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House of Bourbon-Maine (Légitimé de France)
Parent houseHouse of Bourbon (legitimised royal branch)
CountryFrance
Founded1672
FounderLouis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
Titlesduc du Maine,
Dissolution1775

The House of Bourbon-Maine was an illegitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, being thus part of the Capetian dynasty. It was founded in 1672 when Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine was legitimised by his father, King Louis XIV of France.

History and Founder

Louis-Auguste, founder of the House of Bourbon-Maine, was the first-born illegitimate son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan.

Immediately after his birth in 1670, he was entrusted to the care of Madame Scarron, one of his mother's acquaintances, who brought him to a private house on the rue de Vaugirard, close to the Luxembourg Palace, in Paris. In 1672, the king legitimised him and other younger siblings he had fathered with Mme de Montespan. At the time of his legitimation, Louis-Auguste received the title of duc du Maine.

In 1692, Louis Auguste married Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé, the daughter of Henry III Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé.

The Children of the duc du Maine

Louis-Auguste and his wife had seven children, only three of whom lived to adulthood. All died without issue.

The House of Bourbon-Maine became extinct at the death of Louis Charles de Bourbon, comte d'Eu. It had been in existence for just over a century.

Heads of the House

Descendent Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
16721736
31 March 1670
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
son of Louis XIV of France and Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé
1692
7 children
14 May 1736
Château de Sceaux
aged 66
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, prince de Dombes
17361755
4 March 1700
Versailles
son of Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine and Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé
never married 1 October 1755
Fontainebleau
aged 55
Louis-Charles de Bourbon, comte d'Eu
17551775
File:Louis-Charles de Bourbon du Maine.jpg 5 October 1701
Château de Sceaux
son of Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine and Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé
never married 13 July 1775
Château de Sceaux
aged 73

Ancestry

Family of House of Bourbon-Maine
16. Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
8. Henry IV of France
17. Jeanne III of Navarre
4. Louis XIII of France
18. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
9. Marie de' Medici
19. Johanna of Austria
2. Louis XIV of France
20. Philip II of Spain
10. Philip III of Spain
21. Anna of Austria
5. Anne of Austria
22. Charles II of Austria
11. Margaret of Austria
23. Maria Anna of Bavaria
1. Bourbon du Maine
24. René de Rochechouart, Seigneur de Mortemart
12. Gaspard de Rochechouart, Marquis of Mortemart
25. Jeanne de Saulx de Tavannes
6. Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart
26. Charles, Count of Maure
13. Louise de Maure, Countess of Maure
27. Diane de Pérusse des Cars, Princess of Carency
3. Françoise-Athénaïs, Marchioness of Montespan
28. Pierre de Grandsaigne, Seigneur of La Flotte
14. Jean de Grandseigne, Marquis of Marsillac
29. Françoise Baillard
7. Diane de Grandseigne
30. François de La Béraudière, Seigneur of Villechèze
15. Catherine de La Béraudière, Lady of Villenon
31. Anne Adrienne Frotier

Other Illegitimate Houses

See also