- Source: Francis, Count of Enghien
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, and he led it to victory at the Battle of Ceresole in a year later in 1544.
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.
References
Sources
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Perang Italia 1542–1546
- Francis, Count of Enghien
- Louis, Count of Soissons
- Dauphin of France
- Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien
- François de Vendôme
- Francis of Bourbon
- Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale
- John, Count of Soissons and Enghien
- Henri I, Prince of Condé
- Charles, Count of Soissons
