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    of the Bourbon restoration. From there, Louis Antoine fought alongside the Duke of Wellington to bring about Napoleon's overthrow. Louis Antoine was, as...
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    Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon (16 November 1725 – 4 March 1793) was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles. He was...
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  • Thumbnail for Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse
    Louis Alexandre de Bourbon (6 June 1678 – 1 December 1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs...
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    │ │ │ │ │ │ Maison de Bourbon-Montpensier (ducs) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louis (1473–1520), prince of La Roche-sur-Yon │ │ │ │ │ │ X Louise de Montpensier (1482–1561)...
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  • Thumbnail for Henri, Count of Chambord
    given the title of duc de Bordeaux. Because of his birth after his father's death, when the senior male line of the House of Bourbon was on the verge of...
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    certificate the name of Charles Louis de Bourbon, duc de Normandie (Louis XVII) permitted his son to bear the name de Bourbon, and when the family appealed...
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  • Thumbnail for Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes
    fourth child of Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine and of his wife, Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Given the title of prince de Dombes at his birth...
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    brother-in-law, Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine, also joined the order as did his cousins Louis III, prince de Condé and François Louis, Prince de Conti...
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    daughter of Louis XIV of France and his most famous Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She died in early childhood. Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon was born...
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  • Thumbnail for Descendants of Louis XIV
    Louis XIV (1638–1715), the Bourbon monarch of the Kingdom of France, was the son of King Louis XIII of France and Queen Anne. The descendants of Louis...
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  • Thumbnail for Marguerite de Navarre
    wife of Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, and mother of Henry of Bourbon, who became King of Navarre and also of France as the first Bourbon king. She...
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    the repellent and misanthropic Duc de Montausier, who ruthlessly applied the same methods that had so disturbed Louis XIII. They annihilated his grandson...
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    of Louis XIV (2020) cited in Tim Blanning, "Solar Power," The Wall Street Journal, 17 October 2020, p. C9. Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de (1876)...
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  • Thumbnail for Louis César, Count of Vexin
    Louis César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Count of Vexin (Génitoy, 20 June 1672 – Paris, 10 January 1683) was a son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress...
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  • Thumbnail for Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)
    Louis, Duke of Orléans (4 August 1703 – 4 February 1752) was a member of the House of Bourbon, and as such was a prince du sang. At his father's death...
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  • Thumbnail for Fils de France
    abroad; Philippe de France, duc d'Anjou (1640–1701), Gaston's nephew was known as le Petit Monsieur and Gaston as le Grand Monsieur when Louis XIII died in...
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  • Thumbnail for Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019)
    Comte de Mortain for his son's Clermont countship (the latter once held in appanage by a son of Louis IX of France, who became ancestor of the Bourbon-Orléans...
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  • Thumbnail for César, Duke of Vendôme
    César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France (June 1594 – 22 October 1665) was the illegitimate son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées...
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  • Thumbnail for Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
    rivalled that of the Bourbons. Throughout his life, Philippe was open about his preference for male lovers, most notably the Chevalier de Lorraine, and freely...
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    The Second Bourbon Restoration lasted until the July Revolution of 26 July 1830. Louis XVIII and Charles X, brothers of the executed King Louis XVI and uncles...
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    across the Pont de Blois and riders sent by the Duc d'Épernon escorted Marie in his coach. She took refuge in the Château d'Angoulême and provoked an...
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    Versailles to Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, duc du Maine and his wife Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, known as Mademoiselle de Charolais prior...
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  • Thumbnail for Antoine-Jean Gros
    Félix Louis Leullier Napoleon legacy and memory "Antoine-Jean Gros | An Introduction to 19th Century Art". Retrieved 12 June 2017. "Ministère de la culture...
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  • Thumbnail for Louis Charles, Count of Eu
    Louis Charles de Bourbon, Count of Eu (15 October 1701 – 13 July 1775) was a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre Madame de Montespan...
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  • Thumbnail for Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet
    habitués of Madame de Rambouillet's chambre bleue were: Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac Le Grand Condé Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, duchesse de Longueville Anne...
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  • Thumbnail for Anne de Montmorency, 1st Duke of Montmorency
    Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency (c. 1493 – 12 November 1567) was a French noble, governor, royal favourite and Constable of France during the mid...
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  • Thumbnail for Emmanuel Louis Marie Guignard de Saint-Priest, 1st Duke of Almazán
    Restoration, he was attached to the service of King Louis XVIII of France's nephew, Louis-Antoine, Duc d'Angoulême, and during the Hundred Days tried to rouse...
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  • Thumbnail for Henriette of France
    Orléans, with Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Louise Anne de Bourbon as her godparents. As the legitimate daughter of the King, she was a fille de France,...
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  • Thumbnail for Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou
    and titled duc d'Anjou at birth, a title previously held by Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans, his uncle and the younger brother of Louis XIV. He was...
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    King Louis XV in 1715. "Louis de France, Duc de Bretagne | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louis, Dauphin...
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