Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé

Louis Joseph of Bourbon ( born August 9, 1736, in Paris, † May 13, 1818 in Paris) was a French prince of the blood, and since 1772 Duke of Bourbon, 8th Prince of Condé from 1740, Duke of Bourbonnais and peer of France, 9th Duke of Enghien and peer of France, 3rd Duke of Guise and peer of France, Duke of Bellegarde, Knight of the royal Order of the Golden Fleece and Grand Master of France.

He was the son of Louis IV Henry, Prince de Condé and his second wife Caroline of Hesse- Rotenburg, daughter of Landgrave Ernst II

In 1753 he married Charlotte de Rohan ( 1737-1760 ), daughter of the future War Minister and Marshal Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise. During the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) Ludwig Joseph fought as a general in the French army. In 1780 he was the last royal Colonel Général of Infantry. He was one of the first nobles who fled at the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 abroad. From there, he opposed the revolution and the reign of Napoleon. In France, he was declared a traitor and confiscated his goods. In 1798 he married for the second time in exile in England with Marie Catherine de Brignole - Sale ( 1737-1813 ), widow of Prince Honoré III. of Monaco. He returned in 1814 along with Louis XVIII. back to France.

From his first marriage two children survived him:

  • Louis VI. Joseph Henry (1756-1830), Prince de Condé, Duke of Bourbon
  • Louise Adelaide (1758-1824), Abbess of Remiremont
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