troop of Gascon and English took the city and imprisoned Countess Jeanne de Ponthieu. Several attempts to deliver the city by force failed, and John VI had to be resolved to pay a ransom for the city.

In 1342, he married Jeanne de Ponthieu, they had two children:

Bouchard VII

Catherine of Vendôme

John I, Count of La Marche

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John of Bourbon-La Marche

Count of La Marche

John I and Catherine

John I and Catherine

Spouse Catherine of Vendôme

Issue

James II, Count of La Marche

Isabelle

Louis, Count of Vendôme

John, Lord of Carency

Anne, Countess of Montpensier

Marie, Lady of Brehencourt

Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus

Noble family Bourbon-La Marche

Father James I, Count of La Marche

Mother Jeanne of Châtillon

Born 1344

Died 11 June 1393 (aged 48-49)

John of Bourbon-La Marche (John I/VII, Count of La Marche and of Vendôme), (1344 – 11 June 1393, Vendôme) was the second son of James I, Count of La Marche and Jeanne of Châtillon.

Contents

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   * 1 Life

   * 2 Marriage and Children

   * 3 Notes

   * 4 References

[edit] Life

He was captured as a young man at the Battle of Poitiers, but ransomed.

After the death of his father and elder brother following the Battle of Brignais, John succeeded them as Count of La Marche.

He took an active part in the Hundred Years' War, and became Governor of Limousin after helping reconquer it from the English. Later he joined Bertrand du Guesclin in his campaign of 1366 in Castile. In 1374, his brother-in-law Bouchard VII, Count of Vendôme died, and John became Count of Vendôme and Castres in right of his wife.

He joined the campaign of Charles VI 1382 in Flanders (which culminated in the Battle of Roosebeke) and fought in 1392 in Brittany.

He rebuilt the castles of Vendôme and Lavardin.

[edit] Marriage and Children

On 28 September 1364, he married Catherine of Vendôme, countess of Vendôme (d. 1412) and daughter of John VI, Count of Vendôme.[1]

He had seven children by Catherine:

   * James II, Count of La Marche and Castres (1370–1438)

   * Isabelle (b. 1373), a nun at Poissy

   * Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376–1446)

   * John, Lord of Carency (1378–1457), married c. 1416 Catherine, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, without issue, married in 1420 at Le Mans, his mistress Jeanne de Vendômois, with whom he had issue

   * Anne (c. 1380 – September 1408, Paris), married in 1401 John of Berry, Count of Montpensier (d. 1401), married in Paris in 1402 Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria

   * Marie (1386 – aft. September 11, 1463), Lady of Brehencourt, married Jean de Baynes, Lord of Croix

   * Charlotte (1388 – 15 January 1422), married in 1411 at Nicosia King Janus of Cyprus

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol.27, Ed. Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 982.

[edit] References

   * The Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol.27, Ed. Hugh Chisholm, 1911.

Preceded by

Peter II Count of La Marche

1362–1393 Succeeded by

James II

Preceded by

Bouchard VII Count of Castres

1374–1393

With: Catherine Succeeded by

James II and Catherine

Count of Vendôme

1374–1393

With: Catherine Succeeded by

Louis and Catherine

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