Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé

Henri II. De Bourbon in the portrait painting by an anonymous artist from the first half of the 17th century in the Musée Condé in Chantilly

Henri II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé (born September 1, 1588 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély , † December 26, 1646 in Paris ) was the son of Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé and his second wife Charlotte de la Trémoille and thus the third Prince of Condé .

Life

Henri was raised Catholic by his mother, who had become a Huguenot because of her marriage , but renounced Calvinism in 1597 .

In 1609 he married Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency , daughter of Duke Henri I de Montmorency , in whom King Henry IV, known for his love affairs , began to be interested. Condé then sent his wife abroad and then had to flee from the king's annoyance himself. After the murder of Henry IV, he returned to France and came into conflict with the regent Maria de Medici and her favorite Concino Concini . After open rebellion, he was imprisoned for three years in 1616.

The translator, cosmographer, doctor and language teacher Jean Saulnier is named as one of his secretaries .

He then supported the crown, fought against the Huguenots and led an unsuccessful campaign against Spain in 1638 . After Richelieu's death , he became a member of the Regency Council for Louis XIV. He died very rich because most of the fortune of his brother-in-law Henri II. De Montmorency , who was executed in 1632 , had been transferred to him.

His children with Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency, who played a major role in the Fronde , were:

• Anne Geneviève (1619–1679), married since 1642 to Henri II. D'Orleans , Duke of Longueville ( House Orléans-Longueville )
• Louis II (1621–1686), Prince of Condé
• Armand (1629–1666), Prince of Conti, founder of the youngest line of the Bourbon-Conti family

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