Louis II, Duke of Bourbon

Louis was the son of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois. His mother was the sister to King Philip VI of France. He inherited the duchy after his father died at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. In 1390, Louis launched the Barbary Crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis, in conjunction with the Genoese. Its objective was to suppress piracy based in the city of Mahdia, but the siege was unsuccessful. Louis died at Montluçon in 1410, at the age of 73. ==Marriage and issue==

On 19 August 1371 Louis married Anne of Auvergne (1358–1417), Countess of Forez and daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne, and his wife the Countess of Forez. They had: • Catherine of Bourbon (b. 1378), died young. • John of Bourbon (1381–1434), succeeded him as Duke of Bourbon, captured by the English at the Battle of Agincourt and spent the rest of his life in English captivity. • Louis of Bourbon (1388 – 1404), Sieur de Beaujeu • Isabelle of Bourbon (1384 – aft. 1451) ==References==