John, Count of Soissons and Enghien

John de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Enghien (6 July 1528 or 1526 – 10 or 15 August 1557) was a French prince du sang from the House of Bourbon-Vendome, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.

John, Count of Soissons.

Biography
A bust of John, Count of Soissons.

John was born at La Fere as the fourth son of Charles, Duke of Vendome and his wife Francoise d'Alencon in 1528 (or 1526).[1] He became Count of Enghien after the accidental death of his elder brother Francis in 1546.[2] On 14 June 1557, he married Mary of Bourbon,[3] the daughter of Francis, Duke of Estouteville (who was the younger brother of John's father Charles), making John and Mary first cousins. His marriage with Mary produced no children.

Military career

During King Henry II's intervention in the War of Parma in 1551, John was sent, along with his brother Louis, to Piedmont with reinforcements to strengthen the French army.[4] Later during the Italian War of 1551–1559, he was killed at the Battle of Saint-Quentin in 1557;[5] his heart was buried at Gaillon afterwards.

References
  1. Potter 1995, p. 380.
  2. Williams 1912, p. 2.
  3. Poignant 1966, p. 247.
  4. Baumgartner 1988, p. 144.
  5. Baumgartner 1988, p. 195.

Sources
  • Baumgartner, Frederic J. (1988). Henry II, King of France 1547-1559. Duke University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Poignant, Simone (1966). L'Abbaye de Fontevrault et les filles de Louis XV. Nouvelles éditions latines.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Potter, David (1995). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Williams, Hugh Noel (1912). The Love-affairs of the Condés: (1530-1740). Charles Scribner's Sons.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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