Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (19 June 1700 – 23 July 1760) was a French noble. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a '' Prince of the Blood''. He was the fifth child and second son of Louis, Prince of Condé and

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Biography

The second son of

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and Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Charles de Bourbon-Condé was made governor of

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in 1720. He fought in Hungary in the war against the Ottoman Turks and won distinction at the battle of Belgrade. In 1728 he became one of the candidates for the hand of the wealthy heiress

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, supported by

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in an attempt to gain a strong position in Poland before the royal election. He was ''gouverneur'' of his nephew

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. On his death, the county of Charolais reverted to the king. Some years later it was granted to a brother of the future

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. He was buried at the Église Collégiale Saint-Martin, Montmorency.

Children

He had two illegitimate children with Marguerite Caron de Rancurel: #Marie Marguerite de Bourbon (1752–1830); married Denis Nicolas, Comte de Puget. #Charlotte Marguerite Élisabeth de Bourbon (1754–1839); married (son of Marshal de Lowendal).

Ancestry

References

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