Princes of Condé
| The Most Serene House of Condé | |
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| Country | Condé-en-Brie, France |
| Parent house | House of Bourbon |
| Titles |
Prince of Condé Prince of Conti Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon Duke of Enghien Duke of Bourbon Duke of Montmorency Duke of Mercœur Marquis of Graville Count of La Marche Count of Pézenas Count of Alais Count of Clermont First Prince of the blood |
| Founded | 1557 |
| Founder | Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé |
| Final ruler | Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Condé |
| Current head | Extinct |
| Dissolution | 1830 |
| Cadet branches |
Princes of Conti Counts of Soissons |
The Most Serene House of Condé (named after Condé-en-Brie, now in the Aisne département) was a French princely house and a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The name of the house was derived from the title of Prince of Condé (French: prince de Condé) that was originally assumed around 1557 by the French Protestant leader, Louis de Bourbon (1530–1569), uncle of King Henry IV of France, and borne by his male-line descendants.
This line became extinct in 1830 when his eighth-generation descendant, Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon, died without surviving male issue. The princely title was held for one last time by Louis d'Orléans, Prince of Condé, who died in 1866.
The Princes of Condé descend from the Vendôme family - the progenitors of the modern House of Bourbon. There was never a principality, sovereign or vassal, of Condé. The name merely served as the territorial source of a title adopted by Louis, who inherited from his father, Charles IV de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1489–1537), the lordship of Condé-en-Brie in Champagne, consisting of the Château of Condé and a dozen villages some fifty miles east of Paris.
It had passed from the sires of Avesnes, to the Counts of St. Pol. When Marie de Luxembourg-St. Pol wed François, Count of Vendôme (1470–1495) in 1487, Condé-en-Brie became part of the Bourbon-Vendôme patrimony.
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