Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine
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| Louis Auguste de Bourbon | ||
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| Duke of Maine | ||
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| 1698 portrait by Jacques Antoine Friquet de Vauroze. | ||
| Reign | 5 April 1693 - 14 May 1736 | |
| Predecessor | Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier | |
| Successor | Louis Auguste | |
| Born | 31 March 1670 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye,France | |
| Died | 14 May 1736 (aged 66) Château de Sceaux, France | |
| Spouse | Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon (m 19 May 1692) | |
| Issue | Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes Louis Charles, Count of Eu Louise Françoise, Mademoiselle du Maine | |
| Full name | ||
| Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Légitimé de France | ||
| House | Bourbons of France (legitimised) | |
| Father | Louis XIV of France | |
| Mother | Madame de Montespan | |
| Burial | Church of the Château of Sceaux, France | |
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Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he founded the legitimised Maine branch of the House of Bourbon.
Marriage[edit]
Several potential brides were considered for him, including his first-cousin, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans eventually on 19 May 1692 at the Palace of Versailles the Duke of Maine married Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Mademoiselle d'Enghien a daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
Issue[edit]
- "Mademoiselle de Dombes" (11 September 1694 - 15 September 1694) died in infancy.
- Louis Constantin de Bourbon, Prince of Dombes (17 November 1695 - 28 September 1698) died in infancy.
- "Mademoiselle d'Aumale" (21 December 1697 - 4 August 1699) died in infancy.
- Louis Auguste II de Bourbon, Prince of Dombes (4 March 1700 - 1 October 1755) died unmarried.
- Louis Charles de Bourbon, Count of Eu (15 October 1701 – 13 July 1775) died unmarried.
- Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Aumale (31 March 1704 - 2 September 1708) died in infancy.
- Louise Françoise de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle du Maine" (4 December 1707 - 19 August 1743) died married.
Titles and styles[edit]
31 March 1670 – 19 December 1673 Louis Auguste de Bourbon.
- 19 December 1673 – July 1714 Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Duke of Maine.
- July 1714 – July 1717 His Most Serene Highness Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Duke of Maine, Legitimised Prince of the French royal blood.
- July 1717 – 14 May 1736 The Duke of Maine.
Categories:
- 1670 births
- 1736 deaths
- Peers of France
- People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Princes of the Dombes
- Dukes of Maine
- House of Bourbon (France)
- People of the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans
- People of the Ancien Régime
- Illegitimate children of Louis XIV of France
- Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit
- Members of the Order of the Honey bee
- Legitimised princes of the French royal blood