Bertrand VI of La Tour

Bertrand VI of La Tour
Detail of the tomb of Bertrand VI in the abbey of Bouchet, Yronde-et-Buron
Lord of La Tour
Reign1461-1497
PredecessorBertrand V
SuccessorJohn IV
Count of Auvergne
Reign1461-1497
PredecessorBertrand V
SuccessorJohn IV
Count of Lauragais
Reign1477-1497
PredecessorBertrand V
SuccessorJohn IV
Count of Boulogne
Reign1461-1477
PredecessorBertrand V
SuccessorIntegrated into the royal domain
Bornc. 1417
Died26th of September 1497
SpouseLouise de La Trémoille
IssueJohn
Françoise
Jeanne
Anne
Louise
HouseHouse of La Tour d'Auvergne
FatherBertrand V of La Tour
MotherJacquette du Peschin

Bertrand VI (c. 1417 - 26 September 1497) was lord of La Tour and count of Auvergne from 1461 until his death. He was also count of Boulogne from 1461 to 1477, when he exchanged that title for the county of Lauragais, which he held for the remainder of his life.

Life

Bertrand was part of Charles VII of France's entourage from 1441 to 1451,[1] during the last stages of the Hundred Years' War.[2] He took part in the Siege of Tartas, in 1442, where he is cited as lord of Montgascon.[2] He was proclaimed knight after the 1450 Battle of Formigny.[2]

In 1461, his father, Bertrand V of La Tour, died. Bertrand succeeded him as his only heir.[2]

In 1468, during the Burgundian Wars, he occupied savoyard Bresse, following Louis XI's orders.[1]

In 1473, Bertrand built the franciscan church of Vic-le-Comte.[2]

In 1477, Charles the Bold died. This allowed Louis XI to reconquer the county of Boulogne, which had been occupied by burgundian forces. Louis then handed it back to Bertrand.[2] However, during the same year, Bertrand II dealt with Louis XI, exchanging the county of Boulogne with the county of Lauragais. Boulogne, so became part of the royal domain.[2][3][4]

Bertrand died in 1497 and was succeeded by his first-born son: John IV, Count of Auvergne.[2]

Family and issue

In 1445, Bertrand married Louise de La Trémoille, daughter of Georges de La Trémoille and Catherine de L'Isle-Bouchard.[5] They had five children:[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "L'art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques, des chartes, des chroniques, pag. 152".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, Livre troisième, page 91 et seq".
  3. ^ "Joseph Vaesen e Étienne Charavay, Lettere di Luigi XI , vol. 6, Parigi, Biblioteca Renouard,1898, P. 159-160".
  4. ^ Fortanier, Jean Ramière de (January 1932). Les droits seigneuriaux dans la sénéchaussée et comté de Lauragais (1553-1789) : étude juridique et historique. FeniXX. ISBN 978-2-307-61430-2.
  5. ^ "Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, tome II, Livre 1, Extrait du trésor des chartes de France, pag. 659".
  6. ^ "Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, tomus I, pagina 561".
French nobility
Preceded by Count of Auvergne
1461–1497 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Count of Boulogne
1461–1477 		Succeeded by
Integrated into the royal domain
Preceded by Lord of La Tour
1461–1497 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
New title
 Count of Lauragais
1477–1497 		Succeeded by