Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as

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from 1723 to 1726. As a member of the reigning

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, he was a '' prince du sang''. Louis Henri was the second child and eldest son of

Louis III, Prince of Condé Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (10 November 1668 – 4 March 1710) was a '' prince du sang'' as a member of the reigning House of Bourbon at the French court of Louis XIV. Styled as Duke of Bourbon from birth, he succeeded his father i ...

, and

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, the eldest daughter of King Louis XIV and his mistress

Madame de Montespan Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707), commonly known as Madame de Montespan (), was a French noblewoman and the most celebrated maîtresse-en-titre, royal mistress of King Lou ...

. Following the death of his father in 1710, he became head of the Bourbon-Condé

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of the House of Bourbon. As such, he was entitled to be known as

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, but he used the title

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instead and was known at court as ''Monsieur le Duc''. After his maternal grandfather died in 1715, Louis Henri became a member of the regency council led by

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, the regent for the new minor king

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

. In 1723, Louis Henri succeeded the Duke of Orléans as chief minister to Louis XV. He negotiated the King's marriage to the Polish princess

Marie Leszczyńska Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska (), was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of St ...

. In 1726, Louis XV dismissed Louis Henri as chief minister and replaced him with Cardinal de Fleury. Louis Henri died at his manor, the

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, in 1740. His titles were inherited by his 4-year-old son, Louis Joseph.

Early years

Louis Henri was born at

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, the eldest son of

and

, the eldest legitimised daughter of

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and his ''

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'',

. He was the great-grandson of Louis de Bourbon, ''le Grand Condé'', and ranked as a '' prince du sang''. Following the death one after the other of the heirs to the throne of France in the early 18th century (except for the ''duc d'Anjou'', great-grandson of Louis XIV and future king as

) Bourbon was third in the

order of succession An order, line or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated, such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.Philippe, the 2nd duc d'Orléans who became regent, and the latter's son, Louis d'Orléans, duc de Chartres. He was described in a contemporary description of him as: Satirical pamphlets directed against royalty were a common form of literature and the chronicles left by courtiers were influenced by rivalries or prejudice, so he may not have looked so bad. Based on collaborating evidence from other sources, however, it is probably safe to assume that he was tall, and not plump.Bernier, p. 22. It is fairly certain he only had the use of one eye: probably before he was twenty-five.

Regency

In September 1715, Philippe d'Orléans, who had just become

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for the 5-year-old king Louis XV, appointed the then 23-year-old duc de Bourbon to his first Regency Council, the highest consultative body in the French government during the king's minority (equivalent to the '' Conseil d'en-haut'', appointed by adult kings). In 1718, he replaced

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as superintendent of the king's education. This happened at the Regency Council meeting of 26 August, at which Maine and the

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, legitimised sons (''princes légitimés de France'') of Louis XIV, were demoted in rank.Bernier, p. 22.Gooch, p. 36.Guizot, pp. 20–21, but Guizot says the council meeting took place on the 24th.Jones, p. 47, says Villeroi, not Bourbon received control of the king's education.Shennan, p. 43 confirms the date, 26th, but doesn't say who became superintendent of education. The actual instruction of the young king was not much disturbed however, since it was mostly done by his old and trusted tutor,

André-Hercule de Fleury André-Hercule de Fleury (22 June or 26 June 165329 January 1743) was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, Bishop of Fréjus and as the chief minister of Louis XV. He was cre ...

, Bishop of Fréjus, who remained in place. Many of the surviving descriptions of the duke's personality are highly uncomplimentary. They fall under the general categories greed, bad manners, stupidity.Gooch, pp. 50–51.Jones, p. 79.Kitchin, p. 392.Lavisse, p. 78.Perkins, p. 52. For example, Barbier said he "had a very limited mind, knows nothing, and only likes pleasure and hunting." He was described as pretending to like hunting to ingratiate himself with the king.

Prime minister

The Regency ended when Louis XV reached the age of majority, thirteen, in February 1723. Cardinal Dubois, who had been the Regent's ''premier ministre'', remained in that capacity for the king. However, Dubois died in August 1723. Thereupon the former regent became the king's ''premier ministre'', until his own death the following 2 December. Bourbon rushed to see the king that very evening and requested the prime ministership. Cardinal de Fleury, who was present at the meeting, recommended acceptance, and Louis XV indicated his assent by a silent nod. Guizot says that Louis "sought in his perceptor's utor'seyes the guidance he needed".Guizot p. 50. G. P. GoochGooch p. 44. and PerkinsPerkins p. 52. also said that Fréjus acquiesced in the appointment. Jones, on the other hand, says that Fréjus was ''not'' there; also that after the meeting, in order to protect his own influence with the king, which was great, Fréjus got the king to agree never to hold discussions with Bourbon unless he too was present. This was an unusual, and for Bourbon, eventually an intolerable situation. Orléans had been able to see the king whenever he wanted. Within a few years Fréjus was able to assume control of the government himself. To assess why the king — or Fréjus — chose, or allowed, Bourbon to become ''premier ministre'', says the French lawyer and writer d'Angerville, writing in 1781: One of Bourbon's first moves as prime minister was to replace d'Argenson, the minister of police, with Nicolas Ravot d'Ombreval, who was a relative of Bourbon's mistress, the marquise de Prie. This gave Bourbon control of press censorship, and also gave him control of much of the mail.Bernier, p. 47. He made the first promotion to the rank of

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since 1715 — and made some new appointments to France's highest chivalric order, the

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(''Ordre du Saint-Esprit''). The recipients were almost all supporters of ''Monsieur le Duc''.

