Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

Louis II
15th-century portrait of Louis II
Duke of Bourbon
Reign	1356 – 1410
Predecessor	Peter I
Successor	John I
Born	1337
Died	1410 (aged 73) Montluçon
Spouse	Anne of Auvergne
Issue	John I, Duke of Bourbon
House	Bourbon
Father	Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
Mother	Isabella de Valois

Louis de Bourbon, called the Good (c. 1337 – 1410), was the third Duke of Bourbon. He was also the Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Lord of Beaujeu.

Life

Louis was the son of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois. His mother was the sister to King Philip VI of France. He inherited the duchy after his father died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.

In 1390, Louis launched the Barbary Crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis, in conjunction with the Genoese. Its objective was to suppress piracy based in the city of Mahdia, but the siege was unsuccessful. Louis died at Montluçon in 1410, at the age of 73.

Marriage and issue

On 19 August 1371 Louis married Anne of Auvergne (1358–1417), Countess of Forez and daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne, and his wife the Countess of Forez. They had:

1. Catherine of Bourbon (b. 1378), died young.
2. John of Bourbon (1381–1434), succeeded him as Duke of Bourbon, captured by the English at the Battle of Agincourt and spent the rest of his life in English captivity.
3. Louis of Bourbon (1388 – 1404), Sieur de Beaujeu
4. Isabelle of Bourbon (1384 – aft. 1451)

Sources

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• Housley, Norman (1992). The later Crusades, 1274-1580: from Lyons to Alcazar. Oxford University Press.
• Roux, Simone (2009). Paris in the Middle Ages. Translated by McNamara, Jo Ann. University of Pennsylvania Press.