Editing House of Bourbon (section)

== Origins==
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[[File:Chateau de Bourbon l'Archambault 01.jpg|thumb|The castle of [[Bourbon-l'Archambault]]]]

The pre-Capetian House of [[Bourbonnais|Bourbon]] was a [[nobility|noble]] family, dating at least from the beginning of the 13th century, when the [[family seat|estate]] of Bourbon was ruled by the [[Sire de Bourbon]] who was a vassal of the [[King of France]]. The term House of Bourbon ("Maison de Bourbon") is sometimes used to refer to this [[:fr:Première maison de Bourbon|first house]] and the [[House of Bourbon-Dampierre]], the second family to rule the [[Manorialism|seigneury]].

In 1272, [[Robert, Count of Clermont]], sixth and youngest son of King [[Louis IX of France]], married [[Beatrix of Burgundy, Dame de Bourbon|Beatrix of Bourbon]], heiress to the [[Sire de Bourbon|lordship of Bourbon]] and member of the House of Bourbon-Dampierre.<ref name="anselme"/> Their son [[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon|Louis]] was made [[Duke of Bourbon]] in 1327. His descendant, the [[Constable of France]] [[Charles III, Duke of Bourbon|Charles de Bourbon]], was the last of the senior Bourbon line when he died in 1527. Because he chose to fight under the banner of [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and lived in exile from France, his title was discontinued after his death.

The remaining line of Bourbons henceforth descended from [[James I, Count of La Marche]], the younger son of [[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon]].<ref name="anselme"/> With the death of his grandson [[James II, Count of La Marche]] in 1438, the senior line of the Count of La Marche became extinct. All future Bourbons would descend from James II's younger brother, [[Louis, Count of Vendôme|Louis]], who became the [[Count of Vendôme]] through his mother's inheritance.<ref name="anselme"/> In 1525, at the death of [[Charles IV, Duke of Alençon]], all of the [[prince du sang|princes of the blood royal]] were Bourbons; all remaining members of the House of Valois were members of the king's immediate family.

In 1514, [[Charles, Duke of Vendôme|Charles, Count of Vendôme]] had his title raised to [[Duke of Vendôme]]. His son [[Antoine of Navarre|Antoine]] became King of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]], on the northern side of the [[Pyrenees]], by marriage in 1555.<ref name="anselme"/> Two of Antoine's younger brothers were Cardinal Archbishop [[Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (born 1523)|Charles de Bourbon]] and the French and Huguenot general [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé]]. Louis' male-line descendants, the [[Princes of Condé|Princes de Condé]], survived until 1830. Finally, in 1589, the [[House of Valois]] died out and Antoine's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry III of Navarre]] became Henry IV of France.<ref name="anselme"/>