Jean de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Enghien (6 July 1528 or 1526 – 10 or 15 August 1557) was a French prince du sang from the House of Bourbon-Vendome, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon (itself a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty).
Biography[edit]
John (Jean) de Bourbon was born at La Fere as the fourth son of Charles, Duke of Vendome and his wife Francoise d'Alencon.[1] He became Count of Enghien after the accidental death of his elder brother Francis in 1546.[2] On 14 June 1557, he married Mary of Bourbon,[3] the daughter of Francis, Duke of Estouteville. His marriage with Mary produced no children.
Military career[edit]
During King Henry II's intervention in the War of Parma in 1551, John was sent, along with his brother Louis, to Piedmont with reinforcements to strengthen the French army.[4] Later during the Italian War of 1551–1559, he was killed at the Battle of Saint-Quentin in 1557;[5] his heart was buried at Gaillon afterwards.
References[edit]
- ^ Potter 1995, p. 380.
- ^ Williams 1912, p. 2.
- ^ Poignant 1966, p. 247.
- ^ Baumgartner 1988, p. 144.
- ^ Baumgartner 1988, p. 195.
Sources[edit]
- Baumgartner, Frederic J. (1988). Henry II, King of France 1547-1559. Duke University Press.
- Poignant, Simone (1966). L'Abbaye de Fontevrault et les filles de Louis XV. Nouvelles éditions latines.
- Potter, David (1995). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.
- Williams, Hugh Noel (1912). The Love-affairs of the Condés: (1530-1740). Charles Scribner's Sons.