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4 unusual facts about Busset


Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie

Infatuated with an actress (Mademoiselle Fleury), he was thwarted in his intention of marrying her and met his rival, the count of Bourbon-Busset, in a duel.

Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois

They made their home at the Chateau de Busset, where she made many renovations including a covered arcade on the ground floor and a gallery in the east wing.

She married her second husband, Philippe de Bourbon, Seigneur de Bourbon-Busset on 3 February 1530.

Marie Joséphine Louise, duchesse de Gontaut

Her twin daughters, Joséphine (1796–1844) and Charlotte (1796–1818), married respectively Ferdinand de Chabot, prince de Leon and afterwards duc de Rohan, and François, comte de Bourbon-Busset.


Anne de Guigné

Anne's maternal grandmother Francoise Eulalie Marie Madeleine de Burbon-Busset was a direct descendant of the sixth son of King Louis IX of France, Robert, Count of Clermont.

Madeleine de Bourbon

She was born of a cadet branch of the Bourbon-Busset: her father was Georges, Count of Lignières, and her mother Marie Jeanne de Kerret de Quillien.


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