| Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne | |
| Succession: | Countess of Montpensier |
| Reign: | 1442-1474 |
| Spouse: | Louis I, Count of Montpensier |
| Issue: | Gilbert, Count of Montpensier John of Bourbon-Montpensier Gabrielle de Bourbon-Montpensier Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier |
| Royal House: | La Tour d'Auvergne |
| Father: | Bertrand V de La Tour d'Auvergne |
| Mother: | Jacquette du Peschin |
| Birth Date: | c. 1420 |
| Death Date: | 1474 |
Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne, Countess of Montpensier, was born around 1420 and died in 1474. She was the second wife of Louis I, Count of Montpensier, whom she married in 1442. Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne is best known for the extensive library recorded in her posthumous inventory.[1] [2]
Not much is known of Gabrielle's early life. After her marriage to Louis I of Bourbon-Montpensier, she seems to have adopted a strategy of collecting books in order to establish ties with other, more important aristocratic courts.[3] She was instrumental in establishing the literary tastes of her daughter, the author Gabrielle de Bourbon,[4] and participated in the exchange of books with various family members.[5]
With Louis I of Bourbon-Montpensier, Gabrielle had: