Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé
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Louis Joseph de Bourbon (9 August 1736 – 13 May 1818) was Prince of Condé
from 1740 to his death. A member of the House of Bourbon
, he held the prestigious rank of Prince du Sang
.
(1714–41). He was usually an irresponsible ruler. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon
, he was a Prince du Sang
. His father Louis Henri, was the eldest son of Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (known as Monsieur le Duc) and his wife Louise Françoise de Bourbon
, daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.
During his father's lifetime, the infant Louis Joseph was known as the Duke of Enghien, (duc d'Enghien). He was placed under the care of his paternal uncle, Louis, Count of Clermont, his father's youngest brother after his father died in 1740 and his mother died in 1741 when Louis Joseph was four.
He had an older half sister, Henriette de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Verneuil (1725–1780) who was in turn the half sister of the Mailly sisters, future mistresses of Louis XV and descendants of Hortense Mancini
.
Through his mother, he was a first cousin of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
, Princess Eleonora Maria Teresa of Savoy
and Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy
(both rejected brides of Louis XV) as well as the princesse de Lamballe. His paternal cousins included the Duchess of Orléans (mother of Philippe Égalité) and sister of the Prince of Conti. Viktoria of Hesse-Rotenburg, the Princess of Soubise
was another first cousin.
As a young man, he married Charlotte Élisabeth Godefride de Rohan (1737–1760), the daughter of King Louis XV's friend, the Prince de Soubise
. Charlottes mother Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
was a daughter of the Duke of Bouillon
. The couple were married at Versailles on 3 May 1753.
Together, they had three children (a daughter who died young); a son, Louis Henri Joseph, and a daughter, Louis Adélaide
. In 1764, he embellished the Palais Bourbon
and decided to leave the Hôtel de Condé
where he was born. The latter residence was bought by Louis XV in 1770 only to later end up as the site of the Odéon Theatre
.
In 1770, his son married Bathilde d'Orléans
, daughter of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
and sister of Philippe Égalité. The marriage was supposed to heal relations between the Condé line and the Orléans which were both descended from illegitimate daughters of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.
Louis Joseph also decided to build the Château d'Enghien on the grounds of the Château de Chantilly
; designed to house guests when entertaining at Chantilly, it was constructed in 1769 by the architect Jean François Leroy. It was later renamed the Château d'Enghien in honour of his grandson Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien who was born at Chantilly in 1772. He also commissioned a large garden in the English style
as well as a Hameau much like the contemporary Marie Antoinette
had created at Versailles
and the Petit Trianon
. Having fled after the 1789 revolution, Louis Joseph returned to Chantilly and restored the estate to its former glory and added another English garden, this time by Victor Dubois in 1817.
In 1765, named the heir of his paternal aunt Élisabeth Alexandrine de Bourbon, he received generous pensions which Élisabeth Alexandrine had in turn acquired from her cousin Mademoiselle du Maine
.
Louis Joseph occupied an important place at court. During both the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI, he held the position of Grand Maître de France
in the king's royal household, the Maison du Roi
.
He served in the Seven Years' War
with some distinction serving alongside his father in law the Prince of Soubise.
He was also Governor of Burgundy and a general in the French army. Louis Joseph decided to escape from France with his son and grandson following the fall of the Bastille
in 1789 in fear of possible arrest or death. This decision proved fateful, since during the Reign of Terror
that followed many of the Bourbons left living in France were arrested, put on trial and guillotined: King Louis XVI
, Queen Marie Antoinette
and the Duke of Orleans (Philippe Égalité)
were executed in 1793, and the king's sister, Madame Élisabeth, was beheaded in 1794.
, the corps included many young aristocrats who eventually became leaders during the Bourbon Restoration
years later.
This group included the Duke of Richelieu
, the Duke of Blacas
and Chateaubriand
.
The Army of Condé
initially fought in conjunction with the Austrians. Later, due to differences with the Austrian plan of attack, however, the Prince de Condé entered with his corps into English pay in 1795. In 1796, the army fought in Swabia
. In 1797, Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio
with the First French Republic, formally ending its hostilities against the French. With the loss of its closest allies, the army transferred into the service of the Russian tsar, Paul I
and was stationed in Poland
, returning in 1799 to the Rhine under Alexander Suvorov
. In 1800 when Russia
left the Allied coalition, the army re-entered English service and fought in Bavaria
.
The army was disbanded in 1801 without having achieved much. After the dissolution of the corps, the prince spent his exile in England, where he lived with his second wife, Maria-Caterina di Brignole-Sale
, the divorced wife of the Prince de Monaco
, whom he had married in 1798. She died in 1813.
