1. Ancestors
    Patrilineal descent 

2. References

3. Sources

John VIII de Bourbon (1425 - 6 January 1477) was Count of Vendôme from 1466 until his death. A member of the House of Bourbon, he was the son and successor of Louis, Count of Vendôme.{{sfn|Potter|1995|p=376}} As a courtier of King Charles VII of France, he fought the English in Normandy and Guyenne. He attached himself to King Louis XI, but was not in royal favor. He withdrew to the Château of Lavardin and completed its construction.

In 1454, he married Isabelle de Beauvau,{{sfn|Du Tillet|1994|p=220}} daughter of Louis de Beauvau, Marshal of Provence and Marguerite de Chambley. They had eight children:

• Jeanne, married Louis, Count of Grandpré
• Catherine, married Gilbert de Chabannes
• Jeanne, married at first John II, Duke of Bourbon and later John III, Count of Auvergne
• Renée, Abbess of Fontevraud
• François, Count of Vendôme (1470–1495), from whom the later royal Bourbons descend.{{sfn|Ward|Prothero|Leathes|1911|p=vii}}
• Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon{{sfn|Du Tillet|1994|p=220}}
• Charlotte, married Engelbert, Count of Nevers
• Isabelle, Abbess of la Trinité de Caen

Jean also had two illegitimate sons:

• Louis, Bishop of Avranches
• Jacques, Governor of Valois and the Vendomois (1455 - 1524) was the father of Catherine de Bourbon, paternal grandmother of Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henry IV of France.

Ancestors

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that if Count John were to choose an historically accurate house name it would be Robertian, as all his male-line ancestors have been of that house.

Jean was a member of the House of Bourbon, a branch of the Capetian dynasty and of the Robertians.

Jean's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. It follows the Kings of France and the Counts of Paris and Worms. This line can be traced back more than 1,200 years from Robert of Hesbaye to the present day, through Kings of France & Navarre, Spain and Two-Sicilies, Dukes of Parma and Grand-Dukes of Luxembourg, Princes of Orléans and Emperors of Brazil. It is one of the oldest in Europe.

1. Robert II of Worms and Rheingau (Robert of Hesbaye), 770 - 807
2. Robert III of Worms and Rheingau, 808 - 834
3. Robert IV the Strong, 820 - 866
4. Robert I of France, 866 - 923
5. Hugh the Great, 895 - 956
6. Hugh Capet, 941 - 996
7. Robert II of France, 972 - 1031
8. Henry I of France, 1008–1060
9. Philip I of France, 1053–1108
10. Louis VI of France, 1081–1137
11. Louis VII of France, 1120–1180
12. Philip II of France, 1165–1223
13. Louis VIII of France, 1187–1226
14. Louis IX of France, 1215–1270
15. Robert, Count of Clermont, 1256–1317
16. Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, 1279–1342
17. James I, Count of La Marche, 1319–1362
18. John I, Count of La Marche, 1344–1393
19. Louis, Count of Vendôme, 1376–1446
20. John II, Count of Vendôme, 1428–1478

References

Sources

• {{cite book |title=Jean Du Tillet and the French wars of religion: five tracts, 1562-1569 |first=Jean |last=Du Tillet |editor-first=Elizabeth A. R. |editor-last=Brown |publisher=Binghamton University Press |year=1994 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |title=A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State |first=David |last=Potter |editor-first=Maurice |editor-last=Keen |publisher=Macmillan |year=1995 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |title=The Cambridge Modern History |editor1-first=A.W. |editor1-last=Ward |editor2-first=G.W. |editor2-last=Prothero |editor3-first=Stanley |editor3-last=Leathes |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1911 |ref=harv}}

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