The French lordship of Montpensier (named after the village of Montpensier, département of Puy-de-Dôme), became a countship in the 14th century. It was sold in 1384 by Bernard and Robert de Ventadour to John, Duke of Berry, whose sons Charles and John were the first two to hold the title of Count of Montpensier. After their deaths without issue, their younger sister Marie brought the countship to her third husband, John I, Duke of Bourbon (1381–1434). The countship was subsequently held by Louis de Bourbon, the younger son of John and Marie, and by his descendants up to Charles de Bourbon-Montpensier, the famous constable, who became duke of Bourbon by his marriage with his cousin, Suzanne de Bourbon, in 1505. Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Building of the Conseil Général of the Puy-de-Dôme département, in Clermont-Ferrand Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme is a département. ... This page is about the European nobility; for the baseball term, see count (baseball). ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... John of Valois, the Magnificent, (November 30, 1340 – March 15, 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. ... John I of Bourbon (1381 – 1434) was Duke of Bourbon, from 1410 to his death and Duke of Auvergne since 1416. ... Louis of Bourbon (1405 – May 1486), Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne, was the youngest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and brother of Charles I of Bourbon. ... Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier (February 17, 1490 – 1527 in Rome) was Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne. ... Suzanne of Bourbon (1491 – 1521) was Duchess of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1503 to her death. ...

Confiscated by King Francis I, the countship was restored in 1538 to Louise de Bourbon, sister of the constable, and widow of the prince de La Roche-sur-Yon, and to her son Louis (1513–1582), and was erected into a duchy in the peerage of France (duché-pairie) in 1539. Marie, daughter and heiress of Henry, Duke of Montpensier, brought the duchy to her husband Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of Louis XIII, whom she married in 1626, and their daughter and heiress, known as La Grande Mademoiselle was duchess of Montpensier. Francis I (French: François Ier) (September 12, 1494 – July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (French: le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ... La Roche-sur-Yon is a town and commune in western France, préfecture (capital) of the Vendée département. ... A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. ... For the Peerage in France, see French peerage. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Gaston Jean-Baptiste, duc dOrléans (April 25, 1608 - February 2, 1660), third son of the French king Henry IV, and his wife Marie de Medici, was born at Fontainebleau. ... Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Anne Marie Louise dOrleans, duchesse de Montpensier (May 29, 1627 - April 5, 1693), French memoir-writer, was born at the Louvre. ...

When Mademoiselle Anne died childless, her heir (but an ancestress' Huguenot marriage after being a nun may have been regarded invalid) was Elisabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, the then wife of Duke of Orleans. The title subsequently remained in the Orléans family, and was borne in particular by Antoine Philippe (1775–1807), son of Philippe Egalité, and by Antoine Marie Philippe Louis (1824–1890), son of King Louis-Philippe and father-in-law of King Alphonso XII of Spain. Mademoiselle de Montpensier was a title conferred upon some women of the royal family, namely during the years previous to the French Revolution. Duke of Orléans is one of the most important titles in the French peerage, dating back at least to the 14th century. ... Orléans Cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Cross, built from 1278 to 1329; after being pillaged by Huguenots in the 1560s, the Bourbon kings restored it in the 17th century. ... Louis-Philippe-Joseph dOrléans, by Antoine-François Callet. ... Louis-Philippe of France (October 6, 1773–August 26, 1850) reigned as the Orléanist king of the French from 1830 to 1848. ... Alfonso XII of Spain (November 28, 1857 _ November 25, 1885), was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup detat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. ... Liberty Leading the People, a painting by Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 but which has come to be generally accepted as symbolic of French popular uprisings against the monarchy in general and the French Revolution in particular. ...

Counts of Montpensier

• Charles de Berry (1362-1382) - son of John, Duke of Berry and Auvergne (1340–1416), third son of King John II of France
• John de Berry (1377–1416) - brother
• Marie de Berry, Countess of Montpensier, Duchess of Auvergne (1367–1434) - sister
• Louis I de Bourbon, Dauphin d'Auvergne (~1403–1486) - son of Marie de Berry and John, Duke of Bourbon
• Gilbert de Bourbon-Montpensier, Dauphin d'Auvergne (1448–1496) - son
• Louis II de Bourbon-Montpensier, Dauphin d'Auvergne (1483–1501) - son
• Charles of Bourbon-Montpensier(1490–1527) - brother, another son of Gilbert. He was initially Count of Montpensier and Dauphin d'Auvergne before he became Duke of Bourbon by marriage.

John of Valois, the Magnificent, (November 30, 1340 – March 15, 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. ... John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 – April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350–1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332–1350, Count of Poitiers 1344–1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345–1350. ... Louis of Bourbon (1405 – May 1486), Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne, was the youngest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and brother of Charles I of Bourbon. ... This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne. ... Gilbert of Bourbon-Montpensier (1443 – October 15, 1496), succeeded his father Louis of Bourbon as Count of Montpensier in 1486. ... Louis of Bourbon-Montpensier (1483–1501, Naples) was the son of Gilbert, Count of Montpensier and Claire Gonazaga. ... Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier (February 17, 1490 – 1527 in Rome) was Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne. ...

Dukes of Montpensier (1539)

• Louise of Bourbon-Montpensier (1482–1561) - daughter of Gilbert (above); wife of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon-Montpensier (1473–1520)
• Louis II, Duke of Montpensier (1513–1582) - son
• Francis, Duke of Montpensier (1542–1592) - son
• Henry II, Duke of Montpensier (1573–1608) - son
• Marie, Duchess of Montpensier (1605–1627) - daughter
• Anne, Duchess of Montpensier (La Grande Mademoiselle) (1627–1693)
• Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans, primogenitural heiress to Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier, Princess of Orange
• Philip II, Duke of Orleans, her son
• etc

Anne Marie Louise dOrleans, duchesse de Montpensier (May 29, 1627 - April 5, 1693), French memoir-writer, was born at the Louvre. ... Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Philippe Charles (August 2, 1674 - December 2, 1723) called Duke of Chartres (1674-1701), and then Duke of Orléans (1701-1723) was Regent of France from 1715 to 1723. ...

See also

• House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.