John I, Duke of Bourbon

Also known as: Iohn duke of Bourbon · Family: Orleanist · Role: duke · First appears: Henry IV 25

Life events

• 1412 · Charles, Duke of Orleans, allied with other nobles and defied John the Fearless as his mortal enemy.(Henry IV 25)
  • With: Charles, Duke of Orléans John, Duke of Berry Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
  • “For the yoong duke of Orleance Charles, sonne to duke Lewes thus murthered, alied himselfe with the dukes of Berrie and Burbon, and with the earles of Alanson & Arminacke, whereby he was so stronglie banded against the duke of Burgognie, whome he defied as his mortall fo and enimie”
• 1412 · French confederates concluded conditions offering their service, lands, and support to Henry IV and his sons.(Henry IV 25)
  • With: Henry IV Charles, Duke of Orléans John, Duke of Berry John I, Duke of Alençon Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
  • “to offer in name of the confederates vnto the said king Henrie and to his sonnes, certeine conditions, which were made and concluded the yeare of our lord 1412, the eight of Maie”

Henry IV 25

• allies with Charles, Duke of Orléans “alied himselfe with the dukes of Berrie and Burbon, and with the earles of Alanson & Arminacke”
• sworn: Henry IV “The names of the chiefe confederats were these, Iohn duke of Berrie and earle of Poictou, Charles duke of Orleance, and Valois erle of Blois, and Beaumont lord of Coucie and Ach, Iohn duke of Bourbon, and Auuergne earle of Clearmont forest, and Lisle lord of Beaulieu, and Casteau Chinon, Iohn duke of Alanson, Barnard earle of Arminacke, and others. The effect of the articles which these confederats were agréed vpon touching their offer to the king of England, were as followeth. The articles of couenants which they offered to the king of England. 1 First, they offered their bodies, finances, and lands, to serue the king of England, his heires, and successors, in all iust causes and actions, sauing alwaies their allegiance, knowing that he would not further inquire of them.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.