Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien
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| Duke of Enghien | |||||
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| Born |
2 August 1772 Château de Chantilly, France |
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| Died | 21 March 1804 (aged 31) Château de Vincennes, France |
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| Burial | Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes | ||||
| Spouse | Charlotte de Rohan | ||||
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| House | House of Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Louis Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condė | ||||
| Mother | Bathilde d'Orléans | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon |
Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Enghien (duc d'Enghien pronounced [dɑ̃ɡɛ̃]; the i is silent) (Louis Antoine Henri; 2 August 1772 – 21 March 1804) was a relative of the Bourbon monarchs of France. More famous for his death than for his life, he was executed on charges of aiding Britain and plotting against France. Royalty across Europe were shocked and dismayed at his execution. Tsar Alexander I of Russia was especially alarmed, and decided to curb Napoleon's power.
The Duke was the only son of Louis Henri de Bourbon and Bathilde d'Orléans. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang. He was born at the Château de Chantilly, the country residence of the Princes of Condé - a title he was born to inherit. He was given the title Duke of Enghien from birth, his father already being the Duke of Bourbon and the heir of the Prince of Condé, the Duke of Bourbon being the Heir apparent of Condé.
His mother's full name was Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans; she was the only surviving daughter of Louis Philippe d'Orléans (grandson of the Regent Philippe d'Orléans) and Louise Henriette de Bourbon. His uncle was the future Philippe Égalité and he was thus a first cousin of the future Louis-Philippe I, King of the French. He was also doubly descended from Louis XIV through his legitimated daughters, Mademoiselle de Blois and Mademoiselle de Nantes.
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