Duchy of Bourbon

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The Duchy of Bourbon was a historic French feudal territory that served as the ancestral power base of the influential House of Bourbon, which later produced kings of France, Spain, and other European realms.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lordship of Bourbon 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy
former administrative territorial entity
ancestralSeatOf House of Bourbon
associatedWith Hundred Years' War
surface form: Hundred Years’ War
borderedBy Duchy of Auvergne
Duchy of Berry
Duchy of Burgundy
capital Bourbon-l’Archambault
coatOfArms Azure semé-de-lis or, a bend gules
confiscatedBy Francis I of France
country Kingdom of France
createdAs peerage of France
createdBy Charles IV of France
endTime 1527
event confiscation by the French crown
feudalLord House of Bourbon
governmentForm feudal monarchy
historicalRegion Bourbonnais
houseProduced Kings of France
King of Naples
surface form: Kings of Naples

Kings of Parma
King of Sicily
surface form: Kings of Sicily

Spanish monarchy
surface form: Kings of Spain
language Old French
locatedIn France
central France
locatedInPresentDay Allier department
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bourbon-l’Archambault
House of Bourbon
notableRuler Duke of Bourbon
surface form: Charles III, Duke of Bourbon

John II, Duke of Bourbon
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
partOf Kingdom of France
predecessor County of Bourbon
Duchy of Bourbon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lordship of Bourbon
reasonForEnd treason of Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
region Bourbonnais
religion Roman Catholicism
rulingDynasty House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon
surface form: House of Bourbon-Montpensier
significance ancestral power base of the House of Bourbon
startTime 1327
successor Province of Bourbonnais
French royal domain
surface form: Royal domain of the French crown
timePeriod Early modern period
Late Middle Ages
typeOfPeerage French peerage

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Bourbon coat of arms associatedWith Duchy of Bourbon
Bourbon realms country Duchy of Bourbon
Duchy of Bourbon predecessor Duchy of Bourbon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lordship of Bourbon
House of Bourbon ruledKingdom Duchy of Bourbon