Gilbert of Bourbon-Montpensier (1443 – October 15, 1496), succeeded his father Louis of Bourbon as Count of Montpensier in 1486. He was also Dauphin of Auvergne and Viceroy of Naples. In 1482 Gilbert married Claire Gonzaga, Princess of Mantua; they had the following issue: Events Albanians, under Turks John Hunyadi defeats Turks at the Battle of Nis Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II. Births May 31 - Margaret Beaufort (mother of Henry VII of England) December 5 - Pope Julius II Marriages Deaths August 16 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Ashikaga... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Events January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. ... Louis of Bourbon (1405 – 1486), Count of Montpensier, Clermont and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne, was the youngest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and brother of Charles I of Bourbon. ... The French lordship of Montpensier (départment of Puy-de-Dôme), which became a countship in the 14th century, was sold in 1384 by Bernard and Robert de Ventadour to John, duke of Berry, whose daughter Marie brought the countship to her husband, John I, Duke of Bourbon, in... Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. ... This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne. ... Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ...
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Louis de BOURBON ( 1486), Count of Montpensier, Dauphin of Auvergne, Lord of Mercur and Combrailles, then Count of Clermont and Sancerre.
Brother of the previous, he was the second son of Jean Ier, duke of Bourbon, and of Marie de Berry.
His son, Gilbert ( 1496), Count of Montpensier, was the father of Charles III de Bourbon ( 1527), Constable of France, who betrayed King François Ier and fought against the French army at Pavie.
Gilbert of Bourbon-Montpensier (1443 – October 15 1496, Pozzuoli), succeeded his father Louis of Bourbon as Count of Montpensier and Dauphin d'Auvergne in 1486.
Gilbert was the first person after a number of divisions of Auvergne in Middle Ages to carry the blood of respective dynasties of each of the three main divisions.
His paternal grandmother Marie of Berry, Duchess of Bourbon, was heiress to duchy of Auvergne, the creation for the Berry and Bourbon branches made of lands confiscated from counts of Auvergne by Philip II of France.