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About Louis VI Henri de Bourbon, prince de Condé
Life
- He was the only son of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé and his wife, Charlotte de Rohan.
- As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a prince du sang. Prior to his accession to the Condé title, he was known as the duc de Bourbon.
- In 1770, he married Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans, daughter of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Louise Henriette de Bourbon. In 1772 their only son, Louis Antoine, duc d'Enghien, was born. The marriage was not a happy one, and in 1780 the couple separated. Louis never remarried.
- Shortly afterwards, the duc de Bourbon began a public affair with an opera singer, Marguerite Michelot, which resulted in two illegitimate daughters, one of whom, Adèle, went on to marry the comte de Reuilly. During the French Revolution, the duc accompanied his father into exile in England and survived the purge of the House of Bourbon in France, which cost the life of King Louis XVI and his Queen Marie-Antoinette, amongst others.
- In 1804, his son, the duc d'Enghien, was abducted in Germany by order of Napoleon and executed in the moat of the Château de Vincennes on trumped up charges of treason. The duc d'Enghien had been married to Charlotte de Rohan-Rochefort for less than two months and had no issue.
- The duc de Bourbon returned with his father to France after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, and both recovered their fortunes and public status. On his father's death in 1818, he assumed the title of Prince de Condé.
- If French kings Henry IV or Louis XIII had no children, Louis Henri would be the last living male line member of the House of Bourbon. However this could have changed as his paternal grandmother would not have existed either as a granddaughter of Louis XIII.
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Louis VI Henri de Bourbon, prince de Condé's Timeline
1756 |
April 13, 1756
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
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1772 |
August 2, 1772
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Château de Chantilly, France
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1780 |
November 10, 1780
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Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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1782 |
September 10, 1782
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Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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1830 |
August 27, 1830
Age 74
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Château de Saint Leu, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
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