Bertrand V of La Tour

Bertrand V of La Tour
Lord of La Tour
Reign	1423-1461
Predecessor	Bertrand IV
Successor	Bertrand VI
Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
Reign	1437-1461
Predecessor	Marie I
Successor	Bertrand VI
Born	c. 1400
Died	20th of March 1461
Spouse	Jacquette du Peschin
Issue	Bertrand Isabelle Godefroi Gabrielle Louise
House	House of La Tour d'Auvergne
Father	Bertrand IV of La Tour
Mother	Marie I

Bertrand V (c. 1400 – 20 March 1461) was lord of La Tour from 1423 and count of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1437 until his death.

Life

In 1423, Bertrand succeeded his father, Bertrand IV, as lord of La Tour.[1]

In 1437, Bertrand succeeded his mother, Marie I, as count of Auvergne and Boulogne.[2]

Bertrand died on 20 March 1461. His first-born son, Bertrand VI, succeeded him in his titles.[2]

Family and issue

In 1416, Betrand married Jacquette du Peschin, daughter of Louis, lord of Peschin, and Yseul of Sens-Beaujeu.[2] Jacquette died after her husband, in 1473.[3] They had six children:

• Bertrand (1417 - 1497), count of Auvergne and Boulogne;[2]
• Gabrielle (c. 1420 - 1474), married in 1442 with Louis de Bourbon, count of Montpensier and dauphin of Auvergne;[3]
• Isabelle (d. 1488), married in 1450 to William, Viscount of Limoges, and in 1457 to Amanieu of Albret;[2]
• Louise (d. 1469), married in 1456 to Jean de Créquy;[2]
• Blanche (d. 1472), abbess of Cusset;[2]
• Godfrey (d. 1469), lord of Montgascon.[4]

References

1. "Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne". Genealogy.EU".
2. "Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, Livre troisième, page 87 et seq".
3. "Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, tome II, Livre 1, Extrait de l'ancien obitoire, pag. 650".
4. "Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, tome II, Livre 1, pag. 202".

French nobility
Preceded by Marie I and II	Count of Auvergne and Boulogne 1437–1461	Succeeded by Bertrand II
Preceded by Bertrand IV	Lord of La Tour 1423–1461	Succeeded by Bertrand VI