Louis François, Prince of Conti
| Louis François de Bourbon | |
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| Prince of Conti | |
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| Born |
13 August 1717 Paris, France |
| Died | 2 August 1776 (aged 58) Paris, France |
| Spouse | Louise Diane d'Orléans |
| Issue | X de Bourbon Louis François Joseph de Bourbon |
| Father | Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti |
| Mother | Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Louis François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (13 August 1717 – 2 August 1776) was a French nobleman, who was the Prince of Conti from 1727 to his death, following his father Louis Armand II. His mother was Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, a natural granddaughter of Louis XIV. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang.
Louis François I de Bourbon was born in Paris.
In 1731, he married his cousin, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Mademoiselle de Chartres, the youngest daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, the Régent of France during the minority of King Louis XV of France, and his wife Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois (daughter of Madame de Montespan).
His marriage was organised by his mother the Dowager Princess of Conti and future mother in law the Dowager Duchess of Orléans.
She died in childbirth at the Château d'Issy in 1736. His younger sister, Louise Henriette de Bourbon was the mother of Philippe Égalité. He then stayed at L'Isle-Adam.
Louis François pursued a military career, and when the War of the Austrian Succession broke out in 1741, he accompanied the Duke of Belle-Isle to Bohemia. His services there led to his command of the army in Italy, where he distinguished himself by forcing the pass of Villafranca and winning the battle of Coni in 1744.
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