Bourbonnais — Montluçon, Vichy and Moulins
Montluçon, Vichy, Moulins, Cusset, Yzeure. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 913–1196 | Sires de Bourbon: first House of Bourbon | no registers survive Before registers. Charles the Simple gave Aymar fiefs on the Allier in 913 that became the Bourbonnais; the first House of Bourbon ended in 1196. |
| 1196–1327 | Sires de Bourbon: second House | no registers survive Before registers. The second House of Bourbon began in 1218, and in 1272 Beatrice of Burgundy married Robert de France, Count of Clermont, beginning the line that later ruled France. |
| 1327–1589 | Duchy of Bourbon (Moulins) | Archives départementales de l'Allier Charles IV raised the Bourbonnais to a duchy in 1327, with Moulins as capital and seat. Montluçon came into the lords' possessions through Guy II of Dampierre. |
| 1589–2026 | France: Allier | Archives départementales de l'Allier · Archives municipales de Vichy · FamilySearch · Geneanet Bourbon kings ruled France from 1589 to 1848. The old Bourbonnais corresponds to the modern Allier département plus part of Cher. |
The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.
See the whole span, 913–2026, on the map →
The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.