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John VIII, Count of Vendôme

French noble (c.1425 – 1477)

Field	Value
name	John VIII
title	Count of Vendôme
image	Armorial de Gilles le Bouvier BNF Fr4985 f77.jpg
caption	Miniature attributed to Jean Fouquet,
house	Bourbon-Vendôme
father	Louis, Count of Vendôme
mother	Jeanne de Laval
spouse	Isabelle de Beauvau
issue	Jeanne
Catherine
Jeanne of Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon
Renée
François Count of Vendôme
Louis
Charlotte
Isabelle
Illegitimate:
Louis
Jaques
birth_date
death_date
death_place	Lavardin

Catherine Jeanne of Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon Renée François Count of Vendôme Louis Charlotte Isabelle Illegitimate: Louis Jaques John VIII de Bourbon ( – 6 January 1477) was Count of Vendôme from 1446 until his death.

Life

John was the son of Louis, Count of Vendôme and Jeanne de Laval. As a courtier of King Charles VII of France, he fought the English in Normandy and Guyenne. He attached himself to King Louis XI, but was not in royal favor. He withdrew to the Château of Lavardin and completed its construction.

Marriage and issue

In 1454, he married Isabelle de Beauvau, daughter of Louis de Beauvau, Marshal of Provence and Marguerite de Chambley. They had:

Jeanne (1460-1487), married in 1477 to
Catherine, married Gilbert de Chabannes
Jeanne, married at first John II, Duke of Bourbon and later John III, Count of Auvergne
Renée, Abbess of Fontevraud
François, Count of Vendôme (1470–1495)
Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
Charlotte (1474-1520), married Engelbert, Count of Nevers
Isabelle, Abbess of la Trinité de Caen

Jean also had two illegitimate sons:

Louis, Bishop of Avranches
Jacques, Governor of Valois and the Vendomois (1455–1524)

Ancestors

References

Sources

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