Sir James de Bourbon
Family: France · Role: knight · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 80
In Book 1, Chapter 80, Sir James de Bourbon, Earl of Ponthieu, was captured alongside King John; he is named among the prisoners in the account of the capture. In Chapter 82, he was among the princes and barons who were prisoners when the Prince of Wales gave a supper in his pavilion.
By Book 2, Chapter 16, Sir James was included in the force arranged for the king’s battalion, alongside Charles VI of France, his brothers and other nobles. That battalion was assigned to march between the vanguard and the Earl of Flanders’s battalion.
Relationship record
Life events
- Sir James de Bourbon was captured.(Book 1, Chapter 80)
- “as were also Sir James de Bourbon, Earl of Ponthieu”
- The king’s battalion was assigned to march between the vanguard and the Earl of Flanders’s battalion.(Book 2, Chapter 16)
- With: Charles VI of France Duke of Berry Burgundy Bourbon Count de la Marche Count de Clermont Dauphin d’Auvergne Count de Dampmartin Count de Sancerre Sir John de Bouiogne
- “It was likewise ordered that the king’s battalion should march between the vanguard and the battalion of the Earl of Flanders”
Book 1, Chapter 80
- with King John (The passage says Sir James was also taken prisoner close to King John.) “as were also Sir James de Bourbon, Earl of Ponthieu, and the Lord John d’Artois, Earl of Eu.”
Book 1, Chapter 82
- with Prince of Wales (The Prince of Wales hosted Sir James de Bourbon at supper.) “When evening was come, the Prince of Wales gave a supper in his pavilion to the King of France, and to the greater part of the princes and barons who were prisoners.”
Book 2, Chapter 16
- with Charles VI of France (Both are assigned to the king's battalion.) “the king’s three uncles, Berry, Burgundy, and Bourbon, should be in it; and also the Count de la Marche, Sir James de Bourbon, his brothers, the Count de Clermont, the Dauphin d’Auvergne, the Count de Dampmartin, the Count de Sancerre, Sir John de Bouiogne, to the amount of six thousand men at arms, two thousand Genoese crossbows, and others.”
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