Louis de Bourbon, Prince o Condé
| Louis de Bourbon | |
|---|---|
| Prince o Condé | |
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| Born | 7 Mey 1530 Vendôme, Fraunce |
| Dee'd | 13 Mairch 1569 (aged 38) Jarnac, Fraunce |
| Spouse | Éléonore de Roucy Françoise d'Orléans |
| Issue | Henri, Prince o Condé François, Prince o Conti Charles, "Cardinal de Bourbon" |
| Hoose | Bourbon (Condé branch) |
| Faither | Charles de Bourbon |
| Mither | Françoise d'Alençon |
| Releegion | Calvinist (Huguenot) prev. Roman Catholic |
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Louis de Bourbon, Prince o Condé (7 Mey 1530 – 13 Mairch 1569) wis a Huguenot nobleman an general as well as the founder o the Hoose o Condé (a cadet branch o the reigning Hoose o Bourbon. He wis a cousin o Henry IV o Fraunce. Through his mither he wis related tae the Hoose o Lorraine. He wis created the Prince o Condé in 1546. The last Prince o Condé wis Prince Louis o Orléans who wis a descendant o Louis. The Princes o Conti also descended frae Louis. He also held the prestigious rank o Prince o the bluid. He wis also a cousin o Mary o Guise, the mither o Mary, Queen o Scots.
First mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 22 Juin 1551 he mairit Éléonore de Roucy, dochter o Charles de Roucy, Coont o Roye an Madeleine de Maillé. She brocht as her dowry the château an toun o Conti-sur-Selles, southwest o Amiens, which would pass tae their third son, progenitor o the Princes o Conti. They haed:;
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Henri de Bourbon, Prince o Condé (1552-1588) mairit Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille an haed issue.
- Marguerite de Bourbon (1556) died young.
- Charles de Bourbon (1557) died young.
- François de Bourbon, Prince o Conti (19 August 1558 – 3 August 1614) mairit Jeanne de Coëmes an then Louise Marguerite o Lorraine.
- Charles de Bourbon (1562-1594) died unmairit an haed nae issue.
- Louis de Bourbon (1562-1563) died young.
- Madeleine de Bourbon (1563-1563)
- Catherine de Bourbon (1564) died young.
Seicont mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 8 November 1565 he mairit Françoise d'Orléans, dochter o François d'Orléans, Marquis o Rothelin an Jacqueline de Rohan.
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Charles de Bourbon, Coont o Soissons (3 November 1566 – 1 November 1612) mairit Anne de Montafié an haed issue.
- Louis de Bourbon (1567–1569) died young.
- Benjamin de Bourbon (1569–1573) died young.