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The duel Jean Philippe won that forced him into exile for centuries
A French noble kills a man in a duel and flees to the Mughal court, where his Bourbon name becomes power in India-but what did it cost him?
The duel Jean Philippe won that forced him into exile for centuries
In this episode, we follow the trail from a 16th-century duel in France to a Bourbon dynasty embedded in the Mughal court of Akbar. The episode traces Jean Philippe de Bourbon’s voyage, marriage, titles, and how his family navigated centuries of imperial change-what question about his identity still hangs over their legacy?
Person: Jean Philippe de Bourbon
Date: c. 1550s-1560s
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