Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse
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Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681), duc de Penthièvre (1697), d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet (1711), (6 June 1678 – 1 December 1737), was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan
. At the age of five, he became Grand Amiral de France (Grand Admiral of France).
, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon was the third son and youngest child of Louis XIV and of his mistress, Madame de Montespan. At birth, he was put in the care of Mme de Monchevreuil along with his older sister Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
.
Louis Alexandre was created Count of Toulouse in 1681 at the time of his legitimisation, and, in 1683, at the age of five, Grand Amiral de France
. In February 1684, he became colonel of an infantry regiment named after him and in 1693 mestre de camp
of a cavalry regiment. During the War of Spanish Succession, he was given the task of defending the island of Sicily
.
In January 1689, he was named governor of Guyenne
, a title which he exchanged for that of governor of Brittany
six years later. On 3 January 1696, he was created a Marshal of France
, becoming commander of the Royal Armies the following year. During the War of the Spanish Succession
he commanded the French fleet at the Battle of Málaga
in 1704.
In March 1714, he obtained the title of Grand Huntsman of France
(Grand Veneur).
After the death of his father in 1715, he kept aloof from the intrigues of his sister-in-law Anne-Louise-Bénédicte, duchesse du Maine
.
Though his father had legitimised him and his three surviving siblings, and even declared his two sons by Madame de Montespan fit to eventually succeed him to the throne of France, this was not to be, as immediately after Louis XIV's death the Parlement of Paris reversed the king's will.
Unlike his brother, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, who was barred from the Conseil de Régence, Toulouse was not kept from a political role, and soon after, he was named Ministre de la Marine (Minister of the Navy) (more or less equivalent to the United States Secretary of the Navy
), inheriting a seasoned staff in the ministry headed up by Joseph Pellerin
.
He remained in this capacity until being succeeded by Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville
in 1722, the same Fleuriau d'Armenonville who had sold him the castle of Rambouillet in 1706.
In 1717, the ministry erected a fort on the eastern border of the Louisiana Colony
in North America
and named it Fort Toulouse
in honor of the comte. (That fort has been partially reconstructed adjacent to its original site near the city of Wetumpka
, Alabama
, in the United States
.)
The proposal of a marriage with Charlotte of Lorraine
, Mademoiselle d'Armagnac, had met with the categorical refusal of Louis XIV.
, a daughter of the duc de Noailles, in a private ceremony in Paris. She was the widow of the marquis de Gondrin, his nephew, son of his half-brother Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
, whose mother was Madame de Montespan. The marriage was kept secret until the death of the Régent
. The couple had one son:
The comte also had two illegitimate children born before his marriage to Marie Victoire de Noailles.
After his mother's departure from court, the two often saw each other. His older sister Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
, also made an attempt to become closer to their mother at the same time. Although Louise-Françoise and his younger sister, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
, were bitter rivals, the comte was close to both. All three tried to avoid the court and the intrigues of their brother, the duc du Maine, and his wife Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, the duchess, at the Château de Sceaux
.
When his mother died in 1707, he and his sisters mourned in private as any public display at court was forbidden by his father and Mme de Maintenon, who had replaced their mother in the king's affections.
Shortly before his death in 1715, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will stating that if the line of his legitimate children died out, the throne of France could be inherited by the duc du Maine and the comte de Toulouse, his legitimised sons. This also meant that the two could assume the role of regent
for the new five-year old king, Louis XV, if necessary .
The decision was reversed after the death of Louis XIV when Louis Alexandre's cousin, Philippe d'Orléans
, had the Parlement de Paris void the will. The duc d'Orléans as a result became the sole regent of France.
The comte de Toulouse died at the Château de Rambouillet
on 1 December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church.
On 30 September 1766, the comtesse died at the Hôtel de Toulouse
, the Parisian mansion not far from the Louvre
the comte had bought from Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière, in 1712. She too was buried in the family crypt in the Rambouillet church.
On 25 November 1783, after having sold Rambouillet to his cousin Louis XVI
, their son, the duc de Penthièvre, in a long procession, transferred the remains of his parents, his wife and their six children to the Collégiale Saint-Étienne de Dreux
. In 1793, the duc de Penthièvre was also buried in the Collégiale Saint-Étienne family crypt, which was violated by a revolutionary mob the following November. Rebuilt in 1816 by his daughter, the duchesse d'Orléans, the new chapel was named Chapelle royale de Dreux after her son, Louis Philippe I became King of the French in 1830. It is now the necropolis for the royal Orléans family.
