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Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine

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Monsieur le Prince had three daughters for him to choose from, and an extra quarter of an inch of stature made him prefer the second. All three were extremely small; the eldest was beautiful, and full of sense and wit. The incredible constraint, to say the least of it, in which the strange temper
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In August 1715, Louis XIV's health deteriorated drastically. On 22 August, he was unable to attend a troop parade in the gardens of Versailles, and he ordered the duc du Maine to take his place at this event. This public display of the Maine's "promotion" greatly concerned his rival, the duc
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In 1720, the couple was pardoned by the Council of the Regent and was allowed to return to court. After their release from imprisonment in 1720, Louise Bénédicte made an effort to reconcile with her husband, whom she had talked into joining the plot. She remarked:
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I can readily believe that the comte de Toulouse is the King's son; but I have always thought that the duc du Maine is the son of Terme , who was a false knave, and the greatest tale-bearer in the Court
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and was often unfaithful. As the groom and bride were both physically handicapped (Louise Bénédicte had a bad right arm and Louis had a lame leg), people at court snickered:
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It was at Sceaux that du Maine died on 14 May 1736 at the age of sixty-six, during the reign of his grandnephew Louis XV, by now a young man of twenty-six years. The
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Je dois une justification authentique à M. le Duc du Maine, qui me tient infiniment plus à cœur que ma liberté et que ma propre vie. (Prince de Condé site)
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from his father at his wedding. His bride was given a hundred thousand livres in cash, with clothes and jewels worth an additional two hundred thousand
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twice. First, she offered her daughter's hand to the duc de Guise, but that marriage never materialised. She then offered the girl to the widower,
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In 1674, at the age of four, Louis-Auguste and his siblings were officially introduced to the court at Versailles. In the same year, he was made a
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Nonetheless, the couple eventually had three children who grew to adulthood. Their daughter, baptised at Versailles on 9 April 1714, was known as
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Louis Constantin de Bourbon, Prince of the Dombes (Palace of Versailles, 17 November 1695 – Palace of Versailles, 28 September 1698).
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Louise Bénédicte tried on several occasions to marry off their children. First, she tried to marry their son and main heir,
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Lewis. L, W, The Sunset of the Splendid Century, Life and times of the duc du Maine 1670–1736, New York, 1953, p.140
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I owe a full and rightful explanation to M. le Duc du Maine which is more precious to me than my own liberty or life
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Immediately after his birth, Louis-Auguste was placed in the care of one of his mother's acquaintances, the widowed
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In 1707, Madame de Montespan died, and the duc du Maine inherited a large portion of her fortune, including the
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On 19 December 1673, when Louis-Auguste was three years old, Louis XIV legitimised his children by Montespan by
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Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Aumale (Palace of Versailles, 31 March 1704 – Château de Sceaux, 2 September 1708).
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eventually died in 1743, alone and single, at the age of thirty-five. She was buried at the Église at Sceaux.
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kept everyone who was subject to his yoke, made the choice of her sister a cause of bitter heartburning to her
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Mademoiselle d'Aumale (Palace of Versailles, 21 December 1697 – Palace of Versailles, 22/24 August 1699).
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Sunset of the splendid century; the life and times of Louis Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine, 1670–1736
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On 1 September 1715, Louis XIV died and was succeeded by his great-grandson Louis, Duke of Anjou as
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Displeased with Orléans' actions, Louis-Auguste, pressured by his ambitious wife, joined in the
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In July 1714, pressed by Maintenon, Louis XIV raised Louis-Auguste and his younger brother, the
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is not to be confused with his wife's later residence, also called the HĂ´tel du Maine (now the
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One of his legs was shorter than the other and Scarron took him to consult, first, a famous
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After their release, Louis-Auguste and his wife led a more subdued, compatible life at the
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On 19 May 1692, Louis-Auguste and Anne Louise Bénédicte were married in a ceremony at the
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Louis XIV showered him with gifts and titles and hired the best tutors for him. The
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were also brought there after their births. Their mother, living with the king at
