Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, called " Second Mademoiselle de Nantes " ( born June 1, 1673 Tournai, † June 16, 1743 in Paris) was a natural daughter of King Louis XIV and by her marriage Princess of Condé.
Life
Louise Françoise, Mademoiselle de Nantes, was born on June 1, 1673, the third child and first daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Athénaïs de Montespan. All children from this union were legitimated by the king of France from 1673 onwards. Louise Françoise was raised by Madame de Maintenon.
On July 24, 1685 at the age of 12 years in Versailles with Louis III. of Bourbon- Condé, a grandson of the Great Condé, married. The Prince of Condé was so ugly that he was called at the court "Green Monkey ". Although this neglected his wife, Louise Françoise gave nine children's lives. A son was Louis IV Henri de Bourbon - Condé, a controversial prime minister at the beginning of the reign of King Louis XV. of France. Louise Françoises spouse was a cruel, violent and unpredictable man who had inherited the madness of the house Condé. After the death of Louis III. of Bourbon- Condé in 1710, the young widow consoled with lovers, including the Prince of Conti.
Louise Françoise is described as a beautiful, intelligent, graceful and entertaining and was after the death of her husband the center of social life at the court of her father in the Palace of Versailles. Using her lover Marquis de Lassay they could amass a fortune through the system of Law.
She left Paris in one of the most beautiful monuments, the Palais Bourbon, build.