et à l'orle de huit coquilles d'azur Nicolas Louis Achaintre, Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of Bourbon vol. 1, ed. Didot, 1825, page 45. The second family formed by the marriage of the last descendant of the first family, Mathilde of Bourbon with Guy II of Dampierre, this land passed to the house of Dampierre in 1196. The coat of arms of this family is: "De gueules à deux léopards d'or, avec couronne de baron", but they took the coat of arms of the previous ones. The son of Guy de Dampierre and Mahaut de Bourbon, Archambaud VIII, took the name and arms of his mother, "de Bourbon", the House of Bourbon-Dampierre. By the marriage of, Agnes of Dampierre (died around 1287), with John of Burgundy, this important lordship passed to their daughter Béatrice de Bourgogne (1257–1310), lady of Bourbon, then to her husband* Robert, Count of Clermont (1256–1317), and penultimate child of Saint Louis, thus possessing the land of Bourbon by "the right of the woman (de iure uxoris). The third house of Bourbon acceded to the throne of Navarre in 1555, then to the throne of France in 1589 by Henri IV. His coat of arms are: "D'azur, fleurs-de-lys d'or sans nombre, l'écu brisé d'un bâton ou cotice de gueules, brochant sur le tout, avec couronne de fils de France. The name House of Bourbon was then used to describe the entire House of France, officially since 29 June 1768, date of death of Hélène de Courtenay (1689–1768), with which was extinguished the Capetian House of Courtenay, extinction which made the House of France the only branch dynasty resulting from the dukes of Bourbon. First House of Bourbon The Lords of Bourbon, 9th century until 1196. Knight Aymar or Adhemar, († v. 953) Aymon Ier, Lord of Bourbon († v. 959) Archambaud I the Frank, Lord of Bourbon († v. 990) Archambaud II the Old Man, Lord of Bourbon († v. 1031) Archambaud III the Younger, Lord of Bourbon († 1064) Archambaud IV the Strong, Lord of Bourbon († 1078) Archambaud V the Pious, Lord of Bourbon († 1096) Archambaud VI the Pupil, Lord of Bourbon († 1116) Aymon II Cow-Coward, Lord of Bourbon († 1120) Archambaud VII, Lord of Bourbon († 1171) [Bourbon Archambaud] († 1169) Mathilde Ire, Lady of Bourbon († 1218) x Guy II of Dampierre, Marshal of Champagne († 1216) |