Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon

Agnes of Burgundy
Agnes of Burgundy
	Duchess of Bourbon
Duchess consort of Bourbon
Tenure	1434-1456
Predecessor	Marie, Duchess of Auvergne
Successor	Joan of Valois
Born	1407
Died	1 December 1476 (aged 68–69)
Spouse	Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Issue	John II, Duke of Bourbon; Mary, Duchess of Lorraine; Philip of Bourbon; Charles II, Duke of Bourbon; Isabella, Duchess of Burgundy; Peter II, Duke of Bourbon; Louis of Bourbon; Margaret, Duchess of Savoy; Catherine, Duchess of Guelders; Joanna, Princess of Orange; Jacques, Count of Montpensier
House	Valois-Burgundy
Father	John the Fearless
Mother	Margaret of Bavaria
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Agnes of Burgundy (1407 – 1 December 1476), duchess of Bourbon (Bourbonnais) and Auvergne, countess of Clermont, was the daughter of John the Fearless (1371–1419) and Margaret of Bavaria.[1] Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg. Her paternal grandparents were Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.

Marriage and issue

Agnes was married to Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401–1456), and together they had eleven children: [2]

John of Bourbon (1426–1488), Duke of Bourbon
Marie de Bourbon (1428–1448), married in 1444 John II, Duke of Lorraine
Philip of Bourbon (1430–1440), Lord of Beaujeu
Charles of Bourbon (Château de Moulins 1434–1488, Lyon), Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon and Duke of Bourbon
Isabella of Bourbon (1436–1465), married Charles, Duke of Burgundy. Isabella was mother of Mary of Burgundy.
Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of Bourbon
Louis of Bourbon (1438 – 30 August 1482, murdered), Bishop of Liège
Margaret of Bourbon (5 February 1439 – 1483, Château du Pont-Ains), married in Moulins on 6 April 1472 Philip II, Duke of Savoy, parents of Louise of Savoy
Catharine of Bourbon (Liège, 1440 – 21 May 1469, Nijmegen), married on 28 December 1463 in Bruges Adolf II, Duke of Guelders
Joanna of Bourbon (1442–1493, Brussels), married in Brussels in 1467 John II of Chalon, Prince of Orange
Jacques of Bourbon (1445–1468, Bruges), Count of Montpensier. Unmarried

Ancestors of Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon[3]

18. John I of Bohemia

9. Bonne of Bohemia

19. Elisabeth of Bohemia

20. Louis I of Flanders

10. Louis II of Flanders

11. Margaret of Brabant

23. Marie d'Évreux

1. Agnes of Burgundy

13. Margaret II, Countess of Hainault

27. Joan of Valois

14. Ludwik I the Fair

15. Agnes of Głogów

31. Matilda of Brandenburg

O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle, How France Built Her Cathedrals, (Harper Brothers Publishers:London, 1921), 265.
Leguai, André, "Agnès de Bourgogne, duchesse de Bourbon (1405?-1476)," in Les ducs de Bourbon, le Bourbonnais et le royaume de France à la fin du Moyen Age (Société bourbonnaise des études locales: Yzeure, 2005), 145-60.
de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Lisboa Occidental. p. 147.

O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle, How France Built Her Cathedrals, (Harper Brothers Publishers:London, 1921)

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