Bertrand VI of La Tour

Bertrand was part of Charles VII of France's entourage from 1441 to 1451,[1] during the last stages of the Hundred Years' War.[2] He took part in the Siege of Tartas, in 1442, where he is cited as lord of Montgascon.[2] He was proclaimed knight after the 1450 Battle of Formigny.[2]

In 1461, his father, Bertrand V of La Tour, died. Bertrand succeeded him as his only heir.[2]

In 1468, during the Burgundian Wars, he occupied savoyard Bresse, following Louis XI's orders.[1]

In 1473, Bertrand built the franciscan church of Vic-le-Comte.[2]

In 1477, Charles the Bold died. This allowed Louis XI to reconquer the county of Boulogne, which had been occupied by burgundian forces. Louis then handed it back to Bertrand.[2] However, during the same year, Bertrand II dealed with Louis XI, exchanging the county of Boulogne with the county of Lauragais. Boulogne, so became part of the royal domain.[2][3][4]

Bertrand died in 1497 and was succeeded by his first-born son: John IV, Count of Auvergne.[2]

In 1445, Bertrand married Louise de La Trémoille, daughter of Georges de La Trémoille and Catherine de L'Isle-Bouchard.[5] They had five children:

• John (1461–1501), count of Auvergne and Boulogne;[2]
• Françoise (d. c. 1484), married in 1469 to Gilbert of Chabannes, lord of Curton;
• Jeanne (d. after 1472), married in 1472 to Aymar de Poitiers, lord of Saint-Vallier;
• Anne (d. 1512), married in 1480 to Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany;
• Louise (d. after 1486), married in 1486 to Claude de Blaisy, viscount of Arnay.[6]