Charles III, Duke of Bourbon.
French general, count of Montpensier; (1490-1527)
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Charles III de Bourbon, comte de Montpensier, then duc de Bourbon was a French military commander, governor, prince of the royal blood and rebel during the early Italian Wars. The son of Gilbert de Bourbon and Clara Gonzaga, he was born into a junior branch of the royal house of France. The early death of his father and elder brother meant that he became the comte de Montpensier in 1501. He then secured a very advantageous marriage in 1505 to Suzanne de Bourbon, the heiress to the senior line of the house of Bourbon. By this means he became the greatest feudal lord in the French kingdom. He participated in the expeditions of king Louis XII seeing combat at Genoa in 1507 and at the famous battle of Agnadello in 1509. In 1512, he was established as the governor of Languedoc, and in the final years of Louis XII's reign he would fight the Spanish in Navarre and the English in Picardy.
Everything about Charles III, Duke of Bourbon →- Occupation
- military personnel, military leader
- Position held
- Constable of France, Governor of Milan, Governor of Milan
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- February 17, 1490, 1489
- Died
- May 6, 1527