After the defeat of Napoleon, Louis Joseph returned to Paris, where he resumed his courtly duties as grand maître in the royal household of Louis XVIII. He died in 1818 and was succeeded by his son, Louis Henri. His daughter, Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon
, who was a nun and had become the abbess of Remiremont Abbey
, survived until 1824. He was buried at the Basilica of St Denis.
Prince of Condé
The Most Serene House of Condé is a historical French house, a noble lineage of descent from a single ancestor...
from 1740 to his death. A member of the House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...
, he held the prestigious rank of Prince du Sang
Prince du Sang
A prince of the blood was a person who was legitimately descended in the male line from the monarch of a country. In France, the rank of prince du sang was the highest held at court after the immediate family of the king during the ancien régime and the Bourbon Restoration...
.
Biography
He was the only son of Louis Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon (1692–1740) and Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-RotenburgLandgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg
Princess Caroline of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg was the consort of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon.-Biography:Born at Rotenburg an der Fulda in Hesse, Germany, she was the daughter of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, head of the Roman Catholic branch of the House of Hesse, by his wife...
(1714–41). He was usually an irresponsible ruler. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...
, he was a Prince du Sang
Prince du Sang
A prince of the blood was a person who was legitimately descended in the male line from the monarch of a country. In France, the rank of prince du sang was the highest held at court after the immediate family of the king during the ancien régime and the Bourbon Restoration...
. His father Louis Henri, was the eldest son of Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (known as Monsieur le Duc) and his wife Louise Françoise de Bourbon
Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She was said to have been named after her godmother, Louise de La Vallière, the woman that her mother had replaced as the king's...
, daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.
During his father's lifetime, the infant Louis Joseph was known as the Duke of Enghien, (duc d'Enghien). He was placed under the care of his paternal uncle, Louis, Count of Clermont, his father's youngest brother after his father died in 1740 and his mother died in 1741 when Louis Joseph was four.
He had an older half sister, Henriette de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Verneuil (1725–1780) who was in turn the half sister of the Mailly sisters, future mistresses of Louis XV and descendants of Hortense Mancini
Hortense Mancini
Hortense Mancini, duchesse Mazarin , was the favourite niece of Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, and a mistress of Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland...
.
Through his mother, he was a first cousin of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III was King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until declaring war on revolutionary France in 1792...
, Princess Eleonora Maria Teresa of Savoy
Princess Eleonora of Savoy
Eleonora of Savoy was a Savoyard princess, the eldest daughter of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and his second wife Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg...
and Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy
Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy (1729–1767)
Maria Luisa of Savoy was a princess of Savoy. A religious woman, she died unmarried.-Biography:...
(both rejected brides of Louis XV) as well as the princesse de Lamballe. His paternal cousins included the Duchess of Orléans (mother of Philippe Égalité) and sister of the Prince of Conti. Viktoria of Hesse-Rotenburg, the Princess of Soubise
Princess of Soubise
- Princess of Soubise :...
was another first cousin.
As a young man, he married Charlotte Élisabeth Godefride de Rohan (1737–1760), the daughter of King Louis XV's friend, the Prince de Soubise
Charles, Prince of Soubise
Charles de Rohan , duke of Rohan-Rohan, seigneur of Roberval, and marshal of France from 1758, was a military man, a minister to the kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, and a notorious libertine. The last male of his branch of the House of Rohan, he was also the great grandfather to the duc d'Enghien,...
. Charlottes mother Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne was a French noblewoman and the wife of Charles de Rohan. She was Marchioness of Gordes and Countess of Moncha in her own right as well as Princess of Soubise by marriage...
was a daughter of the Duke of Bouillon
Duke of Bouillon
The Duke of Bouillon is a title of nobility. Until the nineteenth century, the Duke of Bouillon was the ruler of the semi-sovereign Duchy of Bouillon , a small state located between Luxembourg, Champagne, and the Three Bishoprics and centered on Bouillon.- History of the Duchy of Bouillon :The...
. The couple were married at Versailles on 3 May 1753.
Together, they had three children (a daughter who died young); a son, Louis Henri Joseph, and a daughter, Louis Adélaide
Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon (1757–1824)
Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon was a French nun. She was the last Remiremont abbess and founded at the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration a religious community that became famous among French Catholics under the name of Bénédictines de la rue Monsieur...
. In 1764, he embellished the Palais Bourbon
Palais Bourbon
The Palais Bourbon, , a palace located on the left bank of the Seine, across from the Place de la Concorde, Paris , is the seat of the French National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French government.-History:...
and decided to leave the Hôtel de Condé
Hôtel de Condé
The Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Condé, 12 rue Monsieur , has been referred to simply as the Hôtel de Condé, but this name can result in confusion, as it was also used for the main Paris seat of the princes of Condé. The building is also called the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé, since it was built for Louise...
where he was born. The latter residence was bought by Louis XV in 1770 only to later end up as the site of the Odéon Theatre
Odeon Theatre
The Odeon Theatre is a theatre in Bucharest, Romania, located on Calea Victoriei, and is one of the best-known performing arts venues in Bucharest. As an institution, it descends from the Teatrul Muncitoresc CFR Giuleşti, founded 1946; it moved to its current location, the Sala Majestic, in 1974...
.
In 1770, his son married Bathilde d'Orléans
Bathilde d'Orléans
Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans, Princess of Condé , was a French princess. She was sister of Philippe Égalité, the mother of the executed duc d'Enghien and aunt of Louis-Philippe King of the French...
, daughter of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Louis Philippe d'Orléans known as le Gros , was a French nobleman, a member of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, the dynasty then ruling France. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family. He was the father of...
and sister of Philippe Égalité. The marriage was supposed to heal relations between the Condé line and the Orléans which were both descended from illegitimate daughters of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.
Louis Joseph also decided to build the Château d'Enghien on the grounds of the Château de Chantilly
Château de Chantilly
The Château de Chantilly is a historic château located in the town of Chantilly, France. It comprises two attached buildings; the Grand Château, destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s, and the Petit Château which was built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency...
; designed to house guests when entertaining at Chantilly, it was constructed in 1769 by the architect Jean François Leroy. It was later renamed the Château d'Enghien in honour of his grandson Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien who was born at Chantilly in 1772. He also commissioned a large garden in the English style
English garden
The English garden, also called English landscape park , is a style of Landscape garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical Garden à la française of the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe. The...
as well as a Hameau much like the contemporary Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
had created at Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
and the Petit Trianon
Petit Trianon
The Petit Trianon is a small château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France.-Design and construction:...
. Having fled after the 1789 revolution, Louis Joseph returned to Chantilly and restored the estate to its former glory and added another English garden, this time by Victor Dubois in 1817.
In 1765, named the heir of his paternal aunt Élisabeth Alexandrine de Bourbon, he received generous pensions which Élisabeth Alexandrine had in turn acquired from her cousin Mademoiselle du Maine
Louise-Françoise de Bourbon (1707–1743)
Louise Françoise de Bourbon was a grand daughter of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, better known as Madame de Montespan...
.
Louis Joseph occupied an important place at court. During both the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI, he held the position of Grand Maître de France
Grand Master of France
The Grand Master of France was, during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration in France, one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France and head of the "Maison du Roi", the king's royal household...
in the king's royal household, the Maison du Roi
Maison du Roi
The Maison du Roi was the name of the military, domestic and religious entourage around the royal family in France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration; the exact composition and duties of its various divisions changed constantly over the Early Modern period...
.
He served in the Seven Years' War
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines...
with some distinction serving alongside his father in law the Prince of Soubise.
He was also Governor of Burgundy and a general in the French army. Louis Joseph decided to escape from France with his son and grandson following the fall of the Bastille
Storming of the Bastille
The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint...
in 1789 in fear of possible arrest or death. This decision proved fateful, since during the Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
that followed many of the Bourbons left living in France were arrested, put on trial and guillotined: King Louis XVI
Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793....
, Queen Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
and the Duke of Orleans (Philippe Égalité)
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans commonly known as Philippe, was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, the ruling dynasty of France. He actively supported the French Revolution and adopted the name Philippe Égalité, but was nonetheless guillotined during the Reign of Terror...
were executed in 1793, and the king's sister, Madame Élisabeth, was beheaded in 1794.
Army of Condé
The prince established himself at Coblenz in 1791, where he helped to organize and lead a large counter-revolutionary army of émigrés. In addition to containing the prince's grandson, the Duc d'Enghien, and the two sons of his cousin, the dead king's brother, the Comte d'ArtoisCharles X of France
Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
, the corps included many young aristocrats who eventually became leaders during the Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration
The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
years later.
This group included the Duke of Richelieu
Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu was a prominent French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration...
, the Duke of Blacas
Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas
Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas d'Aulps, first comte, then duc, and finally prince de Blacas d'Aulps was a French antiquarian, nobleman and diplomat during the Bourbon Restoration.-Youth:He was baptized at Avignon on 11 January 1771...
and Chateaubriand
François-René de Chateaubriand
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.-Early life and exile:...
.
The Army of Condé
Army of Condé
The Army of Condé was a French field army during the French Revolutionary Wars. One of several émigré field armies, it was the only one to survive the War of the First Coalition; others had been formed by the Comte d'Artois and Mirabeau-Tonneau...
initially fought in conjunction with the Austrians. Later, due to differences with the Austrian plan of attack, however, the Prince de Condé entered with his corps into English pay in 1795. In 1796, the army fought in Swabia
Swabia
Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.-Geography:Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined...
