Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti
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| Prince of Conti | |||||
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| Born |
10 November 1695 Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France |
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| Died | 5 April 1727 (aged 31) Hôtel de Conti, Paris, France |
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| Spouse | Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon | ||||
| Issue Detail |
Louis de Bourbon, Count of La Marche Louis François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti Louis Armand de Bourbon, Duke of Mercœur Charles de Bourbon, Count of Alais Louise Henriette de Bourbon |
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| House | House of Bourbon | ||||
| Father | François Louis, Prince of Conti | ||||
| Mother | Marie Thérèse de Bourbon | ||||
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| Louis Armand de Bourbon |
Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (10 November 1695 – 4 May 1727) was Prince of Conti, from 1709 to his death, succeeding his father François Louis, Prince of Conti. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang. His mother was Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, a grand daughter of Louis de Bourbon, le Grand Condé. He was nominated as the Prince of Orange by Louis XIV in 1712.
His male line descendants died out in 1814; through his daughter however, he is an ancestor of the present-day pretenders to the throne of France and Italy and the kings of Spain and Belgium and the Grand Duke of Luxemburg.
Born at the Palace of Versailles, he was one of seven children born to his parents and their only son to live past the age of 5. At the age of 8 on 30 June 1704 he was baptised. Held at Versailles, the ceremony, Louis XIV had Mary of Modena as the guest of honour; Mary was the widow of the exiled James II of England.
Louis was often described as being "hideous"; he was humpbacked and very unattractive.
At the age of 13 his father died in Paris (9 February 1709) and Louis Armand succeeded to the Conti title and wealth, although there was no real principality. On 1 January 1711, Louis Armand was made a knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit.
On 9 July 1713, Louis Armand married his maternal first cousin, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, known as Mademoiselle de Bourbon. Another proposed bride was Louise Anne de Bourbon, sister of Mademoiselle de Bourbon.
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