Louis V. Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé

Ludwig V Joseph, Prince de Condé, around 1760

Ludwig Joseph von Bourbon (born August 9, 1736 in Paris , † May 13, 1818 in Paris) was a French prince of blood and since 1772 Duke of Bourbon , since 1740 8th Prince of Condé , Duke of Bourbonnais and Peer of France, 9th Duke of Enghien and Peer of France, 3rd Duke of Guise and Peer of France , Duke of Bellegarde , Knight of the Royal Orders and the Golden Fleece and Grand Master of France .

In 1753 he married Charlotte de Rohan (1737-1760), daughter of the later Minister of War and Marshal Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise . In the Seven Years War (1756–1763) Ludwig Joseph fought as a general in the French army. In 1780 he became the last royal colonel général of the infantry. He was one of the first noblemen to flee abroad when the French Revolution broke out in 1789. From there he opposed the revolution and the rule of Napoleon . In France he was declared a traitor and his property was confiscated. In 1798, in exile in England, he married Marie Catherine de Brignole-Sale (1737-1813), widow of Prince Honoré III, for the second time . from Monaco . He returned in 1814 together with Louis XVIII. back to France.

Two children survived his first marriage:

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SURNAME	Bourbon, Louis V. Joseph de, prince de Condé
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bourbon, Ludwig Joseph I. von; Prince of Condé
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	General of the French Army
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	May 13, 1818
Place of death	Paris