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Which Bourbon branch became the leading line after Charles de Bourbon-Montpensier died?

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Following the death of Charles de Bourbon-Montpensier in 1527 and the subsequent confiscation of his lands by the French crown, the headship of the house of Bourbon passed to the line of La Marche–Vendôme.1