Camille de Lorraine

## Prince de Marsan

Le Prince Camille par Carmontelle, vers 1775

Marie Adèle Louise-Honorine d'Orléans, Comtesse de Busset (1775-1777)

Marie-Phylomène de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Conti (1778 - Present)

**Louis Camille Ebles de Lorraine-Guise,** Prince de Marsan (18 December 1725 - Present) primarily known as *Prince Camille,* was a prince of Lorraine as quality of being a member of the distant house of Guise. He was styled as Prince de Marsan following his birth, as his younger brother occupied the title of their father. Camille was simply and colloquially referred as Prince Camille owing to his humble, tempered, knowledgeable nature. His less preponderous ways and inclination towards a more faded, evanescing lifestyle at the court of Louis XV assuredly accorded Camille a relative untroubled courtly lifestyle. As he was isolated from almost every circles, regardless of thoughts and values, Ebles remained collected thorough his time at Meudon and Versailles, deflecting any attempts as discrediting and rumors by his political, economical and social transparancy.

Owing to a literal encyclopedia of smaller anecdotes and shortened stories, valued by his aforementioned knowledgeable nature, Camille has been noted for said stories, being nicknamed "*Camillades*" .

As of 1777 Camille had comfortably set himself within the halls of Meudon and married the love of his life, *Marie-Phylomène de Bourbon-Conti*, daughter of the Prince de Conti. Assuring once and for all an alliance between the houses of Lorraine and Bourbon.

## Titles, Styles and Honours

### Titles

* **18th December 1725 - Present:** *Son Altesse,* Monsieur le Prince de Marsan
	+ Prince de Puyguilhem (Obtained in 1738 following the death of his grandfather; never used).
	+ Prince de Pons (Obtained in 1755 following the death of his father).
	+ Comte de Marsan (Obtained in 1743 following the death of his brother).

### Honours

* Chevalier des Ordres du Roi (1756 - Present)
* Gentilhomme-Panetier du Roi (1757 - 1769)
* Sous-Indendant des Menus-Plaisirs du Roi (1769 - Present)
* Gouverneur de Provence (1770 - Present)

## Issue

### Legitimate

On October 21, 1777, Camille married one of his distant cousins, Marie-Phylomène de Bourbon-Conti, the only daughter of Louis-François de Bourbon-Conti, following the death of Julie Hélène Rosalie Mancini-Mazarini. His previous marriage with a descendant of the Mazarins did not produce any children, thus his wish to re-marry was present, more than the one to bring a posterity to his waning lineage. Marie-Phylomène was described as the sole true love of Camille, destining her his complete affection and graces. It also marked a new age for marital alliances between the houses of Lorraine-Guise and Bourbon, despite Camille remaining a lower-candidate for a Princesse du Sang that Phylomène represented.

With his wife, *Marie-Phylomène de Bourbon-Conti*, he had four children:

* **Alaïa-Phyloméne de Lorraine-Guise**, *Mademoiselle de Marsan* (1778 - Present)
* **Camille-Henriette de Lorraine-Guise**, *Mademoiselle de Puyguilhem* (1779 - Present)
* **Charles-Claude Béla de Lorraine-Guise,** *Comte de Marsan* (1780 - Present)
* **Charlotte-Euphrosine Euphémie de Lorraine-Guise**, *Mademoiselle de Pons* (1781 - Present); Nicknamed *Bélasse* by her parents, she seems to be the favorite.

### Illegitimate

From a short relation with *Christine Claude de Savoisy, Demoiselle de Savoisy,* he produced one daughter. As Christine remained an unmarried woman at the time, she nourished hopes of marrying with Camille. Donating herself to him, a daughter was born, however shortly after Camille abandoned Christine. Admitting that a union with a woman of lower birth than his would be inconvenient. She turned herself to religion, taking the name of Soeur Chistine-Marie du désespoir.

* **Yolande Claude de Lorraine-Guise**, *Bâtarde de Lorraine* (1750 - Present); legitimized by Louis XV and known as *Mademoiselle de Samarsy*, claims outloud her appartenance to the house of Lorraine and paternity.