BOURBON, Nicolas, a famous Latin poet in the 16th century, was a native of Vandœuvre near Langres, and the son of a wealthy man who was master of several forges. Margaret de Valois appointed him preceptor to her daughter Jane d'Albert of Navarre, the mother of King Henry IV. At length he retired to Conde, where he had a benefice, and died about the year 1550. He wrote eight books of Epigrams; and a poem on the forge, which he has entitled Ferraria. He had great knowledge of antiquity and of the Greek language. Erasmus praises his Epigrams.