Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
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Louis I, called the Lame was a French prince du sang, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and La Marche and the first Duke of Bourbon, as well as briefly the titular King of Thessalonica from 1320 to 1321
15th-century portrait of Louis
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
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Peter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death. Peter was son of Louis I of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberlain of France, and Mary of Avesnes.
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
…married Mary of Avesnes, daughter of John II of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut and Holland, by Philippa of Luxembourg. They had eight children together: Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311–1356), married Isabella of Valois, had issue. Peter was killed at the Battle of Poitiers. Joanna (1312–1402), married in 1324 Guigues VII, Count…
A portrait of Peter from a 15th century Armorial d'Auvergne
The bust of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, by sculptor Louis-Eugène Bion. Now in the Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles