Henri Jules, Prince of Condé
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Henri Jules with his father, le Grand Condé
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29 July 1643 Paris, France |
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| Died | 1 April 1709 (aged 65) Paris, France |
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| Spouse | Princess Palatine Anne of Bavaria | ||||
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Marie Thérèse, Princess of Conti Louis, Prince of Condé Anne Marie, Mademoiselle de Condé Louise Bénédicte, Duchess of Maine Marie Anne, Duchess of Vendôme |
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| House | House of Bourbon / House of Condé | ||||
| Father | Louis le Grand Condé | ||||
| Mother | Claire-Clémence de Maillé | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Signature | _at_his_wedding_in_1663.png){kind=small} |
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| Henri Jules de Bourbon |
Henri Jules de Bourbon (Paris, 29 July 1643 – Paris, 1 April 1709) was prince de Condé, from 1686 to his death. At the end of his life he suffered from clinical lycanthropy and was considered insane.
Henri Jules was born to Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and his wife in 1643. He was five years younger than King Louis XIV. He was the sole heir to the enormous Condé fortune and property. His mother, Princess Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé was a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. He was baptised at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris on his day of birth. For the first three years of his life, while his father was duc d'Enghien, he was known at court as the duc d'Albret.
Upon the death of his grandfather, he succeeded to his father's courtesy title of duc d'Enghien. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was born a prince du sang with the style of Monsieur le Duc.
Throughout much of his life, Henri Jules was mentally unstable. He was a short, ugly, debauched and brutal man not only "repulsive in appearance", but "cursed with so violent a temper that it was positively dangerous to contradict him".
Trained as a soldier, in 1673, he was nominally put in charge of the Rhine front. This was in name only, though, because Henri Jules lacked the military skills of his father. He was well educated but had a malicious character. A possible bride who was considered for him at this time was his distant cousin, Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, daughter of Gaston d'Orléans. However, a marriage did not materialise.
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