caption father death_date death_place mother birth_place title birth_date spouse issue image article_title
césar by moncornet henry iv of france 11 october 1665 paris , france gabrielle d'estrées château de coucy , france légitimé de france duke of vendôme 3 june 1594 françoise de lorraine louis beaufort Élisabeth , duchess of nemours , duke of vendôme françois , duke of cesar-de-vendome . jpg césar , duke of vendôme

césar , duke of vendôme

césar de bourbon , `` légitimé de france '' -lrb- 3 june 1594 -- 22 october 1665 -rrb- was the son of henry iv of france and his mistress gabrielle d'estrées , and founder of the house of bourbon-vendome .
he held the titles of 1st duke of vendôme , 2nd duke of beaufort and 2nd duke of Étampes , but is also simply known as césar de vendôme .
through his daughter , Élisabeth de bourbon , césar was a great-great-great-grandfather of louis xv of france , merging thereafter to the french royal line .
césar de bourbon is also an ancestor of juan carlos i of spain , of albert ii , king of the belgians , of henri , grand duke of luxembourg , and of vittorio emanuele , prince of naples , a pretender to the italian throne .
