Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne

Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne
Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne
Countess of Montpensier
Reign	1442-1474
Born	c. 1420
Died	1474
Spouse	Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Issue	Gilbert, Count of Montpensier; John of Bourbon-Montpensier; Gabrielle de Bourbon-Montpensier; Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier
House	La Tour d'Auvergne
Father	Bertrand V de La Tour d'Auvergne
Mother	Jacquette du Peschin

Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne, Countess of Montpensier, was born around 1420 and died in 1474. She was the second wife of Louis I, Count of Montpensier, whom she married in 1442. Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne is best known for the extensive library recorded in her posthumous inventory.^[1]^[2]

Life

Not much is known of Gabrielle's early life.^[1] After her marriage to Louis I of Bourbon-Montpensier, she seems to have adopted a strategy of collecting books in order to establish ties with other, more important aristocratic courts.^[3] She was instrumental in establishing the literary tastes of her daughter, the author Gabrielle de Bourbon,^[4] and participated in the exchange of books with various family members.^[3]^[5]

Marriage

With Louis I of Bourbon-Montpensier, Gabrielle had:

Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443-1496), married to Clara Gonzaga in 1482
John of Bourbon-Montpensier (1445-1485)
Gabrielle de Bourbon-Montpensier (1447?-November 30, 1516), married to Louis II de La Trémoille in 1485
Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier (1449-1478), married to Wolfert van Borselen in 1468

References

^ ^a ^b Beaune, Colette; Lequain, Elodie (2000). "Femmes et histoire en France au XVe s.: Gabrielle de La Tour et ses contemporaines". Médiévales (in French). 38: 111–36. ISSN 1777-5892.
^ De Boislisle, A. (1880). "Inventaire des bijoux, vêtements, manuscrits et objets précieux appartenant à la comtesse de Montpensier (1474), communiqué par M. le duc de la Trémoïlle et publié par M. A. de Boislisle". L'Annuaire-Bulletin de la société de l'histoire de France. 17: 269–309.
^ ^a ^b Kaplan, S.C. (2021). "A Library of Lost Works: Non-Extant Books as Evidence of Female Reader Networks". Pecia. 24: 221–38. ISSN 1761-4961.
^ Berriot-Salvadore, Evelyne (1999). OEuvres spirituelles, 1510-1516. Paris: Honoré Champion.
^ Colombo Timelli, Maria (2006). "Un Manuscrit inconnu de Cleriadus et Méliadice, Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Rep. II. 109". In Tania van Hemelryck; Céline van Hoorebeeck (eds.). L'Ecrit et le manuscrit à la fin du Moyen Age. Turnhout: Brepols. pp. 67–85.

[Beaune_and_Lequain-1] Beaune, Colette; Lequain, Elodie (2000). "Femmes et histoire en France au XVe s.: Gabrielle de La Tour et ses contemporaines". Médiévales (in French). 38: 111–36. ISSN 1777-5892.

[De_Boislisle-2] De Boislisle, A. (1880). "Inventaire des bijoux, vêtements, manuscrits et objets précieux appartenant à la comtesse de Montpensier (1474), communiqué par M. le duc de la Trémoïlle et publié par M. A. de Boislisle". L'Annuaire-Bulletin de la société de l'histoire de France. 17: 269–309.

[Kaplan-3] Kaplan, S.C. (2021). "A Library of Lost Works: Non-Extant Books as Evidence of Female Reader Networks". Pecia. 24: 221–38. ISSN 1761-4961.

[Berriot-Salvadore-4] Berriot-Salvadore, Evelyne (1999). OEuvres spirituelles, 1510-1516. Paris: Honoré Champion.

[5] Colombo Timelli, Maria (2006). "Un Manuscrit inconnu de Cleriadus et Méliadice, Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Rep. II. 109". In Tania van Hemelryck; Céline van Hoorebeeck (eds.). L'Ecrit et le manuscrit à la fin du Moyen Age. Turnhout: Brepols. pp. 67–85.

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