James II, Count of La Marche

James II
Count of La Marche
15th century stained glass depiction of James and his second wife, Queen Joanna II of Naples
Consort of the Neapolitan monarch
Tenure10 August 1415 – 2 February 1435
Born1370
Died1438 (aged 67–68)
Spouses
(m. 1406, died before 1415)
(m. 1415; died 1435)
Issue
  • Isabelle
  • Marie
  • Eleanor, Countess of Pardiac
HouseBourbon
FatherJohn I, Count of La Marche
MotherCatherine of Vendôme

James II of Bourbon-La Marche (1370 – 1438 in Besançon) was count of La Marche. He was captured at the battle of Nicopolis in 1396, later being ransomed. In 1403, James led an attack on English soil and burned Plymouth. He married Queen Joanna II of Naples in 1415, and was largely unpopular being imprisoned then forced to leave the kingdom of Naples in 1419. James relinquished his titles and became a monk in 1435. He died in 1438.


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