Francis, Count of Enghien

François de Bourbon

Count of Enghien

Portrait by Corneille de Lyon

Born| 23 September 1519
La Fère, Kingdom of France
Died| 23 February 1546
La Roche-Guyon
Noble family| Bourbon-Vendôme
Father| Charles, Duke of Vendôme
Mother| Françoise d'Alençon

François de Bourbon, Count of Enghien (23 September 1519 – 23 February 1546) was a French prince du sang from the House of Bourbon-Vendôme, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon (itself a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty). He was the son of Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise d'Alençon.

Given command of the French army in Italy by Francis I of France during the Italian War of 1542, he was the French commander at the successful Franco-Ottoman Siege of Nice in 1543,[1] and he led it to victory at the Battle of Ceresole in a year later in 1544.[2]

His early death at the age of 26 was caused by an accident – specifically by the falling of a heavy chest – in the castle La Roche-Guyon. He was succeeded as Count of Enghien by his younger brother John (Jean), who was also the Count of Soissons.[3]

Coat-of-arms for François de Bourbon.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Knecht 1994, p. 487, 489.
2. ^ Knecht 1994, p. 490.
3. ^ Williams 1912, p. 2.

## Sources[edit]

* Knecht, R. J. (1994). Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I. Cambridge University Press.
* Williams, Hugh Noel (1912). The Love-affairs of the Condés: (1530–1740). Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Generations are numbered by descent from Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme

1st generation|

* Antoine, King of Navarre
* Francis, Count of Enghien*
* Charles de Bourbon*
* Louis, Prince of Condé

2nd generation|

* Henri, Prince of Condé
* François, Prince of Conti
* Charles, Count of Soissons*

3rd generation|

* Henri, Prince of Condé
* Louis, Count of Soissons

4th generation|

* Louis, Prince of Condé
* Armand, Prince of Conti
* Louis, Duke of Vendôme

5th generation|

* Henri Jules, Prince of Condé
* Louis Armand, Prince of Conti*
* François Louis, Prince of Conti
* Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme*
* Philippe, Duke of Vendôme*

6th generation|

* Louis, Duke of Orléans
* Louis, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé
* Louis Armand, Prince of Conti

7th generation|

* Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans
* Louis Henri, Prince of Condé
* Charles, Count of Charolais
* Louis, Count of Clermont*
* Louis François, Prince of Conti

8th generation|

* Philippe, Duke of Orléans
* Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
* Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti

9th generation|

* Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans
* Prince Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier
* Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais
* Louis Henri, Prince of Condé

10th generation|

* Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
* Louis, Duke of Nemours
* François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville
* Charles, Duke of Penthièvre
* Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale
* Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
* Louis Antoine Henri, Duke of Enghien*

*died without issue

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