Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

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Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

Louis II of Bourbon, called the Good (1337 – 1410, Montlucon

Montluçon

Montlu?on is a communes of France in central France. It is the largest commune in the Departments of France of Allier, although the capital is located in the much smaller commune of Moulins, Allier....
) was the third 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....
.

Duke Louis is reported to have been mentally somewhat instable, a trait of nervous breakdowns presumably hereditary that showed clearly for example in his sister Joanna of Bourbon

Joanna of Bourbon

Joanna of Bourbon was Queen consort to Charles V of France. Joanna was a daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois , a half-sister of Philip VI of France as the daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon....
, the queen, and already in their father, Duke Peter, and in their grandfather, Louis I, Duke of Bourbon

Louis I, Duke of Bourbon

Louis I of Bourbon, le Boiteux, the Lame was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Count of La Marche, and the first Duke of Bourbon....
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The teenage Louis inherited the duchy from his father Duke Peter I

Peter I, Duke of Bourbon

Peter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death.Peter was son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberman of France, and Mary of Avesnes....
after his death in the Battle of Poitiers

Battle of Poitiers (1356)

The Battle of Poitiers was fought between the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and France in the Middle Ages on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cr?cy, Poitiers, and Battle of Agincourt....
in 1356.

On August 19, 1371, he married Anna of Auvergne (1358–1417), Countess of Forez

Forez

Forez is a Provinces of France of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire d?partement in France and a part of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-D?me d?partements....
and a daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne

Dauphin of Auvergne

Dauphin d'Auvergne, or in Occitan Dalfi d'Alvernha was Count of Clermont-Ferrand and Montferrand , troubadour and patron of troubadours. He was born c....
, and his wife the Countess of Forez

Forez

Catherine of Bourbon (b.

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Louis II of Bourbon, called the Good (1337 – 1410, Montlucon

Montluçon

Duke of Bourbon

Joanna of Bourbon

Louis I, Duke of Bourbon

Peter I, Duke of Bourbon

Battle of Poitiers (1356)

Forez

Dauphin of Auvergne

Dauphin d'Auvergne, or in Occitan Dalfi d'Alvernha was Count of Clermont-Ferrand and Montferrand , troubadour and patron of troubadours. He was born c....
, and his wife the Countess of Forez

Forez

Catherine of Bourbon (b. 1378), d. young
John of Bourbon
John I, Duke of Bourbon

John I of Bourbon was Duke of Bourbon, from 1410 to his death and Duke of Auvergne since 1416. He was the eldest son of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon and Anna d'Auvergne....
(1381–1434), Duke of Bourbon
Louis of Bourbon (1388 – 1404), Sieur de Beaujeu
Beaujeu, Rhône

Beaujeu is a small town between M?con and Lyon. It lies in the France d?partement in France of Rh?ne , in the east-central Rh?ne-Alpes r?gion in France of the country....
Isabelle of Bourbon (1384 – aft. 1451)

In 1390, Duke Louis launched a crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis

Tunis

Tunis is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Governorate, with a population of 1 200,000 in 2008 and over 3,980,500 in the municipal area....
, in conjunction with the Genoese

Republic of Genoa

The Most Serene Republic of Genoa was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italy coast from the 11th century to 1797, when it was invaded by armies of First French Republic under Napoleon I of France....
. Its objective was to suppress piracy

Piracy

Piracy is a warlike act committed by a foreign nonstate actor, especially robbery or crime committed at sea, on a river, or sometimes on shore, either from a vessel flying no national flag, or one flying a national flag but without authorization from a nation....
based in the city of Mahdia

Mahdia

Mahdia, Arabic language: ??????? , is a Tunisian coastal city with 37,000 inhabitants, south of Monastir, Tunisia and southeast of Sousse....
, but the siege

Siege of Mahdia

The Siege of Mahdia was the main event of the Tunisian crusade of 1390. Froissart's Chronicles is a chief document describing what was one of the last crusades....
was unsuccessful.

Ancestors

Louis's ancestors in three generations
Louis II, Duke of Bourbon	Father: Peter I, Duke of Bourbon Peter I, Duke of Bourbon Peter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death.Peter was son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberman of France, and Mary of Avesnes....	Paternal Grandfather: Louis I, Duke of Bourbon Louis I, Duke of Bourbon Louis I of Bourbon, le Boiteux, the Lame was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Count of La Marche, and the first Duke of Bourbon....	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Robert, Count of Clermont 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:...
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Beatrix of Bourbon
		Paternal Grandmother: Mary of Avesnes Mary of Avesnes Marie of Hainaut was the daughter of John II, Count of Holland and Philippa of Luxembourg, her brother was William I, Count of Hainaut....	Paternal Great-Grandfather: John II, Count of Holland John II, Count of Holland John II of Avesnes was the oldest son of John I of Avesnes and Adelaide of Holland....
			Paternal Great-Grandmother: Philippa of Luxembourg Philippa of Luxembourg Philippa of Luxembourg was the daughter of Count Henry V of Luxembourg and his wife Marguerite of Bar. She married John II, Count of Holland. Two of her grand-daughters were Philippa of Hainault, Queen Consort of England, and Margaret II, Countess of Hainault Countess of Hainault in her own right and wife of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV, Holy...
	Mother: Isabella of Valois Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon Family Isabella of Valois . Was a daughter of Charles of Valois and his third wife Mahaut of Chatillon. Her paternal grandparents were Philip IV of France and Isabella of Aragon....	Maternal Grandfather: Charles of Valois Charles of Valois Charles of Valois was the fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. His mother was a daughter of James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary....	Maternal Great-Grandfather: Philip III of France Philip III of France Philip III , called the Bold , was the List of French monarchs, succeeding his father, Louis IX of France, and reigning from 1270 to 1285....
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Isabella of Aragon Isabella of Aragon Isabella of Aragon , infanta of Aragon, was, by marriage, Queen consort of France in the Middle Ages from 1270 to 1271....
		Maternal Grandmother: Mahaut of Chatillon Mahaut of Chatillon Mahaut of Chatillon was the daughter of Guy III of Ch?tillon and Marie of Brittany. Her maternal grandmother was Beatrice of England, Beatrice was a daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence....	Maternal Great-grandfather: Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol Guy III of Ch?tillon, Count of Saint Pol , French nobleman, was the son of Guy II of Ch?tillon and Matilda of Brabant.In 1292, he married Marie of Brittany, daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England....
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Marie of Brittany Marie of Brittany Not to be confused with Mary of BrittanyMarie of Brittany was the daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England. Her maternal grandparents were Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence, Henry was a son of King John of England....