Upon the comte's death, the duc de Penthièvre, succeeded his father in his posts and titles. Because of the marriage of Mademoisellle de Penthièvre to the Duke of Chartres
, the comte de Toulouse is an ancestor of the modern House of Orléans
, which also descends from Toulouse's two surviving full sisters.
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!Name!!Birth!!Death!!Notes
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|colspan=4|Full siblings - by Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan
(5 October 1641 - 27 May 1707)
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| Louise Françoise de Bourbon || at the end of March, 1669 || 23 February 1672 ||
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| Louis-Auguste de Bourbon
, duc du Maine || 31 March 1670||14 May 1736|| Legitimised on 20 December 1673. Held numerous offices, of which: Colonel-Général des Suisses et des Grisons
, Governor of Languedoc
, Général des Galères, and Grand-Maître de l'Artillerie
. Was also duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu and prince de Dombes. Had issue with Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Founder of the House of Bourbon-du Maine
.
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| Louis-César de Bourbon
, comte de Vexin, abbé de Saint-Denis et de Saint-Germain-des-Prés|| 20 June 1672 || 10 January 1683 ||Legitimised on 20 December 1673.
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| Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
, Mlle de Nantes, duchesse de Bourbon, princesse de Condé||1 June 1673||16 June 1743||Legitimised on 20 December 1673. Married Louis de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien, (later duc de Bourbon, and then prince de Condé)
. Had issue.
|-
| Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
, Mlle de Tours ||12 November 1674||15 September 1681 ||Legitimised in January 1676.
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| Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
, Mlle de Blois, duchesse d'Orléans||9 February 1677||1 February 1749||Legitimised in November 1681. Married Philippe d'Orléans, duc de Chartres, (later duc d'Orléans)
, the Regent of France
under Louis XV. Had issue.
|-
| Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse ||6 June 1678||1 December 1737||Legitimised on 22 November 1681. Held numerous offices, of which: Admiral of France
, Governor of Guyenne
, Governor of Brittany
, and Grand-Veneur de France
. Was also duc de Damville, de Rambouillet et de Penthièvre. Had issue. Founder of the House of Bourbon-Toulouse
.
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|colspan=4|Paternal legitimate half-siblings - by Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, Infanta of Spain, Queen of France and of Navarre
(20 September 1638 - 30 July 1683)
|-
| Louis de France, le Grand Dauphin || 1 November 1661 || 14 April 1711||Fils de France
. Dauphin of France (1661–1711). Had issue. Father of Louis, duc de Bourgogne (later Dauphin of France), Philippe, duc d'Anjou (later King of Spain)
and Charles, duc de Berry. Grandfather of Louis, duc d'Anjou (later Dauphin, and then King of France)
|-
| Princess Anne Élisabeth of France
||18 November 1662||30 December 1662||Fille de France. Died in infancy.
|-
| Princess Marie Anne of France
||16 November 1664||26 December 1664 (?)||Fille de France. Died in infancy or became Louise Marie-Therese (The Black Nun of Moret)
.
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| Princess Marie Thérèse of France
, Madame Royale||2 January 1667||1 March 1672||Fille de France. Known as Madame Royale
and la Petite Madame
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| Philippe Charles of France
duc d'Anjou||5 August 1668||10 July 1671||Fils de France
.
|-
|Louis-François of France, duc d'Anjou||14 June 1672||4 November 1672||Fils de France
. Died in infancy.
|-
|colspan=4| Paternal illegitimate half-siblings - by Louise-Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc, duchesse de La Vallière et de Vaujours
(6 August 1644 - 6 June 1710)
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|Charles de Bourbon||19 December 1663||15 July 1665||Not legitimised.
|-
|Philippe de Bourbon||7 January 1665||1666||Not legitimised.
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|Marie Anne de Bourbon
, Mlle de Blois, duchesse de La Vallière, princesse de Conti || 2 October 1666|| 3 May 1739||Legitimised on 14 May 1667. Married Louis Armand de Bourbon
, prince de Conti.
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| Louis de Bourbon
, comte de Vermandois||3 October 1667||18 November 1683||Legitimised on 20 February 1669. Held the office of Admiral of France
.
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|colspan=4|Paternal illegitimate half-siblings - by Claude de Vin, Mademoiselle des Œillets (c. 1637 - 18 May 1687)
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|Louise de Maisonblanche
||1676||12 September 1718||In 1696 she married Bernard de Prez, Baron de La Queue. http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=fr;i=50945
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|colspan=4|by Marie Angélique de Scorailles
, Duchess de Fontanges (1661 - 28 June 1681)
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|son||1681||1681||
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|colspan=4|Maternal legitimate half-siblings - by Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin
, Marquis of Montespan (1640 - 1 December 1691)
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| Marie-Christine de Pardaillan de Gondrin || 1663 ||1675 || died in childhood.
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| Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
, marquis d'Antin, Gondrin and Montespan later duc d'Antin ||Paris, 5 September 1665 || Paris, 2 November 1736 || married Julie Françoise de Crussol d'Uzès and had issue.
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Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise of Montespan , better known as Madame de Montespan, was the most celebrated maîtresse en titre of King Louis XIV of France, by whom she had seven children....
. At the age of five, he became Grand Amiral de France (Grand Admiral of France).
Biography
Born at the Château de Clagny in the town VersaillesVersailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon was the third son and youngest child of Louis XIV and of his mistress, Madame de Montespan. At birth, he was put in the care of Mme de Monchevreuil along with his older sister Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Originally known as the second Mademoiselle de Blois, that style eventually gave way to the name Françoise Marie de...
.
Louis Alexandre was created Count of Toulouse in 1681 at the time of his legitimisation, and, in 1683, at the age of five, Grand Amiral de France
Admiral of France
The title Admiral of France is one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, the naval equivalent of Marshal of France.The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, during the Eighth Crusade. At the time it was equivalent to the office of Constable of France. The Admiral was responsible...
. In February 1684, he became colonel of an infantry regiment named after him and in 1693 mestre de camp
Mestre de camp
Mestre de camp was a military rank in the Ancien Régime of France, equivalent to colonel. A mestre de camp commanded a regiment and was under the authority of a Colonel General, who commanded all the regiments in one "arme"...
of a cavalry regiment. During the War of Spanish Succession, he was given the task of defending the island of Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
.
In January 1689, he was named governor of Guyenne
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
, a title which he exchanged for that of governor of Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
six years later. On 3 January 1696, he was created a Marshal of France
Marshal of France
The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
, becoming commander of the Royal Armies the following year. During the War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...
he commanded the French fleet at the Battle of Málaga
Battle of Málaga
The Battle of Málaga was the culmination of an offensive in early 1937 by the combined Nationalist and Italian forces to eliminate Republican control of the province of Málaga during the Spanish Civil War...
in 1704.
In March 1714, he obtained the title of Grand Huntsman of France
Grand Huntsman of France
The Grand Veneur de France or Grand Huntsman of France was a position in the King's Household in France during the Ancien Régime. The word French "veneur" , derives from the Middle French word "vener" , from which also was derived the archaic English words "venerer" and "venery"...
(Grand Veneur).
After the death of his father in 1715, he kept aloof from the intrigues of his sister-in-law Anne-Louise-Bénédicte, duchesse du Maine
Anne, Duchess of Maine
Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon , was the daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé and Anne Henriette of Bavaria. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a princesse du sang. She was known as Louise-Bénédicte. She has no surviving descendants...
.
Though his father had legitimised him and his three surviving siblings, and even declared his two sons by Madame de Montespan fit to eventually succeed him to the throne of France, this was not to be, as immediately after Louis XIV's death the Parlement of Paris reversed the king's will.
Unlike his brother, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, who was barred from the Conseil de Régence, Toulouse was not kept from a political role, and soon after, he was named Ministre de la Marine (Minister of the Navy) (more or less equivalent to the United States Secretary of the Navy
United States Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...
), inheriting a seasoned staff in the ministry headed up by Joseph Pellerin
Joseph Pellerin
Joseph Pellerin French Intendant-General of the Navy, first Commissioner of the Navy as well as a celebrated numismatic pioneer.Pellerin was born at Marly, near Versailles the 27 April 1684 and died 30 August 1782 at his château of Plainville in Picardy.-Youth and career:In his youth his principal...
.
