Marie Anne Éléonore de Bourbon

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| name   =Marie Gabrielle Éléonore
| image     = Marie-Éléonore Gabrielle de Bourbon-Condé.jpg
| title     = Abbess of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs
| caption = Marie Gabrielle Éléonore de Bourbon as an abbess by an unknown artist.
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = Palace of Versailles, France
| death_date  = 
| death_place = Villejuif, Paris
| full name=Marie Anne Éléonore Gabrielle de Bourbon
| father         =Louis, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé
| mother = Louise Françoise de Bourbon
| issue = None| spouse = Never married| religion = Roman Catholicism 
| signature =1732 signature of Marie Gabrielle Éléonore de Bourbon (cropped).png
}}

Marie Anne Éléonore de Bourbon (Marie Anne Éléonore Gabrielle; 22 December 1690 – 30 August 1760) was a granddaughter of King Louis XIV and was a nun at the Abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs. Baptised with the names "Marie Anne Gabrielle Éléonore", she signed as Marie Gabrielle Éléonore (see right). 

Background

Born at the Palace of Versailles the oldest daughter of Louis, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé, Monsieur le duc and his wife Louise Françoise de Bourbonthe eldest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and Madame de Montespan As the result of her father, she had the rank of a Princess of the blood, which entitled her to the style of Her/Your Serene Highness.  A younger sister of hers was The Princess of Conti. In her youth she was known by both Mademoiselle de Condé and Mademoiselle de Bourbon, being the oldest princess of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, and a brother of hers acted as Prime Minister of France during the reign of Louis XV

Nun

On 6 May 1706 at the age of 16, she was made a nun at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud in Anjou. She was later made the Abbess of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs in 1723 and was known as Madame de Bourbon. Saint-Antoine-des-Champs had been an abbey since the 13th century.

Later life

As the result of being a nun, Marie Gabrielle Éléonore never married and had no children as a result. She died in the Parisian suburb of Villejuif and was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs.

Titles and styles

22 December 1690 – 6 May 1706 Her Serene Highness Mademoiselle de Bourbon.<ref>As well as Mademoiselle de Condé</ref>
1723 – 30 August 1760 Her Serene Highness Madame de Bourbon.

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Category:1760 deaths
Category:House of Bourbon
Category:Nuns
Category:People from Versailles