List of lords and princes of Carency
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The lordship of Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

belonged to a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

. From the 15th century onwards they were known as princes of Carency, even if their fiefdom does not seem to have been promoted to a princedom. In the 16th century Carency passed to the Escars via the female line.

Origins (13th and 14th centuries)

  • Catherine de Condé, lady of Carency
    Carency
    Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

    , Buquoy and Aubigny
    Aubigny-en-Artois
    Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...

    . She married Jacques de Châtillon
    Jacques de Châtillon
    Jacques de Châtillon was Seigneur de Leuze, de Condé, de Carency, de Huquoy et d'Aubigny, the son of Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol and Matilda of Brabant....

     (†1302) Lord of Leuze
    Leuze-en-Hainaut
    Leuze-en-Hainaut is a Walloon municipality of Belgium, located in the province of Hainaut. It consists of the former municipalities of Leuze-en-Hainaut, Grandmetz, Thieulain, Blicquy, Chapelle-à-Oie, Chapelle-à-Wattines, Pipaix, Tourpes, Willaupuis and Gallaix...

    , younger son of Guy de Châtillon
    House of Châtillon
    The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century and surviving until 1762. The name comes from a county in Champagne, with its capital in Châtillon-sur-Marne and branches in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Blois, Penthièvre, Chartres, etc.The counts of Châtillon added to...

     (†1289), count of Saint-Pol, by whom she had :
  • Hugues de Châtillon
    House of Châtillon
    The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century and surviving until 1762. The name comes from a county in Champagne, with its capital in Châtillon-sur-Marne and branches in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Blois, Penthièvre, Chartres, etc.The counts of Châtillon added to...

     (†1329), lord of de Condé, Carency
    Carency
    Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

    , Buquoy, Aubigny
    Aubigny-en-Artois
    Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...

     and Leuze
    Leuze-en-Hainaut
    Leuze-en-Hainaut is a Walloon municipality of Belgium, located in the province of Hainaut. It consists of the former municipalities of Leuze-en-Hainaut, Grandmetz, Thieulain, Blicquy, Chapelle-à-Oie, Chapelle-à-Wattines, Pipaix, Tourpes, Willaupuis and Gallaix...

    . He married Jeanne, Lady of Argies and lady of Cathen, by whom he had :
  • Jeanne de Châtillon
    House of Châtillon
    The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century and surviving until 1762. The name comes from a county in Champagne, with its capital in Châtillon-sur-Marne and branches in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Blois, Penthièvre, Chartres, etc.The counts of Châtillon added to...

     (1320-†1371), Lady of Condé, Carency
    Carency
    Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

    , Aubigny
    Aubigny-en-Artois
    Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...

     and Leuze
    Leuze-en-Hainaut
    Leuze-en-Hainaut is a Walloon municipality of Belgium, located in the province of Hainaut. It consists of the former municipalities of Leuze-en-Hainaut, Grandmetz, Thieulain, Blicquy, Chapelle-à-Oie, Chapelle-à-Wattines, Pipaix, Tourpes, Willaupuis and Gallaix...

    . In 1335 she married James I, Count of La Marche
    James I, Count of La Marche
    James of Bourbon-La Marche was the son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. He was Count of Ponthieu from 1351 to 1360, and Count of La Marche from 1356 to his death.-Hundred Years War:...

     (†1362), by whom she had :
  • John I
    John I, Count of La Marche
    John of Bourbon-La Marche , was the second son of James I, Count of La Marche and Jeanne of Châtillon.-Life:...

     (1344-†1393), Count of La Marche, Vendôme and Castres
    Count of Castres
    The Count of Castres was a title in the French nobility.It was held by:* John I, Count of La Marche* Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac* Alan of Albret * Boffile de Juge* Philip de Montfort* Frederic, son of Godefroi The Count of Castres was a title in the French nobility.It was held by:* John I,...

    .

House of Bourbon-Carency (14th-16th centuries)

  • John of Bourbon (1378-1457)

Lord of Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

-en-Artois
Artois
Artois is a former province of northern France. Its territory has an area of around 4000 km² and a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras , Saint-Omer, Lens and Béthune.-Location:...

 and of Aubigny-en-Artois
Aubigny-en-Artois
Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...



He was the third son of John I, Count of La Marche
John I, Count of La Marche
John of Bourbon-La Marche , was the second son of James I, Count of La Marche and Jeanne of Châtillon.-Life:...

, and of Catherine of Vendôme
Catherine of Vendôme
Catherine de Vendôme , countess of Vendôme and of Castres was a French noblewoman of the House of Montoire. She was the daughter of John VI of Vendôme and Jeanne of Ponthieu.-Marriage:...

.

In 1416 he married Catherine of Artois (†1420), second daughter of Philip of Artois
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
Philip of Artois , son of John of Artois, Count of Eu and Isabeau of Melun, was Count of Eu from 1387 until his death, succeeding his brother Robert....

, count of Eu and of Marie of Berry.


