Marie Anne de Bourbon (1697–1741)
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Marie Anne by Pierre Gobert
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16 October 1697 Hôtel de Condé, Paris, France |
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| Died | 11 August 1741 (aged 43) Hôtel du Petit Luxembourg, Paris, France |
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| Spouse | Louis, Duke of Joyeuse | ||||
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| Father | Louis III, Prince of Condé | ||||
| Mother | Louise-Françoise de Bourbon | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Marie Anne de Bourbon (Marie Anne; 16 October 1697 – 11 August 1741) was a French noblewoman, the daughter of Louis III, Prince of Condé. Her father was the grandson of le Grand Condé and her mother, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes, was the eldest surviving daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She was known as Mademoiselle de Clermont.
The fourth daughter and the fifth child of her parents, she shared her name with her eldest sister, Marie Anne Éléonore.
She was born at the Hôtel de Condé in Paris and was baptised there on 29 August 1700. Marie Anne also shared her name with an aunt, Marie Anne, who became the Duchess of Vendôme after her marriage to Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme in 1710.
Marie Anne was said to have been the fruit of her mother's affair with François Louis, Prince of Conti. Her mother, who had an amorous nature, had been having an affair with the prince in the time leading up to the birth of Marie-Anne. François Louis's wife, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, was the sister of Marie-Anne's mother's husband. Together, the Conti couple had been the titular monarchs of Poland during the year of Marie-Anne's birth.
Her first cousin, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1695–1719), married Charles de France, duc de Berry in 1710. Upon her marriage, Marie Louise Élisabeth assumed the rank of Granddaughter of France and became entitled to her own household. Marie Anne was chosen to be one of her ladies-in-waiting. After the death of her husband, Marie Louise Élisabeth led a life of debauchery at the Palais du Luxembourg and the Château de La Muette. Her numerous lovers and repeated pregnancies soon gave her the reputation of a Messalina. These libertine scandals made a frustrated Marie Anne to resign her post.
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