He remained in this capacity until being succeeded by Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville
Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville
Joseph Jean Baptiste Fleuriau d'Armenonville was a French politician.Fleuriau d'Armenonville was born in Paris and obtained a place in government service in 1683 through his brother-in-law, Claude Le Peletier de Morfontaine, then Controller-General of Finances...
in 1722, the same Fleuriau d'Armenonville who had sold him the castle of Rambouillet in 1706.
In 1717, the ministry erected a fort on the eastern border of the Louisiana Colony
Louisiana (New France)
Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle...
in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and named it Fort Toulouse
Fort Toulouse
Fort Toulouse is a historic fort near the city of Wetumpka, Alabama, United States, that is now maintained by the Alabama Historical Commission. The French founded the fort in 1717, naming it for Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse...
in honor of the comte. (That fort has been partially reconstructed adjacent to its original site near the city of Wetumpka
Wetumpka, Alabama
Wetumpka is a city in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,726.The city is the county seat of Elmore County, one of the fastest growing counties in the state....
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.)
The proposal of a marriage with Charlotte of Lorraine
Charlotte of Lorraine
Charlotte of Lorraine was a Princess of Lorraine by birth and daughter of Louis, Count of Armagnac. She was known as Mademoiselle d'Armagnac and died unmarried.-Biography:...
, Mademoiselle d'Armagnac, had met with the categorical refusal of Louis XIV.
Marriage
On 2 February 1723, the comte de Toulouse married Marie Victoire de NoaillesMarie Victoire de Noailles
Marie Victoire Sophie de Noailles, Countess of Toulouse , was the daughter of Anne Jules de Noailles, the 2nd Duke of Noailles, and his wife, Marie-Françoise de Bournonville...
, a daughter of the duc de Noailles, in a private ceremony in Paris. She was the widow of the marquis de Gondrin, his nephew, son of his half-brother Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin , marquis of Antin, Gondrin and Montespan , then 1st Duke of Antin was a French nobleman...
, whose mother was Madame de Montespan. The marriage was kept secret until the death of the Régent
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Philippe d'Orléans was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723. Born at his father's palace at Saint-Cloud, he was known from birth under the title of Duke of Chartres...
. The couple had one son:
- Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725–1793).
The comte also had two illegitimate children born before his marriage to Marie Victoire de Noailles.
- Louis Alexandre de Sainte Foy (1720–1723),
- Philippe Auguste de Sainte Foy (1721–1795).
Court
In 1693, he became a Chevalier des Ordres du roi (Order of the King) and a decade later, in 1704, he became a Chevalier de la Toison d’or (Holder of the Golden fleece). He also later took full control of the French navy under his father.After his mother's departure from court, the two often saw each other. His older sister Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She was said to have been named after her godmother, Louise de La Vallière, the woman that her mother had replaced as the king's...
, also made an attempt to become closer to their mother at the same time. Although Louise-Françoise and his younger sister, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Originally known as the second Mademoiselle de Blois, that style eventually gave way to the name Françoise Marie de...
, were bitter rivals, the comte was close to both. All three tried to avoid the court and the intrigues of their brother, the duc du Maine, and his wife Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, the duchess, at the Château de Sceaux
Château de Sceaux
The Château de Sceaux is a grand country house in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, not far from Paris, France. Located in a park laid out by André Le Nôtre, it houses the Musée de l’Île-de-France, a museum of local history. The former château was built for Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of...
.
When his mother died in 1707, he and his sisters mourned in private as any public display at court was forbidden by his father and Mme de Maintenon, who had replaced their mother in the king's affections.
Shortly before his death in 1715, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will stating that if the line of his legitimate children died out, the throne of France could be inherited by the duc du Maine and the comte de Toulouse, his legitimised sons. This also meant that the two could assume the role of regent
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
for the new five-year old king, Louis XV, if necessary .
The decision was reversed after the death of Louis XIV when Louis Alexandre's cousin, Philippe d'Orléans
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Philippe d'Orléans was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723. Born at his father's palace at Saint-Cloud, he was known from birth under the title of Duke of Chartres...
, had the Parlement de Paris void the will. The duc d'Orléans as a result became the sole regent of France.
The comte de Toulouse died at the Château de Rambouillet
Château de Rambouillet
The château de Rambouillet is a castle in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France, southwest of Paris...
on 1 December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church.