Persecution of Protestants

The persecution of the

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s under the reign of Louis XIV was stopped by the regent, despite those who continued to advocate rigour in the treatment of the Protestants. Prominent among these was the

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, Louis III de La Vergne de Tressan, Grand Almoner of France during the Regency. He argued with both the regent and his most influential minister, Cardinal Dubois, in favour of severe measures against Protestants. They rejected his ideas. When Bourbon came to be prime minister, however, the bishop found in him a more receptive audience, and he was given the go-ahead to draw up a general law against heresy.

King's affairs

One of the most notable achievements of the Duke's premiership was the arrangement of the King's marriage. The King had been betrothed to Mariana Victoria, the ''infanta'' of Spain, daughter of the Spanish king, in 1721, when she was just three years old, and the French king only eleven. By 1724, the king was fourteen but the ''infanta'' was still a decade away from child-bearing age. Some felt that this was too long for France to wait for an heir. This was especially so because, if Louis XV died without an heir, it was feared that, armed with a hereditary right he had renounced when he became king of Spain, Philip V de Bourbon, who had recently abdicated the Spanish throne, would ignore the

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and claim the French throne, thus plunging France and Spain into conflict with the other European powers. It appears that by the summer of 1724,Bernier, p. 50. the marquise de Prie, and possibly also ''Monsieur le Duc'', were considering breaking Louis XV's engagement with the ''infanta'', despite the great offence this would cause Spain, and finding him a wife who might provide the country with an heir at an earlier date."The Duke of Bourbon asked Philip to make the husband of Mme de Prie a grandee, a title which would have descended to a child Bourbon had by her. If this request had been granted, the ''infanta'' would probably not have been sent away..." ― Letter of Stanhope. Perkins p. 58, footnote 1. By, at latest, the winter of 1724, replacement of the ''infanta'' was being considered.Perkins p. 58, footnote 2. Candidates included the Duke's sisters, especially '' Mademoiselle de Vermandois''. Mme de Prie was opposed to this choice because it would give the duchesse de Bourbon, Vermandois and the duke's mother too much influence.D'Angerville, pp. 39–40. The duchess and Mme de Prie did not like each other. Furthermore, Fréjus was opposed to Louis marrying anyone from the Bourbon-Condé branch of the royal family.Perkins, p. 60. In April 1725, the seven-year-old ''infanta'' was sent back to Madrid — Louis did not even say goodbye to her.Jones, p. 80. A new candidate was sought urgently because, should Louis die with no heir, and assuming Philippe V of Spain did not seize the throne, then it would pass to the new duc d'Orléans, son of the deceased regent; the

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and the

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were rivals, so this would cast ''Monsieur le Duc'' into the political wastelands.Bernier, p. 51.Guizot, p. 58.Perkins, pp. 57–58. Prominent among these was a daughter of

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. The prize was offered to her if she would consent to become a Catholic. However that would have caused great difficulties for her father, as he was occupying the British throne mainly because he was Protestant, whereas his rival, James Stuart, was Catholic; he had to politely decline the offer of France to his daughter. Another prominent contender was the grand duchess, later empress,

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. Others on the list included the Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine; a princess of Savoy who was Louis XV's first cousin, and the

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Marie Leszczynska

The choice finally made was the daughter of the deposed king of Poland. Her name was

; her father, Stanislaus, had occupied the Polish throne from 1704 with the backing of

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. He lost it after five years because his sponsor was beaten by Peter the Great of Russia, at

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. Stanislaus had found refuge, first in Germany, then in France, where the regent had given him a house at

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in Alsace, a pension of fifty thousand livres, irregularly paid, and, as a sign of respect, a few regiments of soldiers as an honour guard; they, along with a handful of retainers who had followed the forsaken king in his wanderings, comprised his bare little court. "His property in Poland had been confiscated and his wife's jewels pawned. Marie did not have a reputation for great beauty or intelligence, but she was not ugly, was healthy as well as kind, generous, and calm. She had already been thought of as a wife for the duc de Bourbon. Now he and Mme de Prie decided she would be ideal for the King. On 31 March 1725, the Council met and agreed that the offer would go to

. On 27 May, the name of the Queen-to-be was made public. The young ''duc d'Orléans'' stood in for the bridegroom during the marriage by procuration, which took place in the cathedral of Strasbourg, and was officiated by the

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, bishop of

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and Grand Almoner of France. The bride and groom were wed in person at

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. Bourbon remained prime minister until his dismissal in 1726 in favour of the young king's tutor, Cardinal Fleury. Saint-Simon, the memoir writer known for his acid portraits of grandees, described the Duke of Bourbon as a man with "an almost stupid foolishness, an indomitable obstinacy, an insatiable self-interest". On the other hand, the Cardinal de Fleury said that he found in the Duke of Bourbon "goodness, probity, and honour" and that he considered himself one of the duke's friends.

