Louis I
Duke of Bourbon
Reign	1327 ? 1341
Predecessor	Title Established
Successor	Peter I
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Reign	1317 ? 1327 1331 ? 1341
Predecessor	Robert
Successor	Peter I
Count of La Marche
Reign	1322 ? 1341
Predecessor	Charles IV, King of France
Successor	James I
Born	1279 Clermont, Oise , France
Died	1341 (aged 61–62) France
Spouse	Mary of Avesnes ( m.  1310)
Issue	Peter I, Duke of Bourbon Joanna, Countess of Forez Margaret of Bourbon Marie, Latin Empress Philip of Bourbon James of Bourbon James I, Count of La Marche Beatrice, Queen of Bohemia
House	Bourbon
Father	Robert, Count of Clermont
Mother	Beatrix of Burgundy

Louis I, Duke of Bourbon ( c. 1270 – c. 1342) was a French prince , the son of Robert, Count of Clermont and Beatrice (Beatrix) of Bourbon and the grandson of Louis IX of France . ^{[1] [2]} The House of Bourbon is descended from him in the male line through his younger son Jacques I, Count of La Marche. ^[2]

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He took part in several military campaigns, including those at Courtrai (1302) and Mons-en-Pevele (1304), and two times was put in charge of proposed crusades that never actually occurred. He became the Grand Chamberlain of France in 1310 and became the Duke of Bourbon in 1327 thanks to Charles IV of France . ^[1] He had two sons, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon , and Jacques I, Count of La Marche , from whom the later French Kings from the House of Bourbon (starting from Henry IV of France in 1589) descend in the male line. ^[2]

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