On 30 September 1766, the comtesse died at the Hôtel de Toulouse
Hôtel de Toulouse
The Hôtel de Toulouse, former Hôtel de La Vrillière, situated 1 rue de La Vrillière, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, was built between 1635 and 1640 by François Mansart, for Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière....
, the Parisian mansion not far from the Louvre
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
the comte had bought from Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière, in 1712. She too was buried in the family crypt in the Rambouillet church.
On 25 November 1783, after having sold Rambouillet to his cousin Louis XVI
Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793....
, their son, the duc de Penthièvre, in a long procession, transferred the remains of his parents, his wife and their six children to the Collégiale Saint-Étienne de Dreux
Chapelle royale de Dreux
The Chapelle royale de Dreux, situated in Dreux, France, is a Chapel and burial site of the Royal House of Orléans. The House of Orléans was founded by Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans - the younger brother of Louis XIV of France...
. In 1793, the duc de Penthièvre was also buried in the Collégiale Saint-Étienne family crypt, which was violated by a revolutionary mob the following November. Rebuilt in 1816 by his daughter, the duchesse d'Orléans, the new chapel was named Chapelle royale de Dreux after her son, Louis Philippe I became King of the French in 1830. It is now the necropolis for the royal Orléans family.
Upon the comte's death, the duc de Penthièvre, succeeded his father in his posts and titles. Because of the marriage of Mademoisellle de Penthièvre to the Duke of Chartres
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans commonly known as Philippe, was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, the ruling dynasty of France. He actively supported the French Revolution and adopted the name Philippe Égalité, but was nonetheless guillotined during the Reign of Terror...
, the comte de Toulouse is an ancestor of the modern House of Orléans
House of Orleans
Orléans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. It became a tradition during France's ancien régime for the duchy of Orléans to be granted as an appanage to a younger son of the king...
, which also descends from Toulouse's two surviving full sisters.
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!Name!!Birth!!Death!!Notes
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|colspan=4|Full siblings - by Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise of Montespan , better known as Madame de Montespan, was the most celebrated maîtresse en titre of King Louis XIV of France, by whom she had seven children....
(5 October 1641 - 27 May 1707)
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| Louise Françoise de Bourbon || at the end of March, 1669 || 23 February 1672 ||
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| Louis-Auguste de Bourbon
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Legitimé de France was the eldest legitimised son of the Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan...
, duc du Maine || 31 March 1670||14 May 1736|| Legitimised on 20 December 1673. Held numerous offices, of which: Colonel-Général des Suisses et des Grisons
Maison du Roi
The Maison du Roi was the name of the military, domestic and religious entourage around the royal family in France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration; the exact composition and duties of its various divisions changed constantly over the Early Modern period...
, Governor of Languedoc
Languedoc
Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day régions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyrénées. It had an area of approximately 42,700 km² .-Geographical Extent:The traditional...
, Général des Galères, and Grand-Maître de l'Artillerie
Grand Master of Artillery
The Grand Master of Artillery or Grand Maître de l'artillerie was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France during the Ancien Régime....
. Was also duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu and prince de Dombes. Had issue with Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Founder of the House of Bourbon-du Maine
Bourbon du Maine
The House of Bourbon-Maine was an illegitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, being thus part of the Capetian dynasty. It was founded in 1672 when Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine was legitimised by his father, King Louis XIV of France....
.
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| Louis-César de Bourbon
Louis-César de Bourbon
Louis César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Count of Vexin was a son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan. He was the Abbot of Saint-Denis and of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.-Biography:...
, comte de Vexin, abbé de Saint-Denis et de Saint-Germain-des-Prés|| 20 June 1672 || 10 January 1683 ||Legitimised on 20 December 1673.
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| Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She was said to have been named after her godmother, Louise de La Vallière, the woman that her mother had replaced as the king's...
, Mlle de Nantes, duchesse de Bourbon, princesse de Condé||1 June 1673||16 June 1743||Legitimised on 20 December 1673. Married Louis de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien, (later duc de Bourbon, and then prince de Condé)
Louis III, Prince of Condé
Louis de Bourbon, , was Prince of Condé for less than a year, following the death of his father Henry III, Prince of Condé in 1709...
. Had issue.
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| Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Mademoiselle de Tours was the illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his most famous Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan...
, Mlle de Tours ||12 November 1674||15 September 1681 ||Legitimised in January 1676.
