Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (born November 16, 1725 at Rambouillet Castle , Rambouillet ; † March 4, 1793 Bizy Castle near Vernon ) was Duke of Penthièvre , Châteauvillain and Rambouillet (since 1737) and Count of Eu , Duke of Gisors , Aumale and Amboise (since 1775); sevenfold pair from France ; Knight of the Duchy of Savoy-Carignan , Grand Hunter and Grand Admiral of France ; Governor of Brittany .
Life
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon-Penthièvre was a grandson of Louis XIV from the connection with the Marquise de Montespan . His father was Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (born June 6, 1678, † December 1, 1737).
As the last heir to all legitimate princes, the Duke was the richest private citizen in France. In 1737 he became Grand Hunter and Grand Admiral of France and Governor of Brittany. He also inherited the ownership of the regiments Penthièvre infanterie and Duc de Penthièvre cavalerie . He fought under Adrien-Maurice de Noailles in the Battle of Dettingen (1743), the Battle of Fontenoy (1745) and the Battle of Roucoux (1746).
After the War of the Austrian Succession , he retired to Sceaux Castle , where he campaigned for charity and interacted with writers such as Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian . In contrast to his daughter-in-law Marie-Louise of Savoyen-Carignan, Princess Lamballe , the Duke of Bourbon-Penthièvre was spared from outbreaks of violence during the revolution. He died, popularly, on March 4, 1793 as a Bourbon citizen in the Château de Bizy near Vernon and was buried in Dreux .
With the marriage of his daughter Marie Louise Adélaide de Bourbon to the Duke of Orléans , known as Citizen Egalité , the immeasurable goods and titles of the House of Penthièvre came to the Orléans family . In this, the son of the Prince of Joinville , Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orléans received the title of Duke of Penthièvre.
A street near the Avenue des Champs-Élysées is named after him today (rue de Penthièvre) .
progeny
The Duke married Maria Teresa Felicita d'Este , daughter of Duke Francis III , on December 25, 1744 in Versailles . from Modena . From this marriage there were seven children:
- Louis Marie (January 2, 1746 - November 15, 1749), Duke of Rambouillet
- Louis Alexandre (6 September 1747 - 6 May 1768), Prince of Lamballe, ⚭ 1767 Marie Louise of Savoy, Mademoiselle de Carignan .
- Jean Marie (born November 17, 1748 - May 19, 1755), Duke of Châteauvillain
- Vincent Marie Louis (June 22, 1750 - March 14, 1752), Count of Guingamp
- Marie Louise (October 18, 1751 - September 25, 1753)
- Louise Marie Adélaïde (March 13, 1753 - June 23, 1821) ⚭ 1769 Louis-Philippe II. Joseph de Bourbon , Duke of Orléans
- Louis Marie Félicité (April 29, 1754 - April 30, 1754)
literature
- Jean Duma: Les Bourbon-Penthièvre (1678-1793). Une nébuleuse aristocratique au XVIIIe siècle . Publications de la Sorbonne, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-85944-272-3 .
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| SURNAME | Penthièvre, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Penthièvre, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Duke, Grand Hunter and Grand Admiral of France, Governor of Brittany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rambouillet Castle , Rambouillet |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1793 |
| Place of death | at Vernon |