Archambaud VIII of Bourbon

Archambaud VIII of Bourbon
Born	1189
Died	1242
Noble family	House of Dampierre
Spouse(s)	Alix de Forez Beatrice de Montluçon
Issue	Margaret Archambaud IX of Bourbon William Marie Beatrice
Father	Guy II of Dampierre
Mother	Mathilde of Bourbon

Archambaud VIII of Bourbon, nicknamed the Great (1189–1242), was a ruler (sire) of Bourbonnais in the modern region of Auvergne, France. His parents were Guy II of Dampierre and Mathilde of Bourbon.[1]

Archambaud’s first wife was Alix de Forez.[2] They married in 1205. Before she was repudiated, Alix bore:

• Margaret[1]
• Archambaud IX of Bourbon[a][4]

Archambaud later married Beatrice de Montluçon,[5] who bore him;

• William (Seigneur of Beçay)[4]
• Marie, wife of John I of Dreux[6]
• Beatrice, wife of Beraud VI of Mercœur[4]

Notes

1. De Vaivre and Devailly indicate Archambaud and his siblings' mother as Beatrix.[3][4]

References

1. Evergates 2007, p. 217.
2. Fassler 2010, p. 457.
3. Devailly 1973, p. 368.
4. de Vaivre 1980, p. 398-399.
5. Stirnemann 1993, p. 210.
6. Schenk 2012, p. 201.

Sources

• Devailly, Guy (1973). Le Berry du X siecle au milieu du XIII (in French). Mouton & Co.
• Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100–1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Fassler, Margot Elsbeth (2010). The Virgin of Chartres: Making History Through Liturgy and the Arts. Yale University Press.
• Schenk, Jochen (2012). Templar Families: Landowning Families and the Order of the Temple in France, c. 1120–1307. Cambridge University Press.
• Stirnemann, Patricia (1993). "Some Champenois Vernacular Manuscripts and the Manerius Style of Illumination". In Busby, Keith; Nixon, Terry; Stones, Alison; Walters, Lori (eds.). Les Manuscrits de Chrétien de Troyes (in French). Vol. 1. Rodopi B.V.
• de Vaivre, Jean-Bernard (1980). "Les tombeaux des sires de Bourbon (XIIIe et première partie du XIVe siècles)". Bulletin Monumental Année. 138–4: 365–403.

Archambaud VIII of Bourbon House of Bourbon-Dampierre Born: 1189 Died: 1242
Preceded by Mathilde	Sire de Bourbon	Succeeded by Archambaud IX