Louis I, Count of Montpensier

For other uses of "Louis, Dauphin", see Louis, Dauphin (disambiguation).

Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Coat-of-arms of Louis I, Count of Montpensier after 1428.
Born1405
DiedMay 1486
Rome
Noble familyBourbon-Montpensier
Spouse(s)Joanna, Dauphine of Auvergne
Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne
FatherJohn I, Duke of Bourbon
MotherMarie, Duchess of Auvergne

Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.[1] He was Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne and was a younger brother of Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.

  1. ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 25.