. In 1797, Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio
Treaty of Campo Formio
The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed on 18 October 1797 by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of revolutionary France and the Austrian monarchy...
with the First French Republic, formally ending its hostilities against the French. With the loss of its closest allies, the army transferred into the service of the Russian tsar, Paul I
Paul I of Russia
Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
and was stationed in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, returning in 1799 to the Rhine under Alexander Suvorov
Alexander Suvorov
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov , Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince in Italy, Count of the Holy Roman Empire , was the fourth and last generalissimo of the Russian Empire.One of the few great generals in history who never lost a battle along with the likes of Alexander...
. In 1800 when Russia
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
left the Allied coalition, the army re-entered English service and fought in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
.
The army was disbanded in 1801 without having achieved much. After the dissolution of the corps, the prince spent his exile in England, where he lived with his second wife, Maria-Caterina di Brignole-Sale
Maria-Caterina di Brignole-Sale
Maria Caterina Brignole, was the daughter of a Genovese nobleman. On 5 June 1757 she married Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, and became the Princess of Monaco...
, the divorced wife of the Prince de Monaco
Honoré III, Prince of Monaco
Honoré III ruled as Prince of Monaco and was Duke of Valentinois for almost sixty years from 1733 to 1793...
, whom he had married in 1798. She died in 1813.
After the defeat of Napoleon, Louis Joseph returned to Paris, where he resumed his courtly duties as grand maître in the royal household of Louis XVIII. He died in 1818 and was succeeded by his son, Louis Henri. His daughter, Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon
Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon (1757–1824)
Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon was a French nun. She was the last Remiremont abbess and founded at the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration a religious community that became famous among French Catholics under the name of Bénédictines de la rue Monsieur...
, who was a nun and had become the abbess of Remiremont Abbey
Remiremont Abbey
Remiremont Abbey was a Benedictine abbey near Remiremont, Vosges, France.-History:It was founded about 620 by Romaric, a lord at the court of Chlothar II, who, having been converted by Saint Ame, a monk of Luxeuil, took the habit at Luxeuil...
, survived until 1824. He was buried at the Basilica of St Denis.
Issue
| Name | | Portrait | Lifespan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie de Bourbon Mademoiselle de Bourbon |
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16 February 1755 - 22 June 1759 |
Born at the Hôtel de Condé Hôtel de Condé The Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Condé, 12 rue Monsieur , has been referred to simply as the Hôtel de Condé, but this name can result in confusion, as it was also used for the main Paris seat of the princes of Condé. The building is also called the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé, since it was built for Louise... , she died in infancy; she was known at court as Mademoiselle de Bourbon. |
| Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon Prince of Condé Duke of Bourbon |
13 April 1756 - 30 August 1830 |
In 1770, he married Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans Bathilde d'Orléans Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans, Princess of Condé , was a French princess. She was sister of Philippe Égalité, the mother of the executed duc d'Enghien and aunt of Louis-Philippe King of the French... , who prior to her marriage had been known at court as Mademoiselle Prince du Sang A prince of the blood was a person who was legitimately descended in the male line from the monarch of a country. In France, the rank of prince du sang was the highest held at court after the immediate family of the king during the ancien régime and the Bourbon Restoration... . They became the parents of the duc d'Enghien, who was famously executed by order of Napoleon in 1804. |
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| Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon (1757–1824) Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon was a French nun. She was the last Remiremont abbess and founded at the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration a religious community that became famous among French Catholics under the name of Bénédictines de la rue Monsieur... Abbess of Remiremont |
|
5 October 1757 - 10 March 1824 |
Born at the Château de Chantilly Château de Chantilly The Château de Chantilly is a historic château located in the town of Chantilly, France. It comprises two attached buildings; the Grand Château, destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s, and the Petit Château which was built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency... , her mother died during her birth. She was raised in a convent by her great-aunt, Henriette Louise de Bourbon Henriette Louise de Bourbon Henriette Louise de Bourbon was a French Princess by birth and a member of the House of Bourbon... , who was an abbess. Louise Adélaïde eventually became the abbess of Remiremont Remiremont Abbey Remiremont Abbey was a Benedictine abbey near Remiremont, Vosges, France.-History:It was founded about 620 by Romaric, a lord at the court of Chlothar II, who, having been converted by Saint Ame, a monk of Luxeuil, took the habit at Luxeuil... , dying at the age of sixty-six. |
Ancestry
Titles and styles
- 9 August 1736 – 27 January 1740 His Serene Highness the Duke of Enghien
- 27 January 1740 – 13 May 1818 His Serene Highness the Prince of Condé