Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon

Summary

Agnes of Burgundy (1407 – 1 December 1476), duchess of Bourbon (Bourbonnais) and Auvergne, countess of Clermont, was the daughter of John the Fearless (1371–1419) and Margaret of Bavaria.[1] Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg. Her paternal grandparents were Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.

Agnes of Burgundy
Duchess consort of Bourbon
Tenure1434-1456
Born1407
Died1 December 1476 (aged 68–69)
SpouseCharles I, Duke of Bourbon
Issue
HouseValois-Burgundy
FatherJohn the Fearless
MotherMargaret of Bavaria

Life edit

Agnes spent much of her youth in the company of her mother, Margaret of Bavaria, and sisters Margaret of Burgundy and Anne of Burgundy.[2] She was well educated and a life-long reader,[3][4] involved in politics until the last years of her life.[4]

Marriage and issue edit

Agnes married Charles I, Duke of Bourbon.[5] They had:

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Vaughan 1975, p. 61.
  2. ^ "Middle French Transcriptions". Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ Kaplan, S.C. (2016). Transmission of Knowledge to and between Women in 15th-Century France: Agnes de Bourgogne's Education and Library (Thesis). University of California, Santa Barbara.
  4. ^ a b Kaplan, S.C. (2022). Women's Libraries in Late Medieval Bourbonnais, Burgundy, and France: A Family Affair. Liverpool University Press. pp. 113–25. doi:10.3828/9781800856325 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISBN 978-1-80085-632-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  5. ^ Leguai, André, "Agnès de Bourgogne, duchesse de Bourbon (1405?-1476)," in Les ducs de Bourbon, le Bourbonnais et le royaume de France à la fin du Moyen Age (Société bourbonnaise des études locales: Yzeure, 2005), 145-60.

References edit

  • Vaughan, Richard (1975). Valois Burgundy. Allen Lane.