page_title: Bourbon-Busset
section_title: Origin
hierarchical_section_title: Bourbon-Busset / Origin
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Louis de Bourbon, Prince-évêque de Liège Latina: Lodovic, Borbon, Princeps-Episcopi Leodiensis English: Louis of Bourbon, Prince-Bishop of Liege
context_page_description: The Bourbon-Busset family is an illegitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, being thus agnatic descendants of the Capetian dynasty. Historically, they have been regarded as non-dynastic since decisions rendered by Louis XI of France.
  Possibly, however, the family may be canonically legitimate, in which case it is the most senior extant male-line branch of the Capetians, and senior to the Bourbons which reign today in Spain and Luxembourg and have in the past ruled France, Naples and Sicily, as well as to the House of Braganza, also Capetians by illegitimate descent.
  The head of the family uses the title of Count of Busset, which derives its name from the marriage of Pierre de Bourbon with Marguerite de Tourzel, heiress of the barony of Busset. Their son Philippe married Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois, only legitimate child of Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois.
context_section_description: The House of Bourbon-Busset descends in male line from Pierre de Bourbon (1464–1529), the eldest son of Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liège (1438–1482), who was a son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon. Louis, in male line a sixth cousin of King Charles VII of France, married, without royal licence, Catharine d'Egmond, a daughter of Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (probably illegitimate, as the ducal House of Egmont's chronicles never recognized her among princesses of Gelderland).
  From this union, three natural sons were born:
  Pierre de Bourbon (1464–1529), chamberlain of Louis XII of France; married in 1498 Marguerite de Tourzel d'Alègre, heiress to the barony of Busset; this alliance was the start of the House de Bourbon-Busset;
  Louis de Bourbon (1465–1500);
  Jacques de Bourbon (1466–1537), Jesuit priest.
  Although the marriage between Louis and Catherine took place before Louis was consecrated as a priest, which would have made it canonically impossible for him to marry, it was kept secret, being against the interests of Louis XI of France. French alliances in the Low Countries were not compatible with those of the House of Egmont. The French king therefore never recognized any children of the marriage as legitimate. There was a de facto legitimization of the Bourbon-Bussets when they were allowed the treatment of a Cousin du Roi. For the rest of history, the Bourbon-Bussets never claimed anything more than what they had, and constantly remained faithful servants of the Bourbon kings.
caption: The Bourbon-Bussets are descended from Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liège
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