Jacques II de Bourbon

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Jacques II de Bourbon-La Marsh (, * 1370, † 23 September 1438, Besanson) was Count of La Marsh (1393

Origin
He was the son of Jean de Bourbon, Count of La Marsh (* 1344, † 1393), jure uxoris Count of Vandom (such as Jean VII) and Caster (such as Jean II) (1372

He has two brothers and three sisters:

Louis I (* 1375/1376, † 1446), Count of Vandom of 1403, Lord of Mondublo, Epernon and Remaland, Grand Chamberlain of France from 1408, Grand Governor of France from 1413.
Jean (* 1378, † 1458), Lord of Caransi and Savini. Father of the Bourbon-Karansi Cadet Line.
Anna (1380, † 1408), wife of Jean de Berry, Count of Montpansier, and of Ludwig VII Bavarian, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
Maria (* 1377, † 1465)
Charlotte (* 1392, † 1422), Queen of Cyprus as wife of Janus de Luzian.

Biography
He took part in the Crusade organized by Jean Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, against the Turks, which ended in defeat at Nikopol in 1396.

Queen Giovanna II of Anjou is looking for a husband and the choice falls to Jacques. He arrived in Naples in 1415 and married her, and was crowned co-manager of the Neapolitan Kingdom. After four years, Jacques tries to subdue the kingdom to himself and become a sovereign king, but when he fails, he returns to France.

In 1428 he took part in the war against the English and was appointed Governor of Langedoc.

In 1435 he denied worldly life and became a Franciscan monk in Besanson, where he died after three years.

Marriage and Procreation
Jack II married twice:

∞ 1. 14 September 1406 in Pamplona for Beatrice Navarska (* 1392, † 1414), the infant of Navarre, the daughter of the King of Navarre Karl III Noble and of Eleonora Castile, of which he has three daughters:
Isabella de Bourbon (b.
Maria de Bourbon (*1410,† 1445), a nun in Amiens
Eleonora de Bourbon (* 1412, † 1463), Countess of La Marsh, Countess of Caster of 1435;

==References===External links==* June 25, 1373, † February 2, 1435, Queen of Naples, from which no children were born.

Sources
Sem I. S. Hristianie dynasties Europы. Dynasties, protection status ruler. Genealogy Guide / Science Editor E. E. Cuxina. Preface O. N. Naumov.

Comtes de Vendôme 1371-1514, Ducs de Vendôme 1514-1589 (Bourbon). Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.

Bourbons
Counts in France
Prince of Taranto