Vendôme (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the Ducs de Vendôme with the bastard thread

Vendôme (also Second House Bourbon-Vendôme ) was a French noble family that existed from 1598 to 1727 and represented a branch line of the House of Bourbon .

history

The House of Vendôme was founded by César de Bourbon-Vendôme , an illegitimate son of King Henry IV of France (House of Bourbon) with his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées . Henry IV legitimized this in 1595 and made it Duke of Vendôme in 1598 .

Whose older son was Louis , Duke of Vendôme, Viceroy of Catalonia . After the death of his wife (1657), he retired to a monastery and eventually became a priest and cardinal . César's second son was François de Vendôme , a military man, courtier and conspirator against the Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin .

The cardinal's eldest son and successor to the ducal office was Louis II Joseph , Duke of Vendôme, the famous general of Louis XIV in the War of the Spanish Succession . His younger brother Philippe , General and Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in France , was the last of his line.

Family list of the House of Vendôme

  1. César de Bourbon, 1st Duke of Vendôme (* 1594; † 1665)
    1. Louis I. de Bourbon-Vendôme, 2nd Duke of Vendôme (* 1612; † 1669), ∞ Laura Mancini
      1. Louis II. Joseph de Bourbon-Vendôme, 3rd Duke of Vendôme (* 1654; † 1712), ∞ Marie-Anne de Condé
      2. Philippe de Bourbon-Vendôme, 4th Duke of Vendôme (* 1655; † 1727)
      3. Jules César (* 1657; † 1660)
    2. François de Bourbon-Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (* 1616; † 1669)
    3. Elisabeth (* 1614; † 1664), ∞ Karl Amadeus of Savoy, from this connection come Viktor Amadeus II. And Louis XV. from.

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