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Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname.
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duke du Maine was an illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France who attempted without success to wrest control of the government from Philippe II, Duke d’Orléans, who was the regent (1715–23) for Louis XIV’s successor, Louis XV.
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Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine. Louis XIV’s favourite son was not his heir, the Dauphin, but one born in secrecy. It was the first son he had with his probably most famous mistress Madame de Montespan. Madame de Montespan and her children. Fearing the wrath of a horned hubby, la Montespan’s pregnancy was kept as secret as possible.
Apr 28, 2022 · Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine et d'Aumâle was born illegitimately on 31 March 1670 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France. (3) He was the son of Louis XIV, Roi de France and Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart.
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France
- March 31, 1670
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 ...
Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he founded the legitimised Maine branch of the House of Bourbon.
"Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of the French king Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname."
