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unusual facts about Peter II, Duke of Bourbon


Jean d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours

In 1489, he traded the viscounties of Carlat and Murat to Peter II, Duke of Bourbon for the county of l'Isle-Jourdain.


Aarberg Castle

In 1358 the Graf (or Count) Peter von Aarberg was in financial difficulties and began looking for someone to buy the city.

Agnes of Faucigny

Agnes of Faucigny (died 11 August 1268) was suo jure Dame of Faucigny, and countess consort of Savoy by virtue of her marriage in 1236 to Peter II, Count of Savoy.

Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz

On 25 November 1950, Alfonso received the title Duc de Bourbon (Duke of Bourbon) from his father.

Bald–hairy

From 1682 to 1801 there was a strict "man–woman" sequence on the Russian throne: Peter I the Great, Catherine I, Peter II, Anna, Ivan VI, Elizabeth, Peter III, Catherine II the Great, Paul.

Charles I, Duke of Bourbon

Peter of Bourbon, (1438–1503, Château de Moulins), Duke of Bourbon

He was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy more than eighteen years before his father's death.

Duke of Bourbon

Although the senior line came to an end in 1527, the cadet branch of La Marche-Vendome would later succeed to the French throne as the Royal House of Bourbon, which would later spread out to other kingdoms and duchies in Europe.

He was succeeded by his son Henry (IV/III) of Bourbon, king of France and Navarre.

Duke of Lafões

The House of Lafões descends from the marriage between Infante Miguel of Braganza (King Peter II's natural son) and Luísa-Casimira, 30th representative of the House of Sousa and 6th Countess of Miranda do Corvo.

Ivo Perović

Ivo Perović (1882 − 1958) was Regent of Yugoslavia for the underage Peter II from 1934 to 1941.

Jacques de la Palice

La Palice was sent again to the Pyrenees, and then to the successful attempt to rescue Marseille from Duke of Bourbon's siege.

Jeanne d'Ussel

Anne of Forez (1358 - † 1417 at Cleppé), born Lady Anne d'Auvergne Clermont and d’Ussel, countess of Forez, wife to Louis II de Bourbon (v. 1336 - † 1410), Duke of Bourbon, gave birth to James or Jean I de Bourbon (1381 - † 1434), Duke of Auvergne.

João Soares de Paiva

If it was Peter II, then the poem was probably written either between 1200 and 1204, during a period of conflict between Navarre and Aragon, or in September 1213, while Peter was in Languedoc, where he died in the Battle of Muret.

Joseph-Louis Lambot

He studied in Paris, where his uncle Baron Lambot was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Bourbon.

Liberty of the Savoy

Following his death, the building was subsequently granted by Henry III to Peter of Savoy, uncle of his queen, Eleanor of Provence, and was renamed Savoy Palace.

Order of Our Lady of the Thistle

The Order of Our Lady of the Thistle was founded in January 1370 in Moulins, by Louis II "the Good", Duke of Bourbon « in the honour of God and the Immaculated Virgin», at the occasion of his mariage with Anne of Auvergne, Heiress Countess of Forez, daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne and Jeanne of Forez; niece of John, Count of Forez.

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1 December 1438 – 10 October 1503, Moulins), was the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, and Agnes of Burgundy, and a member of the House of Bourbon.

The new Duke and Duchess of Bourbon then proceeded to add to these domains, adding Bourbon-Lancy in December 1488, and trading l'Isle-en-Jordain with the Armagnacs in June 1489 for Carlades and Murat.

Peter II, Duke of Brittany

Peter II (in Breton Pêr II, in French Pierre II) (1418–1457, Nantes/ Naoned), was Duke of Brittany, Count of Montfort and titular earl of Richmond, from 1450 to his death.

Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

But, he received from Amt Ahrensbök (except the village of Travenhorst), the Prussian parts of the former Principality of Lübeck and was given a million taler as compensation from Prussia.

Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein

Philippe Monsieur, as he was called, married in 1485 Francisca of Luxemburg (1523), daughter of Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol, Lord of Enghien.

Pierre-Châtel

Peter II of Savoy and Boniface I of Challant died in Pierre-Châtel, respectively in 1268 and 1426.

Radenko Stanković

Radenko Stanković was Regent of Yugoslavia for the underage Peter II from 1934 to 1941.

Romont Castle

In 1239 Anselme (or Nantelme) sold the rights to Romont hill to Peter II of Savoy.

Yugoslav government-in-exile

The Yugoslav government in exile was the official government of Yugoslavia, headed by King Peter II, which evacuated from Belgrade in April 1941, after the German invasion of the country, first to Greece, then Palestine, then to Cairo in Egypt and finally, in June 1941, to the United Kingdom.


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