fjt_011475 - BOURBONNAIS, VILLES ET NOBLESSE JACQUES HEULHARD MAIRE DE MOULINS n.d.

BOURBONNAIS, TOWNS AND GENTRY

The Bourbonnais roughly corresponds to the department of Allier, with Moulins as its capital. Domain of the lords of Bourbon, the Bourbonnais became duchy-peerage in 1327. In 1527, it was reunited with the Crown to become part of the government of Lyonnais.