Louis de Bourbon, prince de La Roche-sur-Yon

Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme, né en 1473, mort en 1520, fut prince de La Roche-sur-Yon. Il fut seigneur de Champigny, de Leuse, de Condé, de Saint-Charlier, de Cluys, d’Agurande, du Châtelet et du Luc.

Il était fils de Jean VIII de Bourbon, comte de Vendôme et d'Isabelle de Beauvau, dame de La Roche-sur-Yon.

Il accompagna Charles VIII à Naples au cours de la première guerre d'Italie. Il repartit ensuite avec Louis XII au cours des deux expéditions suivantes, puis combattit avec François Ier à Marignan.

Il épousa, le 21 mars 1508 à Moulins, Louise de Bourbon (1482 † 1561), duchesse de Montpensier, fille de Gilbert de Bourbon, comte de Montpensier, et de Claire de Mantoue-Gonzague, et eut :

Suzanne (1508 † 1570), mariée en 1529 à Claude de Rieux (+1532) Louis III (1513 † 1582), duc de Montpensier Charles (1515 † 1565), prince de La Roche-sur-Yon Il eut aussi un fils illégitime, Louis dit Jacques Heluis († 1565), qui fut évêque de Langres.

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................ Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

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She married secondly on 21 March 1504, her cousin Louis de Bourbon, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon, by whom she had three children:

Suzanne de Bourbon-Montpensier (1508- 1570), married Claude of Rieux, Count of Harcoute and Aumale, by whom she had issue.

Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier, (10 June 1513- 23 September 1582) married firstly in 1538, Jacqueline de Longwy, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine (died 28 August 1561), by whom he had a son and five daughters, including Charlotte of Bourbon. His second wife was Catherine of Lorraine.

Charles, prince of La Roche sur Yon (died 1565), married Philippa of Montespédon, Dame de Beaupreau (died 1575), by whom he had a son, Henri, and a daughter, Jeanne.

Louise died on 5 July 1561. She was buried at Saint-Chapelle, Chateau de Champigny in Touraine. Her eldest son Louis succeeded her as Duke of Montpensier.

Through her daughter Suzanne, Louise was an ancestress of King Louis XV of France. Through her granddaughter Charlotte of Bourbon, Louise was an ancestress of the House of Hanover, which reigned in Great Britain from 1714 to 1901, and from which descends the current British Royal Family.