In 1420 he married Jeanne of Vendômois, daughter of Hamelin of Vendômois and of Alix de Bessé, with whom he had :
1. Louis of Bourbon (1417-†1453), knight, lord of the towns and lands of Lécluse
Lécluse
Lécluse is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-Heraldry:-References:*...

, Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

, Aubigny
Aubigny-en-Artois
Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...

, Aix, Duisans
Duisans
Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village northwest of Arras at the junction of the D55 and D56 roads....

, Buquoy, Combles
Combles
Combles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Combles is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...

...;
2. John (1418-†1458)
3. Jeanne (1419-†1443)
4. Catherine (1421-?)
5. Pierre de Bourbon (1424-†1481)), lord of Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

, lord of the lands and seigneuries
Fiefdom
A fee was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable lands granted under one of several varieties of feudal tenure by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the...

 of Duisans
Duisans
Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village northwest of Arras at the junction of the D55 and D56 roads....

, in 1450 married Philippotte de Plaine;
6. Jacques de Bourbon (1425-†>1493) see below ;
7. Eléonore (1426-?)
8. Andriette (1427-?)
9. Philippe de Bourbon (1429-?), lord of Duisans
Duisans
Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village northwest of Arras at the junction of the D55 and D56 roads....

, married Catherine de Lalaing (†1478), daughter of Sance de Lalaing, lord of Opprebais, grand bailiff of Le Cambrésis, and of Catherine de Robersart
Robersart
Robersart is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-Heraldry:-References:*...

, lady of Écaillon and of Bruille.
9.1 Antoine de Bourbon, lord of Duisans
Duisans
Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village northwest of Arras at the junction of the D55 and D56 roads....

, married Jeanne de Habarcq, daughter of Pierre de Habarcq, lord of Gournay, and of Marie de Ranchicourt ;
9.1.1 Pierre de Bourbon, died in infancy ;
9.1.2 Philippe de Bourbon who took the side of Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon was a French military leader, the Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne. He commanded the Imperial troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in what became known as the Sack of Rome in 1527, where he was killed.-Biography:Charles was born at Montpensier...

;
9.1.3 Jeanne de Bourbon, married by contract at Moulins on 20 January 1489, François Rolin, lord of Beauchamp and of Monetay;
9.1.4 Jeanne de Bourbon, died aged 14 and buried at Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

 ;
9.1.5 Eléonore de Bourbon, died and buried at Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

 ;
9.1.6 Andriette de Bourbon, died and buried at Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

 .

  • Jacques de Bourbon (1425-†>1493))

Lord of Carency, Aubigny
Aubigny-en-Artois
Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...

, Rochefort, Buquoy, Lécluse
Lécluse
Lécluse is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-Heraldry:-References:*...

.


He was Lieutenant Général of John II, Duke of Bourbon
John II, Duke of Bourbon
John de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon , sometimes referred to as John the Good and The Scourge of the English, was a son of Charles I of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy...

 on his lands, by letters patent given at Moulins
Moulins, Allier
Moulins is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department.Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison Mantin the Anne de Beaujeu Museum.-History:...

 on 28 February 1486. Louis XI
Louis XI of France
Louis XI , called the Prudent , was the King of France from 1461 to 1483. He was the son of Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou, a member of the House of Valois....

 granted him the goods confiscated from Peter of Bourbon by letters of 20 April 1469. He was still living in 1493.

In 1442 he married Antoinette de la Tour
La Tour-d'Auvergne
La Tour-d'Auvergne is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

, widow of Jacques Aubert, lord of Marteil and daughter of Annet II de la Tour
La Tour-d'Auvergne
La Tour-d'Auvergne is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

, lord of Olliergues
Olliergues
Olliergues is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

 and of Elips de Vendat
Vendat
Vendat is a commune in the Allier department in central France.-Population:...

, with whom he had :
1. Charles (1444-?) see below
2. Jean de Bourbon (1446-?), lord of Rochefort, d’Arson, married Jeanne de l’Isle, widow of Arnoul, lord of la Hanaide and Condé, only daughter of Jacques de l’Isle, lord of Frêne and of Catherine de Neusville, without posterity.

  • Charles de Bourbon (1444-?)

"Prince" of Carency, lord of Aubigny
Aubigny-en-Artois
Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...

, Rochefort, Buquoy, Lécluse
Lécluse
Lécluse is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-Heraldry:-References:*...

, Bougny, Combles
Combles
Combles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Combles is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...

, Abret, Vendat
Vendat
Vendat is a commune in the Allier department in central France.-Population:...

, Bains, Saint-Georges and Ternat
Ternat
Ternat is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Sint-Katherina-Lombeek, Ternat proper and Wambeek. On January 1, 2006 Ternat had a total population of 14,625. The total area is 24.48 km² which gives a population density of 597...

, Count of La Marche.


On 15 January 1468 he married Didière of Vergy
House of Vergy
The House of Vergy is one of the oldest French noble families, attested since the 9th century-Château de Vergy:The reputedly impregnable château de Vergy was sited on a rocky spur near Beaune in Burgundy . The first fort on the site dates to the Roman period...

