Anne Geneviève de Bourbon

Anne Geneviève de Bourbon- Condé ( born August 27, 1619 Vincennes, † April 15, 1679 in Paris) was a daughter of Henry II, Prince de Condé and his wife Charlotte -Marguerite de Montmorency, and was by her marriage to Henri II d ' Orléans - Longueville Duchess of Longueville.

Life

Anne Geneviève was born in captivity, where their parents were advised because of the opposition to Concini. It was early on involved in political affairs. Since 1642 she was with Henry II, Duke of Longueville and Prince of Neufchatel ( 1595-1663 ) espoused the House of Orléans - Longueville, but fell in 1646 the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, who used this relationship to influence Anne Genevieve brother, the Great Condé win. She played a significant role in the first, but especially the second Fronde.

After disgrace and banishment from the court, she turned to Jansenism.

Anne Geneviève was famous for her beauty but also for their uncleanness and their strict body odor.

Anne Geneviève de Bourbon- Condé survived her husband by 16 years. She died in 1679 at the age of 60 years in Paris and was buried there referred to in the " Carmel de l' Incarnation " Carmelite convent (now No. 284 rue Saint -Jacques, the 5th arrondissement ). The monastery was closed during the French Revolution and the monastery grounds parceled.

Progeny

From her marriage to the Duke of Longueville, the sons went

• Jean Louis (1646-1694) and
• Charles Paris ( † 1672)

Forth. The actual father of Charles Paris is La Rochefoucauld; the child, however, was recognized by the husband of the mother.

As a result of mental illness, the older of the two brothers, who had in 1663 is the successor to his father as 9th Duke of Longueville, etc., 1668 has already appeared back again; the 10th Duke was thus the extramarital Charles Paris. By his death in battle in 1672 the title but again reverted to the older brother.