John III, Count of Auvergne


John III of Auvergne, Count of Auvergne, Count of Boulogne, Count de Lauraguais, was the son of Bertrand VI of Auvergne and Louise de la Trémoille, Dame de Boussac, the daughter of Georges de la Trémoille. He was the last in the line of Counts of Auvergne and Boulogne from the La Tour d'Auvergne family. After his death Boulogne-sur-Mer was integrated into the royal domain.

Family and children

A marriage contract was entered into on January 02, 1495 and the religious ceremony followed on 11 January 1495 Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme, and Isabelle, Dame de la Roche-sur-Yon. They had two daughters:
  1. Anne, married John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany.
  2. Madeleine, married Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino.