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What I find interesting is that--as per the map on the right--in 1477, the House of Bourbon-Vendôme (descended in the male line from James I, Count of La Marche) controlled only a small amount of French territory (centered around the French city of Vendôme), with even a more senior branch of the House of Bourbon (descended in the male line from the Count of La Marche's elder brother, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon) controlling much more territories (including the Dukes of Bourbon castle at Montluçon in the Bourbonnais). However, just 112 years later, in 1589, Henry IV of France became the first French King from the House of Bourbon-Vendôme--indicating quite a massive shift in the fortunes of this royal cadet branch in just slightly over a century. (This occurred as a result of all of the more senior Capetian branches dying out by 1589, leaving the House of Bourbon-Vendôme as the senior-most Capetian branch.)
(For reference, the senior branch of the House of Bourbon, the Dukes of Bourbon, died out in 1527 with the death of Charles III, Duke of Bourbon at the Sack of Rome. However, the Bourbon-Vendome branch did not inherit Charles III's vast lands after his death due to them being confiscated by the French crown due to Charles's treason.)
Anyway, which additional cases have there been of insignificant royalty and/or insignificant nobility acquiring a royal throne? Futurist110 ( talk) 22:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
King Baldwin II of Jerusalem came from pretty much nowhere - his family were minor Capetian nobles. Adam Bishop ( talk) 00:15, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
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What I find interesting is that--as per the map on the right--in 1477, the House of Bourbon-Vendôme (descended in the male line from James I, Count of La Marche) controlled only a small amount of French territory (centered around the French city of Vendôme), with even a more senior branch of the House of Bourbon (descended in the male line from the Count of La Marche's elder brother, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon) controlling much more territories (including the Dukes of Bourbon castle at Montluçon in the Bourbonnais). However, just 112 years later, in 1589, Henry IV of France became the first French King from the House of Bourbon-Vendôme--indicating quite a massive shift in the fortunes of this royal cadet branch in just slightly over a century. (This occurred as a result of all of the more senior Capetian branches dying out by 1589, leaving the House of Bourbon-Vendôme as the senior-most Capetian branch.)
(For reference, the senior branch of the House of Bourbon, the Dukes of Bourbon, died out in 1527 with the death of Charles III, Duke of Bourbon at the Sack of Rome. However, the Bourbon-Vendome branch did not inherit Charles III's vast lands after his death due to them being confiscated by the French crown due to Charles's treason.)
Anyway, which additional cases have there been of insignificant royalty and/or insignificant nobility acquiring a royal throne? Futurist110 ( talk) 22:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
King Baldwin II of Jerusalem came from pretty much nowhere - his family were minor Capetian nobles. Adam Bishop ( talk) 00:15, 21 October 2020 (UTC)