Antoine de Bourbon, comte de Moret

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Portrait of Antoine de Bourbons by Daniel Dumonstier , 1630

Antoine de Bourbon (born May 9, 1607 in the castle of Moret-sur-Loing ; † September 1, 1632 in Castelnaudary ), Count of Moret, was a legitimate illegitimate son of the French King Henry IV and his mistress Jacqueline de Bueil in 1608 .

Like Gaston d'Orléans , Antoine was an opponent of his brother King Louis XIII's policy of establishing a strong central royal authority . of France and its first minister Richelieu . As a result, Antoine took part in Gaston's revolt in 1630 and joined the army of her comrade-in-arms, the Duc de Montmorency . With this Antoine took part in the conquest of several cities in Languedoc , where they were placed on September 1, 1632 at Castelnaudary by the Maréchal de Schomberg . In the battle, which lasted no more than thirty minutes, Antoine was killed, Montmorency captured and executed two months later.

Legend has it that Antoine survived the battle and lived a long life as a hermit in Anjou .

Fiction representations

Antoine de Bourbon is the main character in the adventure novel “Le Comte de Moret” by Alexandre Dumas , written in 1866 , which was published in France in 1948 with the title “Le Sphinx Rouge” after an original edition of the work had been found in a Paris attic two years earlier its title page and the last of three volumes were missing. In the plot of the novel, Antoine has to persist in both the intrigues of the royal court and amorous affairs. Among other things, a love affair with Queen Anna of Austria and, due to the lack of an ending, a paternity of Antoine with King Louis XIV is indicated.

As early as 1851 Dumas wrote the novel “Le Colombe” (The Dove) in which he took up the legend of Antoine's survival after Castelnaudary in a fictional story.

Also in 1866 the Austrian writer Arthur Storch wrote the novel "The Count of Moret" which is based in large parts on Dumas' work.

personal data
SURNAME Moret, Antoine de Bourbon, comte de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bourbon, Antoine de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of the French king Henry IV.
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Moret-sur-Loing
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1632
Place of death Castelnaudary