John III, Count of Auvergne
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John III of Auvergne Count of Auvergne, was the son of Bertrand VI of Auvergne and Louise de La Tremoille (1432 – 10 April 1474), Dame de Boussac, the daughter of Georges de la Trémoille
. He was the last in the line of Counts of Auvergne and Boulogne from the La Tour d'Auvergne
family.
and Isabelle, Dame de la Roche sur Yon. They had two daughters:
Georges de la Trémoille
Georges de la Trémoille was count of de Guînes from 1398 to 1446 and Grand Chamberlain of France to King Charles VII of France. He sought reconciliation between Philip, Duke of Burgundy and Charles VII during their estrangement in the latter part of the Hundred Years' War...
. He was the last in the line of Counts of Auvergne and Boulogne from the La Tour d'Auvergne
La Tour d'Auvergne
La Tour d'Auvergne was a French noble family. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held the titles of count of Auvergne and count of Boulogne for about half a century. Its junior branch, extinct in 1802, held the title of duke of Bouillon since 1594 and the titles of duke of Albret and duke of...
family.
Family and children
He married on 11 January 1495 Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of Jean VIII, Count of VendômeJean VIII, Count of Vendôme
Jean de Bourbon was a French nobleman, son of Louis, Count of Vendôme. He was a courtier of King Charles VII of France and fought the English in Normandy and Guyenne. He attached himself to King Louis XI, but was not in his royal favor...
and Isabelle, Dame de la Roche sur Yon. They had two daughters:
- Anne, married John Stewart, 2nd Duke of AlbanyJohn Stewart, 2nd Duke of AlbanyJohn Stewart, Duke of Albany was Regent of the Kingdom of Scotland, Duke of Albany in peerage of Scotland and Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais in France.-Early life:...
. - MadeleineMadeleine de la Tour d'AuvergneMadeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne was a younger daughter of Jean III de La Tour , Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais, and Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme . She was a penultimate representative of the senior branch of the house de La Tour d'Auvergne...
, married Lorenzo II, Duke of UrbinoLorenzo II, Duke of UrbinoLorenzo di Piero de' Medici was the ruler of Florence from 1513 to his death from the plague in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino from 1516 to 1519....
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