Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (February 17, 1490 – May 6, 1527) was a French prince from the House of Bourbon.[1]
Life
Charles was the second son of Gilbert, Duke of Montpensier and his wife Clara Gonzaga.[1] In 1505, he married Suzanne, the daughter of Peter II, Duke of Bourbon.[1] By the age of 15, he became the richest noble in Europe.[1] Charles fought at the Battle of Marignano in 1515 and King Francis I took away Charles's lands after the death of Charles's wife Suzanne in 1521 because Charles did not want to marry Francis's mother Louise of Savoy.[1] This made Charles very angry at King Francis and caused Charles to seek an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor and also with King Henry VIII of England.[1] In 1527, Charles's army participated in the Sack of Rome, where Charles himself was killed.[1]
Charles III, Duke Of Bourbon Media
Bourbon coat of arms
Suzanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles de Bourbon and heir to the line of Bourbon-Beaujeu
Anne de Valois, duchesse de Bourbon, mother of Suzanne and dowager-duchesse de Bourbon
Kingdom of France in 1477, all the teal lands indicated as 'Bourbon' would come into the hands of Charles de Bourbon after 1505 with the exception of the county of Vendôme and the addition of the county of La Marche
What remains of the château de Moulins
Polities of Italy in 1494, at the outbreak of the Italian Wars
King of France from 1498 to 1515, Louis XII
Louis XII on his way to deal with Genoa
In dark red, the Navarrese lands that would be conquered by the Spanish, in the lighter shade, those which would remain in the French orbit
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