Bourbon

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Bourbon 1
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Type Surname
Usage French

Meaning & History

The Bourbons were one of the most important ruling houses of Europe . Its members were descended from Louis I, duc de Bourbon from 1327 to 1342, the grandson of the French king Louis IX (ruled 1226-70). It provided reigning kings of France from 1589 to 1792 and from 1814 to 1830, after which another Bourbon reigned as king of the French until 1848; kings or queens of Spain from 1700 to 1808, from 1814 to 1868, from 1874 to 1931, and since 1975; dukes of Parma from 1731 to 1735, from 1748 to 1802, and from 1847 to 1859; kings of Naples and of Sicily from 1734 to 1808 and of the Two Sicilies from 1816 to 1860; kings of Etruria from 1801 to 1807; and ducal sovereigns of Lucca from 1815 to 1847.

http://history-world.org/bourbons.htm
Added 3/13/2016 by D_Lux

Bourbon 2
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage French
Pronounced Pron. Bour-Bon  [key]
Other Forms FormsBourbons, Bourbont, Bourbone, Bourbo, Burbon, Burbons, Burbont, Burbone, Burbo, Burbon, Bourbbon, Bourbbons, Bourbbont, Bourbbone, Bourbbo, Burbbon, Burbbons, Burbbont, Burbbone, Burbbo, de Bourbon, de la Bourbon, De Bourbon, de Bourbons, de Bourbont, de Bourbone

Meaning & History

habitational name from a village in Allier the site of the (now ruined) castle of Bourbon or from another place called (Le) Bourbon mainly in the southern part of France. The placename is derived from a Celtic and pre-Celtic element borb- denoting a hot spring.
Added 9/12/2023 by Paradiso36