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Bourbonnais

Bourbonnais (Occitan: Borbonés / Barbonés) was a historic province in the centre of France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
that corresponded to the modern département of Allier

Allier

Allier is a departments of France in south-central France named after the Allier River....
, along with part of the département of Cher

Cher (département)

Cher is an administrative departments of France located in the centre of France. It is named after the Cher River....
. Its capital was Moulins

Moulins, Allier

Moulins is a Communes of France in central France, capital of the Allier Departments of France....
.

History
Its first known lord was Adhémar (or Aymar) in the 10th century AD. He acquired the castle of Bourbon (today Bourbon-l'Archambault

Bourbon-l'Archambault

Bourbon-l'Archambault is a spa town and a commune in France in the Allier Departments of France in Auvergne in central France.In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours, the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Fran?oise-Ath?na?s, marquise de Montespan died there at the age of seven....
) which gave its name to the family, the House of Bourbon

House of Bourbon

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Bourbonnais (Occitan: Borbonés / Barbonés) was a historic province in the centre of France

France

Allier

Allier is a departments of France in south-central France named after the Allier River....
, along with part of the département of Cher

Cher (département)

Cher is an administrative departments of France located in the centre of France. It is named after the Cher River....
. Its capital was Moulins

Moulins, Allier

Moulins is a Communes of France in central France, capital of the Allier Departments of France....
.

History

Its first known lord was Adhémar (or Aymar) in the 10th century AD. He acquired the castle of Bourbon (today Bourbon-l'Archambault

Bourbon-l'Archambault

House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
.

The first House of Bourbon ended in 1200 with the death of Archambault VII. It left only one heiress, Mahaut de Bourbon, whose husband, Guy II of Dampierre, added Montlucon to the possessions of the lords of Bourbon, extending to the River Cher during the 11th and 12th centuries.

The second house of Bourbon started in 1218 with Archambault VIII

Archambaud VIII of Bourbon

Archambaud VIII of Bourbon, le Grand, was a ruler of Bourbonnais in the modern region of Auvergne , France. He was succeeded by his son, Archambaud IX of Bourbon....
, son of Guy II and Mahaut, and brother of William II of Dampierre

William II of Dampierre

William II was the lord of Dampierre from 1216 until his death. He was the son of Guy II of Dampierre, constable of Champagne , and Matilda, Duke of Bourbon....
. He was followed by his son Archambaut IX, who died in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
in 1249 during a crusade. Bourbonnais was then acquired by the House of Burgundy.

In 1272, Beatrix of Bourbon|Béatrice de Bourgogne (1258-1310), Lady of Bourbon

Sire de Bourbon

The Sire de Bourbon or Seigneur de Bourbon, meaning Lord of Bourbon, was the title by which the Manorialism of "la Bourbonnais" were known, from 913 to 1327, and from which the cognomen of the illustrious royal House of Bourbon of the same name derives....
, married Robert de France

Robert, Count of Clermont

Robert of France was made Count of Clermont in 1268. He was son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. In 1272, Robert married Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon and had the following issue:...
(1256-1318), Count of Clermont, son of king Louis IX

Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
(Saint-Louis). It was the beginning of the long-lasting House of Bourbon

House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
, providing kings of France from Henry IV

Henry IV of France

Henry de Bourbon, , ruled as Henry III, List of Navarrese monarchs, from 1572 to 1610, and as Henry IV, List of French monarchs, from 1589 to 1610....
through Louis-Phillipe in 1848, when monarchy was abolished in France.

The Bourbons had concluded an alliance with the royal capacity. They had put their forces at the service of the king, thus benefitting from the geographic position of Bourbonnais, located between the royal field and the duchies of Aquitaine

Aquitaine

Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain....
and Auvergne

Auvergne (province)

Auvergne was a historic province of France in south central France. It was originally the feudal domain of the List of rulers of Auvergne. It is now the geographical and cultural area that corresponds to the former province....
. This alliance, as well as the marriage of Béatrix de Bourgogne and Robert de France, aided the rise and prosperity of the province. In 1327, it was set up as a duchy-peerage by king Charles (le Bel).

Bourbonnais

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