Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis
the Great  or the Sun King , was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715.
His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history.
In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralisation of power.
Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin.
An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings
, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralised state governed from the capital.
He sought to eliminate the remnants of feudalism persisting in parts of France and, by compelling many members of the nobility to inhabit his lavish Palace of Versailles, succeeded in pacifying the aristocracy, many members of which had participated in the Fronde rebellion during Louis' minority.
By these means he became one of the most powerful French monarchs and consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France that endured until the French Revolution.
Louis also enforced uniformity of religion under the Gallican Catholic Church.
His revocation of the Edict of Nantes abolished the rights of the Huguenot Protestant minority and subjected them to a wave of dragonnades, effectively forcing Huguenots to emigrate or convert, and virtually destroying the French Protestant community.
The Sun King surrounded himself with a dazzling constellation of political, military, and cultural figures such as Mazarin, Colbert, Louvois, the Grand Condé, Turenne, Vauban, Boulle, Molière, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Lully, Charpentier, Marais, Le Brun, Rigaud, Bossuet, Le Vau, Mansart, Charles, Claude Perrault, and Le Nôtre.
During Louis' long reign, France was the leading European power, and it fought three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession.
There were also two lesser conflicts: the War of Devolution and the War of the Reunions.
Warfare defined the foreign policy of Louis XIV, and his personality shaped his approach.
Impelled "by a mix of commerce, revenge, and pique"
, Louis sensed that warfare was the ideal way to enhance his glory.
In peacetime he concentrated on preparing for the next war.
He taught his diplomats that their job was to create tactical and strategic advantages for the French military.
Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier
Marie de Bourbon( 15 October 1605 – 4 June 1627), Duchess of Montpensier, and Duchess of Orléans by marriage, was a French noblewoman and one of the last members of the House of Bourbon- Montpensier.
Her parents were Henri de Bourbon," Duke of Montpensier" and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchess of Joyeuse in her own right.
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon( Louise Élisabeth; 22 November 1693 – 27 May 1775) was a daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his wife, Louise Françoise de Bourbon," légitimée de France", a legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his famous mistress, Madame de Montespan.
She was the wife of Louis Armand II de Bourbon," Prince of Conti".
It was Louise Élisabeth who presented Madame de Pompadour to the court of King Louis XV of France; she also built the Hôtel de Brienne, present seat of the French Ministry of Defence.
Louise Élisabeth was the Duchess of Étampes in her own right, having succeeded to the title at the death of her aunt, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Dowager Duchess of Vendôme.
The county of Sancerre, previously held by her brother, Louis Henri I, Prince of Condé, also became her property in 1740 at his death.
Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
Louis de Bourbon( 1473 – 1520) styled as the" Prince of La Roche- sur- Yon" was born in 1473.
He was the son of John II, Count of Vendôme and Isabel de Beauveau.
He married his cousin, Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, eldest daughter of Gilbert of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Clara Gonzaga, on 21 March 1504, by whom he had three children.
He died in 1520.
Antoinette de Bourbon
Antoinette de Bourbon Duchess of Guise( 25 December 1494 – 22 January 1583) was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon.
She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise.
Through her eldest daughter, Mary of Guise, she was the maternal grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Louis François, Prince of Conti
Louis François de Bourbon, or Louis François I, Prince of Conti( 13 August 1717 – 2 August 1776), was a French nobleman, who was the Prince of Conti from 1727 to his death, following his father, Louis Armand II de Bourbon.
His mother was Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, the daughter of Louis III, Prince of Condé and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France.
His younger sister, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, was the mother of" Philippe Égalité".
As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang.
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle du Maine
Louise Françoise de Bourbon (4 December 1707 – 19 August 1743) was a grand daughter of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, better known as "Madame de Montespan".
Louise-Françoise was known as "Mademoiselle du Maine" and had no children.
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, "Légitimée de France" (1 June 1673 – 16 June 1743) was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan.
She was said to have been named after her godmother, Louise de La Vallière, the woman that her mother had replaced as the king's mistress.
Prior to her marriage, she was known at court as "Mademoiselle de Nantes".
Married at the age of eleven, she became known as "Madame la Duchesse", a style which she kept as a widow.
She was Duchess of Bourbon and Princess of Condé by marriage.
She was later a leading member of the "cabale de Meudon", a group of people who centered on Louis, "le Grand Dauphin" her older half brother.
Whilst her son, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon was Prime Minister of France, she tried to further her political influence but to little avail.
Very attractive, she had a turbulent love life and was frequently part of scandals during the reign of her father Louis XIV.
Later in life, she built the Palais Bourbon in Paris, the present seat of the National Assembly of France, with the fortune she amassed having invested greatly in the "Système de Law".
Renée of Bourbon
Renée of Bourbon, Duchess of Lorraine( 1494 – 26 May 1539), also called, Renée, Lady of Mercœur, was a Duchess consort of Lorraine.
She was a daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier by Clara Gonzaga, and sister of Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon.
Louise Anne de Bourbon
Louise Anne de Bourbon," Mademoiselle de Charolais"( 23 June 1695 – 8 April 1758) was a French noblewoman, the daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé.
Her father was the grandson of" le Grand Condé", while her mother, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his" maîtresse- en- titre", Madame de Montespan.

Question: Where was the place of death of Louise Françoise De Bourbon, Duchess Of Bourbon's father?
Answer: Palace of Versailles