Louis Auguste II. De Bourbon, duc du Maine
Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Prince of Dombes (born March 4, 1700 in Versailles , † October 1, 1755 in Fontainebleau ) was Duke of Maine and Prince of Dombes .
Louis Auguste was the eldest son of Louis Auguste de Bourbon , Duke of Maine and Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon . He was thus a grandson of King Louis XIV of France. In 1717 he served in the army of Prince Eugene in the fight against the Turks and was a participant in the War of the Polish Succession from 1733–1734 and the War of the Austrian Succession . From 1736 to 1755 he was Colonel General of the French Swiss Guard .
In 1751 his mother gave him the rule of Anet and the county of Dreux . He avoided the French court and stayed mostly in Anet Castle , whose lands he continuously expanded. He had a hydraulic system built there to divert water from the Eure into his garden.
Louis Auguste was not married and had no offspring. In 1755 he was killed in a duel in the Fontainebleau forest. He was followed as Prince de Dombes by his brother, Louis Charles de Bourbon (1701-1775), the Comte d'Eu, who was also neither married nor had heirs and in 1762 left the principality to the crown.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Prince de Dombes on thepeerage.com , accessed August 18, 2015.
literature
- Nicolas Louis Achaintre: Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de Bourbon. Volume 2. Section Bourbon du Maine , p. 461 ff., Mansut, 1825, available online at [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourbon, Louis Auguste de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourbon, Louis Auguste de Prince of Dombes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Maine and Prince of Dombes |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1755 |
| Place of death | Fontainebleau |