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- Byname:
- Louis the Good
- French:
- Louis le Bon
- Born:
- 1337
- Died:
- August 19, 1410 (aged 73)
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Louis II, 3 duc de Bourbon
duke of Bourbon
Also known as: Louis le Bon, Louis the Good
Louis II, 3e duc de Bourbon (born 1337—died August 19, 1410) was the duke of Bourbon (from 1356), count of Clermont and of Forez. He was an ally of Bertrand du Guesclin, the Breton-French hero, and a staunch supporter of John II of France; when John was taken prisoner by the English at Poitiers, Bourbon became one of the hostages delivered to the English as a guarantee of the payment of the ransom. He returned to France in 1367 and again fought the English in Poitou and Guyenne (1368–70).
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