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Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (Château
Château

A ch?teau is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally - and still most frequently - in French language-speaking regions....
 de Moulins
Moulins, Allier

Moulins is a Communes of France in central France, capital of the Allier Departments of France....
, 1434–September 13 1488, Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
), the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon

Charles I of Bourbon was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Rulers of Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of John I, Duke of Bourbon after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy more than eighteen years before his father's death....
 and Agnes of Burgundy
Agnes of Burgundy

Agnes of Burgundy was the daughter of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria. Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margarete of Brieg....
, was a member of the 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....
. Elected Archbishop of Lyon at the age of 10 through his family connections, and later made a Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
, he was also Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon

Duke of Bourbon is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the Sire de Bourbon....
 and Auvergne
Rulers of Auvergne

This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne....
 for a short period of time in April 1488, succeeding his elder brother, John II
John II, Duke of Bourbon

John II of Bourbon was Duke of Bourbon and Rulers of Auvergne from 1456 to his death, following his father Charles I, Duke of Bourbon. His mother was Agnes of Burgundy....
.

A younger son, Charles had been placed in the church by his family at an early age; he himself had no vocation for the high honours to which he rose, and was noted more for his improprieties (he had an illegitimate daughter) than his piety.






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Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (Château
Château

A ch?teau is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally - and still most frequently - in French language-speaking regions....
 de Moulins
Moulins, Allier

Moulins is a Communes of France in central France, capital of the Allier Departments of France....
, 1434–September 13 1488, Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
), the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon

Charles I of Bourbon was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Rulers of Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of John I, Duke of Bourbon after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy more than eighteen years before his father's death....
 and Agnes of Burgundy
Agnes of Burgundy

Agnes of Burgundy was the daughter of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria. Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margarete of Brieg....
, was a member of the 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....
. Elected Archbishop of Lyon at the age of 10 through his family connections, and later made a Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
, he was also Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon

Duke of Bourbon is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the Sire de Bourbon....
 and Auvergne
Rulers of Auvergne

This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne....
 for a short period of time in April 1488, succeeding his elder brother, John II
John II, Duke of Bourbon

John II of Bourbon was Duke of Bourbon and Rulers of Auvergne from 1456 to his death, following his father Charles I, Duke of Bourbon. His mother was Agnes of Burgundy....
.

A younger son, Charles had been placed in the church by his family at an early age; he himself had no vocation for the high honours to which he rose, and was noted more for his improprieties (he had an illegitimate daughter) than his piety. He was, however, a noted patron of the arts, lavishing money on Lyons cathedral - the Bourbon chapel there, which he sponsored from 1486 (it was continued after his death by his brother, Peter II of Bourbon
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon was the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, and a member of the House of BourbonA loyal and capable subject of the crown, Peter earned the grudging respect of Louis XI of France through his demonstration of the Bourbon family's "meekness and humility"....
) was described as "one of the marvels of decorative art in the 15th century")

When Charles' elder brother, John II, Duke of Bourbon, died on 1 April 1488, Charles - as John's nearest heir - made a claim for the family inheritance in the Bourbonnais
Bourbonnais

Bourbonnais was a historic province in the centre of France that corresponded to the modern d?partement in France of Allier, along with part of the d?partement of Cher ....
 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 claim was not tolerated by his younger brother, Peter, and Peter's wife, Anne of France
Anne of France

Anne of France , was the eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and his second wife, Charlotte of Savoy. Her paternal grandparents were King Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou....
, the latter immediately taking possession of the Bourbon lands by force on 10 April. On 15 April, members of the King's Council sent by Anne to "console the Cardinal on the occasion of his brother's death", forced him to sign a renunciation of any claims to the Bourbon lands, in exchange for a financial settlement. Charles then died later in the same year in mysterious circumstances, following a sudden collapse in a private house in Lyons. His brief tenure of the title during the period 1 April-15 April would, however, be posthumously confirmed in 1505, when Charles de Montpensier
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon

Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier, Eighth Duke of Bourbon was Count of Montpensier and Rulers of Auvergne. His father, Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, died in 1496, and his elder brother Louis II, Count of Montpensier in 1501, at which time he inherited the family lands in Auvergne ....
 acceded to the Duchy as Charles III.

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