Bourbon

Bourbon is for:

  • Bourbon Whiskey, American whiskey variety
  • Bourbon vanilla, see vanilla (spice)
  • Brasseries de Bourbon, the only large brewery in Réunion
  • Palais Bourbon, Paris, seat of the French National Assembly


Bourbon is the name of the following geographical objects:

  • Bourbon (Garonne), river in France, tributary of the Garonne
  • Île Bourbon, eponym of the Bourbon vanilla, old name of the island Réunion
  • Isla Borbón, Argentinian name of Pebble Island

Places in the US:

  • Bourbon (Illinois), Douglas County
  • Bourbon (Indiana), Marshall County
  • Bourbon (Kentucky), Pulaski County
  • Bourbon (Mississippi), Washington County
  • Bourbon (Missouri), Boone County
  • Bourbon Springs, Nelson County, Kentucky
  • Bourbon County - several


Bourbon is the family name of the following people:

  • House of Bourbon, French noble family - see there for collateral lines and family members
  • Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria, Italian noble family
  • Carlos María Isidro de Borbón (1788-1855), Spanish prince and pretender to the throne
  • César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1594-1665), French politician and admiral
  • Charles I. de Bourbon (1401-1456), Duke of Bourbon
  • Charles II de Bourbon (1433-1488), Archbishop of Lyon and Cardinal, Duke of Bourbon
  • Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1489-1537), Duke of Vendôme
  • Charles III de Bourbon-Montpensier (1490-1527), Duke of Montpensier, Connétable of France
  • Charles I (Rouen) (1523-1590), archbishop of Rouen and cardinal, bishop of Saintes
  • Charles III. (Rouen) (1554-1610), Archbishop of Rouen
  • Charles II (Rouen) (1562-1594), archbishop of Rouen and cardinal
  • Charles de Bourbon, comte de Charolais (1700-1760), French prince and libertine
  • Charles de Bourbon, comte de Soissons (1566-1612), Count of Soissons and Dreux
  • Charles de Bourbon (Bishop) (1613-1685), Bishop of Soissons
  • Charles de Bourbon, duc de Berry (1686-1714), Duke of Berry
  • Edgar of Bourbon († 1932), murder victim
  • Élisabeth de Bourbon (1614-1664) (1614-1664), French duchess from the house of Bourbon-Vendôme
  • Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène de Bourbon (1764-1794), French princess
  • François I. de Bourbon-Saint-Pol (1491-1545), French nobleman and military, governor of Paris, governor of the Dauphiné, lieutenant-general
  • François de Bourbon-Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (1616-1669), third Duke of Beaufort and Pair of France
  • Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil (1601-1682), Bishop of Metz, Duke and Pair of France, natural son of Henry IV.
  • Jean de Bourbon (Cluny) (unknown-1485), Abbot of Cluny (1456-1480)
  • Louis I. de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1612-1669), Duke of Vendôme and Cardinal
  • Louis de Bourbon, comte de Clermont (1709-1771), French churchman, general and libertine; commander-in-chief of the Army of the Rhine in the Seven Years' War
  • Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois (1667-1683), admiral of France, son of Louis XIV.
  • Louis de Bourbon, duc de Bourgogne (1682-1712), French heir to the throne
  • Louis Auguste II de Bourbon, duc du Maine (1700-1755), Duke of Maine and Prince of Dombes
  • Louis Charles de Bourbon, comte d'Eu (1701-1775), French nobleman
  • Marie de Bourbon-Saint-Pol (1539-1601), Countess of Saint-Pol, Duchess of Estouteville, Regent of Neuchâtel
  • Nicolas Bourbon the Elder (1503 or 1505-after 1550), French poet
  • Nicolas Bourbon the Younger (1574-1644), French oratorian, Greek scholar, Neo-Latin writer, man of letters and member of the Académie française.
  • Stephen of Bourbon (c. 1190-1261), Dominican inquisitor


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