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César de Bourbon, Duke o Vendôme

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César de Bourbon
Légitimé de France
Duke o Vendôme
César de Bourbon wearing the sash o the Order o the Haly Spirit (unidentified artist)
Born3 Juin 1594(1594-06-03)
Château de Coucy, Fraunce
Dee'd22 October 1665(1665-10-22) (aged 71)
Paris, France
SpouseFrançoise o Lorraine
IssueLouis, Duke of Vendôme
François, Duke o Beaufort
Élisabeth, Duchess o Nemours
Full name
César de Bourbon, Legitimé de France
FaitherHenry IV o Fraunce
MitherGabrielle d'Estrées

César de Bourbon, Duke o Vendôme (3 Juin 1594 – 22 October 1665) wis an illegitimate son o Henry IV o Fraunce an his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées, His faither created him Duke o He haed a townhouse in Paris where the area o which is now occupied bi the Place Vendôme. in 1598 an the teetle wis inherited bi his son in 1665. He wis also known as César de Vendôme as a result o his teetle.

Mairiage

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On Fontainebleau on 16 Julie 1609, at the Palace o Fontainebleau the young Duke o Vendôme mairit Françoise o Lorraine, then ane o the wealthiest hieresses in Fraunce.

  1. Louis de Bourbon, Duke o Vendôme (October 1612 – 6 August 1669) mairit Laura Mancini an haed issue.
  2. François de Bourbon, Duke o Beaufort (16 Januar 1616 – 15 Juin 1669) never mairit, nae issue.
  3. Élisabeth de Bourbon (August 1614 – 19 Mey 1664) mairit Charles Amadeus o Savoy, Duke o Nemours an haed issue.

The dukedom o Vendôme had been owned bi the Hoose o Bourbon since 1393, at that point being a Coonty but wis raised tae a dukedom bi Louis XII o Fraunce.