Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon

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Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, known as Mademoiselle de Tours,(1674 - 1681) was the illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and his most famous Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan.

Contents 1 Life 1.1 Early life 2 Siblings 2.1 Paternal legitimate half-siblings 2.2 Paternal illegitimate half-siblings 2.3 Maternal legitimate half-siblings 2.4 Later life 3 Ancestry 4 References 4.1 Notes 5 Titles

[edit] Life

[edit] Early life

Louis Marie Anne was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on November 18, 1674 and died September 15, 1681. She was the couple's third daughter and their fifth child. She was legitimised by her father Louis XIV in January 1676 at the age of almost two. Her parents affectionatly dubbed her Toutou after her title. After her birth, her care was entrusted into the hands of Madame Scarron who had taken care of her older siblings in a house bought for them by their father on the Rue de Vaugirard, then in the suburbs of Paris.

[edit] Siblings

Louise grew up with her siblings, mainly Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine and Louis César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin. The children were placed under the supervision of the future Madame de Maintenon and lived in a house in Paris so Louis XIV and their mother, Madame de Montespan, could visit them as often as possible. Her other siblings were:

• Louise Françoise (1669-1672) - died in childhood.
• Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (1670-1736) married Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé.
• Louis César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin, abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1672-1683)
• Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours (1674-1681) - died in childhood
• Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois (1677-1749), married in 1692 the future regent Philippe II, duc d'Orléans (1674-1723)
  • duchesse d'Orléans. Through her son, Françoise-Marie became the ancestor of King Louis-Philippe of the French and the modern House of Orléans.

• Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) married Marie Victoire de Noailles.
  • Founder of the House of Bourbon-Toulouse-Penthièvre
  • The modern House of Orléans is also related to him through his grand-daughter Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre who married Philippe Egalité and became the mother of Louis-Philippe.

[edit] Paternal legitimate half-siblings

• Louis de France (1661 - 1711
  • The Dauphin of France from 1661 till his death in 1711.
• Marie-Thérèse de France (1667 - 1672)
  • The only legitimate daughter of Louis XIV to live older then the age of four. She was known as Madame Royale at court.
• 4 other who died before the age 5

[edit] Paternal illegitimate half-siblings

• Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois (1666 - 1739)
  • Eldest surviving daughter of Louis XIV and Louise de la Vallière
  • Later wife to Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti and as such the princesse de Conti.
• Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois (1667 - 1683)
  • Eldest surviving son of Louis XIV and Louise de la Vallière
• Louise de Maison Blanche (1676-1718)
  • Daughter of Mlle des Oeillets Married Bernard de Prez and had 11 enfants.

[edit] Maternal legitimate half-siblings

• Marie-Christine de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1663 - 1675)
  • Died while in the country with her father the marquis de Montespan
• Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, marquis d'Antin (1665 - 1736)
  • Louis Antoine later was given the title of duc d'Antin.

[edit] Later life

After her legitimisation in 1676, she gained the style of Mademoiselle de Tours from the town of Tours in France. She held the title till her death in 1681, at the age of seven. She died at Bourbon-l'Archambault. Her mother would die there almost three decades later. She was buried in the tomb of the ducs de Bourbon. After her death, writing to the duc du Maine, her mother said:

I do not speak to you of my grief, you are naturally too good not to have experienced it for yourself. As for Mademoiselle de Nantes, she has felt it as deeply as if she were twenty and has received the visitis of the Queen and Madame la Dauphine

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Her mother, was said to have been badly affected by her death but was unable to attend the child's funeral, which occurred four days after her death, as a result of being otherwise engaged with the incarceration of the duc de Lauzun.

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon

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. Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon                                         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

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

• Athénaïs:The Real Queen of France by Lisa Hilton
• Details of Louise Marie Anne and her other siblings (french)

[edit] Titles

Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon House of Bourbon Born: November 18 1674 Died: September 15 1681
French nobility
Preceded by N/A	Mademoiselle de Tours 1676–1681	Succeeded by N/A