Later life

After his spell in the government, Bourbon was exiled to his country estate, the

, 40 kilometers northeast of Paris. The château then underwent a sort of ''renaissance'', being described as a "splendid residence.".Gooch pp. 50-51 Bourbon redecorated the building as well as the grounds and entertained there when he could avoid hosting the Parisian set which had banished him. He died there, aged 47. The titles of the Bourbon-Condé family then passed to his 4-year-old son who was to hold the title of

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for more than seven decades.

Wealth

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was established by the Prince de Condé. During the Regency his several pensions, together with the income from his extensive estates, gave him an income of 1.8 million ''

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s'', the historian Bernier, writing in 1984, estimating the ''livre'' as equivalent to about $4.50. During the Regency he made large amounts of money by speculating in the financial ''Système'' (1716–20) of John Law. He bought paper notes, waited for their value to rise, then, before the ''Système'' failed in 1720, took them to Law's bank (which had become the national bank) and traded them in for gold. On 3 March 1720, following the example of the Prince de Conti who the day before had gone to Law's bank and withdrawn fourteen million livres in gold in several large carts, Bourbon went to the bank and took away twenty-five million.Bernier, p. 34. The bank closed later that year due to lack of reserves. Bourbon made 40 million ''livres'' off the ''Système'',Bernier, p. 46. or perhaps 20 million.Jones, p. 68. Historian James Breck Perkins says, "he asked enormous advantages in return for the protection he extended o John Law and his associates and the unfortunate adventurer awwas not in a position to say no to so powerful a nobleman." After the ''Système'' went under, "the government compelled some humbler speculators to disgorge their gains, but no one ventured to disturb the head of the house of Condé."Perkins, pp. 51–52.

Marriages and issue

On 9 July 1713 at Versailles, he married Marie Anne de Bourbon who died in 1720. Marie Anne was the eldest daughter of Marie Thérèse de Bourbon and François Louis, Prince de Conti. His younger sister Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, married Marie Anne's brother,

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. They had no children. At her death, Marie Anne gave all her property to her sister Mademoiselle de La Roche-sur-Yon. On 23 July 1728, he married Caroline of Hesse, a daughter of

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and they had one son: * Louis Joseph de Bourbon (9 August 1736 – 13 May 1818), who led the

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during the

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. Caroline had once been on a list of possible wives for

Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

. Her husband was pardoned by Louis XV in 1730; this was regarding his exile to the

in 1725. The couple lived at the ''

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'' which had been built by her mother-in-law

. In addition, Louis Henri had an illegitimate daughter with Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin (1691–1729), the wife of Louis de Mailly, marquis de Nesle (1689–1767), whom he officially recognized, * Henriette de Bourbon (23 April 1725 – 11 September 1780), ''Mademoiselle de Verneuil'', who married Jean, marquis de Laguiche, (1719–1770) in 1740.

Ancestry

Notes

References

*Olivier Bernier,''Louis the Beloved, The Life of Louis XV''. 1984, Garden City, New York; Doubleday & Co. *Mouffle d'Angerville, ''The Private Life of Louis XV''. "Annotated and amplified by quotations from original and unpublished documents by Albert Mirac." Translated from the French by H. S. Mingard. 1924, New York; Boni and Liveright. D'Angerville's original title: ''Vie privée de Louis XV, ou principaux évènements, particularités et anecdotes de son règne''. 4 vols. crown 8vo., published in London in 1781. Meyrac says he "extracted these piquant pages" from the original. * G. P. Gooch, ''Louis XV: The Monarchy in Decline''. 1956, London; Longmans. *Guizot,
History of France
'. Transl. from the French by Robert Black. No date, but a publisher's note is dated 1876; New York; Klemscott Society.
vol. 6
p. 110ff. *Colin Jones, ''The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon''. 2002, New York; Columbia University Press. * G. W. Kitchin, D.D., F.S.A., dean of Durham, ''History of France'' vol. III. 1903, Oxford, at the Clarendon Press. *Ernest Lavisse, ''Histoire de France'', reprinted from the editions of 1900–1911, Paris. 1969, New York; AMS Press, Inc. Vol. VIII, part 2. *James Breck Perkins, ''France Under Louis XV'', vol. i. 1897, Boston; Houghton Mifflin Co. * J. H. Shennan, ''Philippe, Duke of Orleans''. 1979, London; Thames and Hudson. {{Authority control 18th-century French politicians Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prince de Conde Princes of France (Bourbon) Princes of Condé Dukes of Enghien Dukes of Bourbon Grand masters of France 204 Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain 1692 births 1740 deaths Royalty from Versailles 18th-century French nobility People of the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans French royalty and nobility with disabilities 18th-century peers of France