Henriette-Louise de Bourbon

Henriette-Louise de Bourbon (born January 15, 1703 in Versailles , † September 19, 1772 in Beaumont-lès-Tours, today: Tours ) was a French princess, granddaughter of Louis XIV , Benedictine and abbess .

Life

Henriette Louise Marie Françoise Gabrielle de Bourbon was the seventh child of Louis III. de Bourbon, prince de Condé and his wife Louise Françoise de Bourbon , the legitimate daughter that Louis XIV had with Madame de Montespan . As the granddaughter of Louis XIV, Henriette Louise was entitled "Mademoiselle (later: Madame) de Vermandois". She grew up in Fontevraud Abbey and had the desire to become a nun from an early age. Therefore she refused to marry the young Louis XV. and entered the Benedictine Abbey of Beaumont-lès-Tours near Tours on January 14, 1727 . From 1733 until her death she was abbess of the monastery. From 1762 to 1769 she raised her great-niece Louise-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Condé in the monastery , who will always speak of her with the greatest admiration.

Oraison funèbre de très haute, très puissante et très excellente princesse Henriette-Louise-Marie-Gabrielle-Françoise de Bourbon-Condé Madame de Vermandois, abbesse de l'abbaye royale de Beaumont-lès-Tours, pronounced le 8 janvier 1773, dans l 'église de l'abbaye royale de Beaumont-lès-Tours, par M. l'abbé Bruyas. Paris 1773 (online).

personal data
SURNAME	Bourbon, Henriette-Louise de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bourbon, Henriette Louise de; Bourbon, Henriette Louise Marie Françoise Gabrielle de; Vermandois, Mademoiselle de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French princess, granddaughter of Louis XIV, Benedictine and abbess
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH	Versailles
DATE OF DEATH	September 19, 1772
Place of death	Tours