Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre

Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre ( born November 16, 1725 Château de Rambouillet, Rambouillet, † March 4, 1793 at Castle Bizy Vernon ) was Duke of Penthièvre, Châteauvillain and Rambouillet (since 1737) and Count of Eu, Duke of Gisors, Aumale and Amboise ( since 1775 ); sevenfold peer of France; Knights of the Duchy of Savoy - Carignan, United Jägermeister and Grand Admiral of France; Governor of Brittany.

Life

Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon- Penthièvre was a grandson of Louis XIV from the connection with the Marquise de Montespan. His father was Louis -Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse ( * June 6, 1678; † December 1, 1737 ).

The Duke was the last heir of all the legitimate prince of the richest private man in France. It was 1737 United Jägermeister and Grand Admiral of France and governor of Brittany. He also inherited two infantry regiments, headed he Adrien Maurice de Noailles in the battles of Dettingen ( 1743), Fontenoy ( 1745) and Raucoux ( 1746 ) fought bravely.

After the War of Austrian Succession, he retired to his castle Sceaux and lived there for charity and dealing with writers such as Jean -Pierre Claris de Florian. From the Revolution he was spared. In contrast, his daughter fell victim to the same, the Princess Lamballe. He died, universally liked, on March 4, 1793 at the Château de Bourbon citizens Bizy at Vernon and was buried in Dreux.

Thanks to the marriage of his daughter Marie Louise de Bourbon Adélaide with the well-known as a citizen Egalite Duke of Orléans the immeasurable goods and the title of the house Penthièvre to the Orléans family came. In this the son of the Prince of Joinville, Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d' Orléans was given the title of Duke of Penthièvre.

A street near the Avenue des Champs- Élysées is now named after him ( rue de Penthièvre ).

Progeny

The Duke married on December 25, 1744 in Versailles Maria Teresa Felicita d' Este, daughter of Duke Francis III. of Modena.

  • Louis Marie (1746-1749)
  • Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe (1747-1768), married to Marie -Louise de Savoie - Carignan
  • Jean Marie (1748-1755)
  • Vincent Marie Louis, Comte de Guingamp (1750-1752)
  • Marie Louise (1751-1753)
  • Louise Marie Adélaïde (1753-1821), married to Louis -Philippe II Joseph de Bourbon, duc d' Orléans
  • Louis Marie Félicité (* / † 1754)
Jean-Marc Nattier Château de Rambouillet Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse Adrien-Maurice de Noailles Battle of Dettingen Battle of Fontenoy Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian Versailles (city) Integrated Authority File
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