Louis Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Rambouillet (2 January 1746 – 13 November 1749) was a French prince and child of the eldest son of the Duke of Penthièvre. He was known as the Duke of Rambouillet.

Biography

Born at the Palace of Versailles in the Apartments of his mother at Versailles, present bedchamber of Madame Adélaïde Louis was given the title of Duke of Rambouillet from birth, a title given to his grand father the Count of Toulouse

Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse

Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse , duc de Penthièvre , d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet , , was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan...

 in 1711 by Louis XIV

Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...

 for Toulouse.

As a member of a legitimised branch of the House of Bourbon, he ranked as a Prince du Sang

Prince du Sang

A prince of the blood was a person who was legitimately descended in the male line from the monarch of a country. In France, the rank of prince du sang was the highest held at court after the immediate family of the king during the ancien régime and the Bourbon Restoration...

, this entitled Louis to the style of Serene Highness

Serene Highness

His/Her Serene Highness is a style used today by the reigning families of Liechtenstein and Monaco. It also preceded the princely titles of members of some German ruling and mediatised dynasties as well as some non-ruling but princely German noble families until 1918...

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Louis' father, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon was the greatest landowner in France and had one of the largest fortunes in Europe thanks to Louis Jean Marie inheriting the fortune of the Duke of Maine

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...

, his paternal uncle. Despite this, Louis Marie never lived to enjoy the fortune of his father; Louis Marie died at the Palace of Versailles at the age of 3. Buried at the chapel 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...

, he was later moved by his posthumous sister Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon

Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon

Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, , was the daughter of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and of Princess Maria Theresa Felicitas of Modena. At the death of her brother, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe, she became the wealthiest heiress in France...

 (wife of the future Philippe Égalité

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...

) to the Chapelle royale 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...

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Ancestry

Titles and styles

• 2 January 1746 – 13 November 1749 Her Serene Highness
  Serene Highness
  His/Her Serene Highness is a style used today by the reigning families of Liechtenstein and Monaco. It also preceded the princely titles of members of some German ruling and mediatised dynasties as well as some non-ruling but princely German noble families until 1918...
  
  the Duke of Rambouillet

See also