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The marriage proved unhappy. Louise Bénédicte felt disgraced by her marriage to a
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Robert de Cotte and the Perfection of Architecture in Eighteenth-Century France
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Several potential brides were considered for him, including his first cousin,
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Du Maine's greatest enemy at court became his father's sister-in-law, the
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Colonel of the regiment of the 'Royal-Carabiniers' 1 November 1693;
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to the French throne, following all of the legitimate lines of the
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Voici l'union d'un boiteux et d'une manchote. Ah, le beau couple!
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Les Hôtels particuliers de Paris du Moyen Âge à la Belle Époque
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Portrait engraved in 1703 by Pierre Drevet after a painting by
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Colonel of the Regiment of Infantry of Turenne 13 August 1675;
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The large du Maine fortune was inherited by their cousin, the
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Louise Françoise, Mademoiselle de Nantes, Duchess of Bourbon
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Françoise Marie, Mademoiselle de Blois, Duchess of Orléans
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in the hope of transferring the regency to the young King
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French duke; legitimized son of Louis XIV (1670–1736)
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Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Blois, Princess of Conti
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Spanheim, ÉzĂ©chiel, pp. 100–105, 323–327. 1012: 792:Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse 1429:People of the Regency of Philippe d'OrlĂ©ans 760:Later, Louise-BĂ©nĂ©dicte tried to marry off 1243: 1229: 643:to acquiesce to their being placed in the 51: 749:, daughter of du Maine's younger sister, 428:Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Duke of Lauzun 250:Louis-Auguste de Bourbon was born at the 1334:Louise Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Tours 1190:, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1955. 446:. He also received the governorship of 430:. As a result, Louis-Auguste became the 375: 658: 242:named after his title and his surname. 169:Louise Françoise, Mademoiselle du Maine 14: 1371: 1276:Catherine Henriette, Duchess of Elbeuf 859:General of the Seas 15 September 1688; 815:colonel gĂ©nĂ©ral des Suisses et Grisons 720:, but they had hired a new architect, 224:Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine 18:Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine 1224: 1132:, pp. 142–143; Alexandre Gady (2008) 566:, the guest of honour was the exiled 468:. In 1688, Louis Auguste was made a 1076:(Cambridge University Press, 2002, 1055:(Cambridge University Press, 2002, 899:Superintendent of the education of 870:Lieutenant gĂ©nĂ©ral on 3 April 1692; 830:Sovereign Prince of the Dombes and 139: 24: 1444:Illegitimate children of Louis XIV 1344:Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse 958:, 15 October 1701 – 13 July 1775). 488:, the only daughter of his uncle, 25: 1465: 1404:People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1211:Freeman-Mitford, Nancy (The Hon.) 1195:AthĂ©naĂŻs:The Real Queen of France 1042:Memoirs of the duchesse d'OrlĂ©ans 1022:AthĂ©naĂŻs:The Real Queen of France 873:Wed Louise BĂ©nĂ©dicte de Bourbon, 622: 1289: 996: 982: 252:Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 213: 81:Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 254:on 31 March 1670. 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Presided over by the 1439:House of Bourbon-Maine 1271:CĂ©sar, Duke of VendĂ´me 1201:Fraser, Antonia (Lady) 928:, 11 September 1694 – 777:House of Bourbon-Maine 755:Mademoiselle de Valois 746:Mademoiselle de Valois 742:, to his first cousin 706: 602: 556: 511:premier prince du sang 464:to du Maine's cousin, 423:La Grande Mademoiselle 417: 370:Grand MaĂ®tre de France 365:marĂ©chal du Luxembourg 361: 240:House of Bourbon-Maine 112:Église, Sceaux, France 1419:House of Rochechouart 1409:Princes of the Dombes 1136:, Paris: Parigramme, 1120:Robert Neuman (1994) 1024:by Lisa Hilton, p.153 932:, 26 September 1694). 770:Mademoiselle du Maine 762:Mademoiselle du Maine 700: 606:Mademoiselle du Maine 595: 545: 529:Mademoiselle de CondĂ© 379: 355: 258:after his father and 930:Palace of Versailles 926:Palace of Versailles 722:Armand-Claude Mollet 676:Cellamare Conspiracy 669:Louis, Grand Dauphin 659:Cellamare Conspiracy 639:, and compelled the 564:Cardinal de Bouillon 560:Palace of Versailles 525:, over her sisters, 466:Anne Marie d'OrlĂ©ans 450:and was awarded the 345:, known at court as 853:GĂ©nĂ©ral des galères 684:Antonio del Giudice 573:Affaire des Poisons 568:James II of England 541:duchesse de VendĂ´me 400:. 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Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
Duke of Maine
Sovereign Prince of the Dombes

François de Troy
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
France
Château de Sceaux
Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon
Issue
Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes
Louis Charles, Count of Eu
Louise Françoise, Mademoiselle du Maine
House
Bourbon-Maine
Louis XIV of France
Madame de Montespan
Louis-Auguste's signature
Louis XIV
official mistress
Madame de Montespan
House of Bourbon-Maine
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Augustus
Madame Scarron
Luxembourg Palace
Louis-CĂ©sar
Louise-Françoise
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
Versailles

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