Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon

Duchess consort of Bourbon
HouseValois-BurgundyFatherJohn the FearlessMotherMargaret of Bavaria

Agnes of Burgundy (1407 – 1 December 1476), duchess of Bourbon (Bourbonnais) and Auvergne, countess of Clermont, was the daughter of John the Fearless (1371–1419) and Margaret of Bavaria.[1] Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg. Her paternal grandparents were Philip the Bold and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.

Life

Agnes spent much of her youth in the company of her mother, Margaret of Bavaria, and sisters Margaret of Burgundy and Anne of Burgundy.[2] She was well educated and a life-long reader,[3][4] involved in politics until the last years of her life.[4]

Marriage and issue

Agnes married Charles I, Duke of Bourbon.[5] They had:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Vaughan 1975, p. 61.
  2. ^ "Middle French Transcriptions". Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ Kaplan, S.C. (2016). Transmission of Knowledge to and between Women in 15th-Century France: Agnes de Bourgogne's Education and Library (Thesis). University of California, Santa Barbara.
  4. ^ a b Kaplan, S.C. (2022). Women's Libraries in Late Medieval Bourbonnais, Burgundy, and France: A Family Affair. Liverpool University Press. pp. 113–25. doi:10.3828/9781800856325 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISBN 978-1-80085-632-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  5. ^ a b Hand 2013, p. 220.

References

  • Hand, Joni M. (2013). Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
  • Vaughan, Richard (1975). Valois Burgundy. Allen Lane.
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