Louis II, Duke of Bourbon
{{Short description|Duke of Bourbon (c. 1337–1410)}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = Louis II
| image = Louis II de Bourbon.jpg
| succession = Duke of Bourbon
| reign = 1356 – 1410
| predecessor = Peter I
| father = Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
| mother = Isabella de Valois
| spouse = Anne of Auvergne
| issue = John I, Duke of Bourbon
| successor = John I
| house = Bourbon
| birth_date = 1337
| birth_place =
| death_date = 1410 (aged 73)
| death_place = Montluçon
}}
Louis de Bourbon, called the Good ({{circa|1337}} – 1410), was the third Duke of Bourbon. He was also the Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Lord of Beaujeu.
Life
Louis was the son of Peter de Bourbon{{sfn|Ramsey|1999|p=234}} and Isabella de Valois.{{sfn|Heers|2016|loc=Bourbon table}} His mother was the sister to King Philip VI of France. He inherited the duchy after his father Duke Peter I died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.{{sfn|Roux|2009|p=248}}
In 1390, Louis launched the Barbary Crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis, in conjunction with the Genoese. Its objective was to suppress piracy based in the city of Mahdia, but the siege was unsuccessful.{{sfn|Housley|1992|p=286}} Louis died at Montluçon in 1410, at the age of 73.
Marriage and issue
On 19 August 1371 Louis married Anne of Auvergne (1358–1417),{{sfn|Heers|2016|loc=Bourbon table}} Countess of Forez and daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne, and his wife the Countess of Forez. They had:
- Catherine of Bourbon (b. 1378),{{sfn|Heers|2016|loc=Bourbon table}} d. young
- John of Bourbon (1381–1434), Duke of Bourbon{{sfn|Ramsey|1999|p=234}}
- Louis of Bourbon (1388 – 1404), Sieur de Beaujeu
- Isabelle of Bourbon (1384 – aft. 1451){{sfn|Heers|2016|loc=Bourbon table}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Heers |title=Louis XI |publisher=Perrin |year=2016 }}
- {{cite book |title=Liturgy, Politics, and Salvation: The Catholic League in Paris and the Nature of Catholic Reform, 1540-1630 |first=Ann W. |last=Ramsey |publisher=University of Rochester Press |year=1999 }}
- {{cite book |last=Housley |first=Norman |title=The later Crusades, 1274-1580: from Lyons to Alcazar |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1992 }}
- {{cite book |title=Paris in the Middle Ages |first=Simone |last=Roux |translator-first=Jo Ann |translator-last=McNamara |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=2009 }}
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Category:Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Category:Christians of the Barbary Crusade
Category:Christians of the Battle of Nicopolis
Category:House of Bourbon (France)
Category:Burials at Souvigny Priory
Category:14th-century peers of France
Category:15th-century peers of France
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