Louis-François de Bourbon-Conti

## Prince de Conti

Monsieur le Prince de Conti by unknown, c. 1773

Louise-Jeanne de Durfort, Duchesse de Mazarin

Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de Campet de Saujon, Comtesse Douairière de Boufflers (1747 - Present)

Marie Claude Gaucher-Dailly, Madame de Brimont (1771 - 1775)

### Issue

Louis-François-Joseph, Comte de La Marche

François Louis, Bâtard de Conti
François-Claude-Fauste, Bâtard de Conti
Marie-François-Félix, Bâtard de Conti
Amélie-Gabrielle-Stéphanie-Louise, 'Comtesse' de Montcairzain

### Father

Louis-Armand de Bourbon-Conti, Prince de Conti †

### Siblings

Louis, Comte de La Marche †
Louis-Armand, Comte d'Alais †
Charles, Comte de Beaumont-sur-Oise †
Louise-Henriette, Duchesse d'Orléans †

### Religion

Roman Catholicism

**Louis-François de Bourbon-Conti**, **Prince de Conti** (13 August 1717 - Present) was a French *prince du sang,* in quality of being part of a cadet branch of the reigning Maison de Bourbon. He remained one of the principal figures at court, representing the princely opposition against Louis XV and played a central role at Versailles from 1740 to 1750. Louis-François has since 1774 arranged himself to obtain the good graces of his distant cousin, the King. As he saw his time spent at court may find itself shortened if he kept antagonizing the ageing monarch. He is a representant of the *Trois Roseaux* while also serving as a major religious figure as Grand Prior of France.

## Titles, Styles and Honours

### Titles

* **13 August 1717 - 4 May 1727:** *Son Altesse Sérénissime, Louis-François de Bourbon-Conti, Comte de La Marche,* Prince du Sang de France.
* **4 May 1727 - Present:** *Son Altesse Sérénissime, Louis-François de Bourbon-Conti, Prince de Conti,* Prince du Sang de France.
* Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon, Comte d'Alais, de Beaumont-sur-Oise et de Pézenas, Seigneur de L'Isle-Adam

### Honours

* Chevalier de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit (1733)

## Issue

### Legitimate

On January 22, 1732, he married one of his cousins, Louise-Diane d'Orléans, the youngest daughter of the late regent, Philippe d'Orléans, and Françoise Marie de Bourbon. The marriage produced one heir and ended abruptly by the death of Louise-Diane which left Louis-François devastated and made him swore to never contract any union in the future. However he kept a certain number of secretive affairs with a few women composing court.

With his deceased wife, *Louise-Diane d'Orléans,* he had two children:

* **Louis-François-Joseph**, *Comte de La Marche* (1734 - Present)
* Stillborn daughter (1736)

### Illegitimate

From a passably short relation with *Louise-Jeanne de Durfort, Duchesse de Mazarin,* he produced one daughter:

* **Amélie-Gabrielle-Stéphanie-Louise,** *'Comtesse' de Montcairzin* (1756 - Present); Claimed to be his daughter all his life, fruit of the liaisons of her mother and Louis-François.

With his longtime mistress, *Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de Campet de Saujon,* *Comtesse de Boufflers*, he had one son:

* **François Louis**, *Bâtard de Conti* (1761 - Present)

With *Marie Claude Gaucher-Dailly,* better known as *Madame de Brimont,* he had two sons:

* **François-Claude-Fauste**, *Bâtard de Conti* (1771 - Present)
* **Marie-François-Félix,** *Bâtard de Conti* (1772 - Present)