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| Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Originally known as the second Mademoiselle de Blois, that style eventually gave way to the name Françoise Marie de...
, Mlle de Blois, duchesse d'Orléans||9 February 1677||1 February 1749||Legitimised in November 1681. Married Philippe d'Orléans, duc de Chartres, (later duc d'Orléans)
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Philippe d'Orléans was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723. Born at his father's palace at Saint-Cloud, he was known from birth under the title of Duke of Chartres...
, the Regent of France
Régence
The Régence is the period in French history between 1715 and 1723, when King Louis XV was a minor and the land was governed by a Regent, Philippe d'Orléans, the nephew of Louis XIV of France....
under Louis XV. Had issue.
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| Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse ||6 June 1678||1 December 1737||Legitimised on 22 November 1681. Held numerous offices, of which: Admiral of France
Admiral of France
The title Admiral of France is one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, the naval equivalent of Marshal of France.The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, during the Eighth Crusade. At the time it was equivalent to the office of Constable of France. The Admiral was responsible...
, Governor of Guyenne
Guyenne
Guyenne or Guienne , , ; Occitan Guiana ) is a vaguely defined historic region of south-western France. The Province of Guyenne, sometimes called the Province of Guyenne and Gascony, was a large province of pre-revolutionary France....
, Governor of Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
, and Grand-Veneur de France
Grand Huntsman of France
The Grand Veneur de France or Grand Huntsman of France was a position in the King's Household in France during the Ancien Régime. The word French "veneur" , derives from the Middle French word "vener" , from which also was derived the archaic English words "venerer" and "venery"...
. Was also duc de Damville, de Rambouillet et de Penthièvre. Had issue. Founder of the House of Bourbon-Toulouse
Bourbon-Penthièvre
The House of Bourbon-Penthièvre was an illegitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, thus descending from the Capetian dynasty. It was founded by the duc de Penthièvre , the only child and heir of the comte de Toulouse, the youngest illegitimate son of Louis XIV of France and the marquise de...
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|colspan=4|Paternal legitimate half-siblings - by Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, Infanta of Spain, Queen of France and of Navarre
Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Austria was the daughter of Philip IV, King of Spain and Elizabeth of France. Maria Theresa was Queen of France as wife of King Louis XIV and mother of the Grand Dauphin, an ancestor of the last four Bourbon kings of France.-Early life:Born as Infanta María Teresa of Spain at the...
(20 September 1638 - 30 July 1683)
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| Louis de France, le Grand Dauphin || 1 November 1661 || 14 April 1711||Fils de France
Fils de France
Fils de France was the style and rank held by the sons of the kings and dauphins of France. A daughter was known as a fille de France .The children of the dauphin, who was the king's heir apparent, were accorded the same style and status as if they were the king's children instead of his...
. Dauphin of France (1661–1711). Had issue. Father of Louis, duc de Bourgogne (later Dauphin of France), Philippe, duc d'Anjou (later King of Spain)
Philip V of Spain
Philip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...
and Charles, duc de Berry. Grandfather of Louis, duc d'Anjou (later Dauphin, and then King of France)
Louis XV of France
Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
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| Princess Anne Élisabeth of France
Anne-Élisabeth de France
Princess Anne Élisabeth of France - the second child and first daughter of Louis XIV of France and his Spanish wife Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain....
||18 November 1662||30 December 1662||Fille de France. Died in infancy.
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| Princess Marie Anne of France
Marie-Anne de France
Marie-Anne de France - the third child and second daughter of Louis XIV of France and his Spanish wife Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain.As a daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France....
||16 November 1664||26 December 1664 (?)||Fille de France. Died in infancy or became Louise Marie-Therese (The Black Nun of Moret)
Louise Marie-Therese (The Black Nun of Moret)
Louise Marie-Thérèse also known as The Negroid Nun of Moret was a French nun, the object of a gossip story in the 18th century, where she is pointed out as the daughter of the Queen of France, Maria Theresa of Spain...
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| Princess Marie Thérèse of France
Princess Marie-Therèse of France
Princess Marie-Thérèse of France was the fourth child and third daughter of Louis XIV of France and his Spanish wife Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain. As the king's daughter, she was a Fille de France and was known at court by the traditional honorific of Madame Royale because she was the king's...
