House of Bourbon-Montpensier
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The House of Bourbon-Montpensier or Maison de Bourbon-Montpensier was a semi-royal family. The first part, Bourbon, comes from the marriage of Marie de Valois, comtesse de Montpensier and Jean de Bour
La Grande Mademoiselle was the last of the official line of the House of Bourbon-Montpensier. She held the title in her own right as it was from her mother. It went to the wife of her cousin Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine.
Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, the wife of Philippe de France duc d'Orléans duc de Montpensier
John I, Duke of Bourbon
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John of Bourbon was Duke of Bourbon from 1410 and Duke of Auvergne from 1416 until his death. He was the eldest son of Louis II and Anne of Auvergne. Through his mother, John inherited the County of F
House of Bourbon-Montpensier
…Bourbon-Montpensier was a semi-royal family. The first part, Bourbon, comes from the marriage of Marie de Valois, comtesse de Montpensier (1375–1434) and Jean de Bourbon, duc de Bourbon. The second part, Montpensier, comes from the title of the family. The Bourbon-Montpensier family were the founders of the vast wealth…
15th-century portrait of John