John I, Count of La Marche
| John of Bourbon | |
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| Count of La Marche | |
John I and Catherine
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| Spouse(s) | Catherine of Vendôme |
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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 |
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| Noble family | House of Bourbon |
| Father | James I, Count of La Marche |
| Mother | Jeanne of Châtillon |
| Born | 1344 |
| Died | 11 June 1393 (aged 48-49) |
John of Bourbon (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.
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.
On 28 September 1364, he married Catherine of Vendôme, countess of Vendôme (d. 1412) and daughter of John VI, Count of Vendôme.
He had seven children by Catherine:
John's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.
Patrilineal descent is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that if Count John were to choose an historically accurate house name it would be Robertian, as all his male-line ancestors have been of that house.
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