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MONTPENSIER, COUNTS AND DUKES OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 789 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONTPENSIER, See also:COUNTS AND See also:DUKES OF . The See also:French lordship of Montpensier (See also:department of See also:Puy-de-See also:Dome), which became a countship in the 14th See also:century, was sold in 1384 by See also:Bernard and See also:Robert de Ventadour to See also:John, See also:duke of See also:Berry, whose daughter See also:Marie brought the countship to her See also:husband, John I., duke of See also:Bourbon, in 1400. The countship was subsequently held by See also:Louis de Bourbon, younger son of Duke John, and by his descendants up to See also:Charles de Bourbon-Montpensier, the famous See also:constable, who became duke of Bourbon by his See also:marriage with his See also:cousin, Suzanne de Bourbon, in 1505. Confiscated by See also:King See also:Francis I., the countship was restored in 1538 to See also:Louise de Bourbon, See also:sister of the constable, and widow of the See also:prince de La See also:Roche-sur-See also:Yon, and to her son Louis (1513-1582), and was erected into a duchy in the See also:peerage of See also:France (duche-pairie) in 1539. Marie, daughter and heiress of See also:Henri de Bourbon, duke of Montpensier, brought the duchy to her husband Gaston, duke of See also:Orleans, See also:brother of Louis XIII., whom she married in 1626, and their daughter and heiress (see below), known as " La Grande Mademoiselle," was duchess of Montpensier. The See also:title subsequently remained in the Orleans See also:family, and was See also:borne in particular by See also:Antoine Philippe (1775-1807), son of Philippe " Egalite," and Antoine Marie Philippe Louis (1824- 18go), son of King Louis Philippe and See also:father-in-See also:law of King See also:Alphonso XII. of See also:Spain.

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