BOURBON (Borbonius), Nicolas, a Latin poet, born in 1503 at Vandœuvre, near Bar-sur-Aube, was the son of a master blacksmith. Margaret de Valois appointed him preceptor to her daughter, Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre, mother of Henri IV. After residing several years at court he retired to Candé, where he had a benefice. He died about 1550. He wrote eight books of Nugæ; a poem on the forge, entitled Ferraria; De Puerorum moribus, &c. Erasmus praises his Nugæ. Scaliger, however, speaks of him with contempt.