Louis de Bourbon (1709–1771)
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| Count of Clermont | |||||
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Bourbon in 1771 by Drouais
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15 June 1709 Palace of Versailles, France |
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| Died | 16 June 1771 (aged 62) Paris, France |
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| Issue | none | ||||
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| Father | Louis, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé | ||||
| Mother | Louise Françoise de Bourbon | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Charles de Bourbon |
Louis de Bourbon (15 June 1709 – 16 June 1771) was a member of the cadet branch of the then reigning House of Bourbon. He is known for leading French forces in Germany during the Seven Years' War where he took command in 1758 following the failed French Invasion of Hanover. He was unable to break through Ferdinand of Brunswick's Anglo-German army and captured Hanover. He was Count of Clermont from birth.
A prince of the blood, he was the third and youngest son of Louis de Bourbon, "Duke of Bourbon", Prince of Condé (1668–1710) and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes (1673–1743), a legitimated daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre Madame de Montespan.
He was also the great-grandson of Louis, Grand Condé, who died in 1687.
A possible bride was his first cousin, Mademoiselle du Maine, but a union never materialised.
From 1730, he was a lover of Duchess of Bouillon, wife of the Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, mother of the future Princess of Beauvau.
His eldest brother, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, was the head of Condé family from 1710 until his death in 1740, and was Louis XV's Premier Ministre (prime minister) from 1723 to 1726. He raised his nephew Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé who was an orphan from 1741.
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