, only daughter and heir of Jean of Vergy
House of Vergy
The House of Vergy is one of the oldest French noble families, attested since the 9th century-Château de Vergy:The reputedly impregnable château de Vergy was sited on a rocky spur near Beaune in Burgundy . The first fort on the site dates to the Roman period...

, lord of Fouvens and Vinory and of Marguerite de la Rocheguyon, no issue.

On 8 November 1481, he married Antoinette de Chabannes (†1490), daughter of Geoffroy de Chabannes, knight, lord of Charlus and of Charlotte de Prie, no issue.

On 18 April 1493, he married Catherine d’Alègre, daughter of Bertrand d’Alègre, baron of Puysaguet, lord of Busset, baron of Puysagut, Le Temple and Saint-Priest, and of Isabelle de Levy-Cousan, by whom he had :
1. Bertrand de Bourbon (1494-†1515)), died in the battle of Marignan in 1515, no issue.
2. Jean de Bourbon (1500-†1520), died at Moulins
Moulins, Allier
Moulins is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department.Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison Mantin the Anne de Beaujeu Museum.-History:...

, no issue.
3. Louise de Bourbon, dame de Combles
Combles
Combles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Combles is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...

, Buquoy and Vendat
Vendat
Vendat is a commune in the Allier department in central France.-Population:...

.
4. Isabelle de Bourbon see below

  • Isabelle de Bourbon

Princess of Carency, Aubigny
Aubigny-en-Artois
Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A town located 8 miles northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.-Population:...

, Combles
Combles
Combles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Combles is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...

 and Buquoy.


On 22 February 1516 she married François de Peyrusse d'Escars (or des Cars) (†1550), lord of La Vauguyon, councillor, chamberlain, gentleman of the king's chamber to Francis I
Francis I of France
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...

, with whom she had :
1. Jean d’Escars (†1595) see below
2. Susanne, in 1536 married Geoffroy de Pompadour
Arnac-Pompadour
Arnac-Pompadour is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.The city is famous for its chateau and its stud farm, the Pompadour National Anglo-Arab Stud, headquarters of the French National Stud and France's principal production centre of Anglo-Arabian horses.-History:Arnac was...

3. Anne, married Jean II de La Queille baron de Fleurat
Fleurat
Fleurat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A farming village situated some northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D56, D5 and the N145 roads.-Population:-External links:*...

4. Marguerite (†1589) abbess of Ligueux
Ligueux
Ligueux is the name of several communes in France:* Ligueux, Dordogne, in the Dordogne department* Ligueux, Gironde, in the Gironde department...

5. Catherine

House of Escars (16th century)

  • Jean de Peyrusse d’Escars (†1595)

"Prince" of Carency, then in 1586 count of La Vauguyon, lord of Abret and Vendat
Vendat
Vendat is a commune in the Allier department in central France.-Population:...

. Knight of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit from 1578.

In 1561 he married Anne de Clermont, daughter of Antoine III count of Clermont, son of Bernardin de Clermont, with whom he had :
1. Claude d’Escars (†6 March 1586), prince of Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

, killed in a duel by Gontaut Biron (beheaded on the orders of Henri IV
Henry IV of France
Henry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....

).
2. Henri d’Escars (†1590), prince of Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

, married Anne marquise of Fronsac
Fronsac
Fronsac is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France:* Fronsac, Gironde, in the Gironde department* Fronsac, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne department* La Lande-de-Fronsac, in the Gironde department...

, daughter of Geoffroy lord of Caumont.
3. Diane d’Escars : see below
4. Louise (1576-†1583), abbess of Ligueux
Ligueux
Ligueux is the name of several communes in France:* Ligueux, Dordogne, in the Dordogne department* Ligueux, Gironde, in the Gironde department...

5. Isabeau d'Escars (†1609), lady of Combles
Combles
Combles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Combles is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...

, married Jean of Amanzé on 10 September 1595.

  • Diane d’Escars

Princess of Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

, countess of La Vauguyon and lady of Abret after her brothers' deaths.


In 1573 she married Charles Gouyon, count of la Maure, thus moving Carency
Carency
Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road...

 into the Rochechouart
House of Rochechouart
The House of Limoges-Rochechouart is the most ancient noble family in France after the royal family. This powerful dynasty of the Carolingian era dates back to Foucher, supporter of Charles the Bald, who became viscount of Limoges in 876...

 family, who did not use the title. This family was not linked to Carency's promotion to a princedom. Diane and her husband were great grand parents of Madame de Montespan.

She later married Louis Estuer comte de Saint-Megrin, by whom she had :
1. Jacques (1588-†1671) count of La Vauguyon


At the end of the 18th century the title passed to a Bauffremont
Bauffremont
Bauffremont is a French family which derived its name from a village in the Vosges, outside of Orléans, now spelt Beaufremont. The family traces itself to Liébaud, sire de Bauffremont, in 1090...

 via the marriage of one of the daughters of Paul François de Quelen de La Vauguyon
Paul François de Quelen de la Vauguyon
Paul François de Quelen de La Vauguyon or Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, duc de La Vauguyon was a French nobleman. He was governor of Cognac, after having been involved in the last campaigns of the Seven Years' War...

.
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