Louis III de Bourbon, prince de Condé
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Louis III de Bourbon (born October 11, 1668 in Paris , † March 4, 1710 ibid) was a French nobleman , prince of blood and peer of France .
Life
The Duke of Bourbon, as Ludwig was called, was the second son of Henri Jules de Bourbons and the Countess Palatine Anna Henriette von Pfalz-Simmern . He was born in the Hôtel de Condé in Paris. He is described as short, with a large head and yellowish complexion, and as notoriously malevolent and annoying.
He took over the office of Grand Master of France from his father in 1685 and became Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit the following year . In 1688 he followed the Dauphin to the siege of Philippsburg and the king, Louis XIV. , To the siege of Mons , 1691, and Namur , 1692. He also fought in the battles at Steenkerke and Neerlösungen . In 1694 he acted as Lieutenant-General in Flanders .
After his father's death in 1709, he inherited his titles and offices. However, since the title of First Prince of the Blood had passed to the Duke of Orléans after his death, he no longer called himself Monsieur le Prince - as had previously been granted to the Prince of Condé - but kept the title Monsieur le Duc for the Duke of bourbon. That is why he did not have the title Prince de Condé .
He died suddenly the following year - as it is said of a stroke.
Family and offspring
Louis III de Bourbon was married from July 24, 1685 in Versailles to Louise Françoise de Bourbon , a legitimate daughter of Louis XIV with Madame de Montespan . He had nine children with her:
- Marie Gabrielle Éléonore (* December 22, 1690; † August 28, 1760) entered the Fontevrault Abbey in 1706 and died as abbess of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs in Paris
- Louis Henri (1692–1740), Prince of Condé
- Louise Elisabeth (born November 22, 1693 - † May 27, 1775), married Louis Armand II. De Bourbon , Prince of Conti , on July 9, 1713
- Louise Anne (June 23, 1695 - April 8, 1758)
- Marie Anne (born October 16, 1697 - † August 11, 1741), secretly married Louis de Melun, Duke of Joyeuse
- Charles (1700–1760), Count of Charolais
- Henriette Louise (January 15, 1703 - September 19, 1772), Abbess of Beaumont-lès-Tours
- Elisabeth Alexandrine (born September 15, 1705; April 15, 1765)
- Louis (1709–1771), Earl of Clermont
Also with a Mademoiselle de Blanchefort:
- Louise Charlotte (1700–1754), legitimized in 1726; married Nicolas de Changy, Count of Roussillon, in 1726
Titles and offices
Louis III de Bourbon carried numerous titles of nobility in the course of his life. These included: titular duke of Bourbon , "duc de Bourbonnais", 4th Duke of Enghien , Duke of Châteauroux , 2nd Duke of Guise , since 1709 6th Prince of Condé and "duc de Seurre- Bellegarde ", Marquis of Brézé and Count of Charolais .
In 1685 he was appointed Grand Master of France and in 1686/88 he was made Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit . As a military man, he held the post of governor of Burgundy and Bresse .
literature
- Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Volume 19, sub verbo Condé. Gleditsch, Leipzig 1818, p. 40.
- Henri Chérot, "Trois éducations princières au XVIIe siècle: le Grand Condé, son fils, le duc d'Enghein, son petit-fils, le duc de Bourbon 1630-1684", based on original documents, Société de Saint-Augustin, Desclée, * De Brouwer et Cie, 1896, 302 pp., Illustré de 30 gravures
- Léonce de Piépape, “Histoire des princes de Condé au XVIIIe siècle: les trois premiers descendants du grand Condé”, Plon-Nourrit (Paris), 1911, vol. 1, chap. XVIII.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Etienne Pattou: Family tree Bourbon-Condé and Bourbon-Conti (PDF; 239 kB) , p. 8, accessed on May 15, 2017.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bourbon, Louis III. de, prince de Condé |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French high nobility and military; First prince of the blood; Governor of Burgundy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1668 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1710 |
| Place of death | Paris |