Marie Anne de Bourbon
| Marie Anne de Bourbon | |||||
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| Légitimée de France Duchess of La Vallière |
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Marie Anne by Rigaud in circa 1706
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| Princess of Conti | |||||
| Tenure | 16 January 1680 - 9 November 1685 | ||||
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2 October 1666 Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, France |
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| Died | 3 May 1739 (aged 72) Paris, France |
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| Burial | Église Saint-Roch, Paris, France | ||||
| Spouse | Louis Armand, Prince of Conti | ||||
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| Father | Louis XIV of France | ||||
| Mother | Louise de La Vallière | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Signature | ,_Princess_of_Conti.jpg){kind=small} |
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| Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France |
Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France (2 October 1666 – 3 May 1739) was the eldest legitimised daughter (fille légitimée de France) of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de La Vallière. At the age of thirteen, she was married to Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and as such was the Princess of Conti by marriage. Her father's favourite daughter, Marie Anne was widowed in 1685 aged 19. She never married again and had no children. Following her mother's retirement to a convent, Marie Anne continued to reside at her father's court and was later her mother's heiress. She later became the Duchess of La Vallière in her own right.
Born secretly at the Château de Vincennes outside Paris on 2 October 1666 while the court was in residence, Marie Anne was the eldest illegitimate child of King Louis XIV. Considered by some as the king's most beautiful daughter, she would become his favourite female child. His favourite child, however, was her younger half-brother, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine. She and her younger brother Louis de Bourbon (later Count of Vermandois) were put in the care of Madame Colbert, the wife of Finance Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert. They were raised by Madame Colbert away from the intrigues of the Court.
The following year, Marie Anne was legitimised by her father on 14 May 1667. On the same day, her mother was given the titles of Duchess of La Vallière and of Vaujours with letters patent. Marie Anne would succeed to her mother's La Vallière title. During her youth, she was known as Mademoiselle de Blois, a style that was later granted to her younger half-sister, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of the king by Madame de Montespan.
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