, Madame Royale||2 January 1667||1 March 1672||Fille de France. Known as Madame Royale
Madame Royale
Madame Royale was a style customarily used for the eldest living unmarried daughter of a reigning French monarch.It was similar to the style Monsieur, which was typically used by the King's second son...
and la Petite Madame
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| Philippe Charles of France
Philippe-Charles de France
Philippe-Charles of France, Duke of Anjou was the fifth child and second son of Louis XIV of France, King of France and his wife, the Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain, and as such was a Fils de France...
duc d'Anjou||5 August 1668||10 July 1671||Fils de France
Fils de France
Fils de France was the style and rank held by the sons of the kings and dauphins of France. A daughter was known as a fille de France .The children of the dauphin, who was the king's heir apparent, were accorded the same style and status as if they were the king's children instead of his...
.
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|Louis-François of France, duc d'Anjou||14 June 1672||4 November 1672||Fils de France
Fils de France
Fils de France was the style and rank held by the sons of the kings and dauphins of France. A daughter was known as a fille de France .The children of the dauphin, who was the king's heir apparent, were accorded the same style and status as if they were the king's children instead of his...
. Died in infancy.
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|colspan=4| Paternal illegitimate half-siblings - by Louise-Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc, duchesse de La Vallière et de Vaujours
Louise de La Vallière
Louise de La Vallière was a mistress of Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. She later became the Duchess of La Vallière and Duchess of Vaujours in her own right...
(6 August 1644 - 6 June 1710)
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|Charles de Bourbon||19 December 1663||15 July 1665||Not legitimised.
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|Philippe de Bourbon||7 January 1665||1666||Not legitimised.
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|Marie Anne de Bourbon
Marie Anne de Bourbon
Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the eldest legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and Louise de La Vallière. At the age of thirteen, she was married to Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and as such was the Princess of Conti by marriage...
, Mlle de Blois, duchesse de La Vallière, princesse de Conti || 2 October 1666|| 3 May 1739||Legitimised on 14 May 1667. Married Louis Armand de Bourbon
Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti
Louis Armand I de Bourbon was Prince of Conti from 1666 to his death, succeeding his father, Armand de Bourbon. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang....
, prince de Conti.
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| Louis de Bourbon
Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois
Louis de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Count of Vermandois was the eldest surviving son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de La Vallière....
, comte de Vermandois||3 October 1667||18 November 1683||Legitimised on 20 February 1669. Held the office of Admiral of France
Admiral of France
The title Admiral of France is one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, the naval equivalent of Marshal of France.The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, during the Eighth Crusade. At the time it was equivalent to the office of Constable of France. The Admiral was responsible...
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|colspan=4|Paternal illegitimate half-siblings - by Claude de Vin, Mademoiselle des Œillets (c. 1637 - 18 May 1687)
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|Louise de Maisonblanche
Louise de Maisonblanche
Louise de Bourbon de Maisonblanche, Baroness of La Queue was an illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and Claude de Vin des Œillets; Mademoiselle des Œillets was the Lady-in-waiting to Madame de Montespan, Louis' long term mistress.-Biography:Born in Paris in 1676, she was one of many...
||1676||12 September 1718||In 1696 she married Bernard de Prez, Baron de La Queue. http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=fr;i=50945
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|colspan=4|by Marie Angélique de Scorailles
Angélique de Fontanges
Marie Angélique de Scorailles was a French noblewoman and one of the many mistresses of Louis XIV. A lady-in-waiting to his sister-in-law the Duchess of Orléans, she caught the attention of the Sun King and became his lover in 1679...
, Duchess de Fontanges (1661 - 28 June 1681)
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|son||1681||1681||
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|colspan=4|Maternal legitimate half-siblings - by Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin , marquis of Montespan, was a French nobleman. He is most notable as the husband of Louis XIV's mistress Madame de Montespan.-Life:...
, Marquis of Montespan (1640 - 1 December 1691)
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| Marie-Christine de Pardaillan de Gondrin || 1663 ||1675 || died in childhood.
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| Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin , marquis of Antin, Gondrin and Montespan , then 1st Duke of Antin was a French nobleman...
, marquis d'Antin, Gondrin and Montespan later duc d'Antin ||Paris, 5 September 1665 || Paris, 2 November 1736 || married Julie Françoise de Crussol d'Uzès and had issue.
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