Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchess of Maine

Noble person

1676 – 1753

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Who was Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchess of Maine?

Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, was the daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon, Prince of Condé and Anne Henriette of Bavaria. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a princesse du sang. Forced to marry the Duke of Maine, legitimised son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, she revelled in politics and the arts, and held a popular salon at the Hôtel du Maine as well as at the Château de Sceaux.

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Born
Nov 8, 1676
Hôtel de Condé
Also known as
  • Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon
  • Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchess of Maine
  • Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon
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Spouses
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Nationality
  • France
Died
Jan 23, 1753
Hôtel Biron

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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