Louis, Duke of Vendôme

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Louis

| title = Duke of Vendôme

| image = Louis de Vendôme duc de Mercoeur by Dumonstier.jpg

| caption = Louis in 1630, by Daniel Dumonstier

| birth_date = October 1612

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = 6 August 1669 (aged 56)

| death_place = Aix-en-Provence, France

| spouse = {{marriage|Laura Mancini|1651|1657|end=d}}

| issue = {{Plainlist|

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| full name = Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme

| house = Bourbon-Vendôme

| father = César de Bourbon

| mother = Françoise de Lorraine

| signature = Signature of Louis de Vendôme, Duke of Vendôme.png

}}

Louis de Bourbon (October 1612 – 6 August 1669), was Duke of Mercœur and later the second Duke of Vendôme, and the grandson of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He became Duke of Vendôme in 1665, after the death of his father.

Biography

Louis was the son of César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise de Lorraine (1592–1669), daughter of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (d. 1602).{{sfn|Kamen|2000|p=301}} Louis had a military career and was Governor of Provence from 1653 to 1669. After the death of his wife in 1657, he entered the church and became a cardinal and legate of France.{{sfn|Kamen|2000|p=301}} As a cardinal, he was styled as the cardinal de Vendôme.{{sfn|Orr|2004|p=19}}

Marriage and issue

Louis married Laura Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin, on 4 February 1651.{{sfn|Pitts|2000|p=55}} Their children:

Louis Joseph de Bourbon (1654–1712), Duke of Vendôme and Marshal of France; married Marie Anne de Bourbon{{sfn|Orr|2004|p=19}} no issue;
Philippe de Bourbon (1655–1727), called le prieur de Vendôme, last Duke of Vendôme; never married; no issue.{{sfn|Orr|2004|p=19}}
Jules César de Bourbon (1657–1660) died in infancy.

Ancestry

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|1= 1. Louis de Bourbon

|2= 2. César, Duke of Vendôme

|3= 3. Françoise de Lorraine

|4= 4. Henry IV of France

|5= 5. Gabrielle d'Estrées

|6= 6. Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur

|7= 7. Marie de Luxembourg

|8= 8. Antoine of Navarre

|9= 9. Jeanne III of Navarre

|10= 10. Antoine d'Estrées, marquis de Cœuvres

|11= 11. Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière

|12= 12. Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur

|13= 13. Joanna of Savoy

|14= 14. Sebastien, Duke of Penthièvre

|15= 15. Marie de Beaucaire

|16= 16. Charles, Duke of Vendôme

|17= 17. Françoise d'Alençon

|18= 18. Henry II of Navarre

|19= 19. Marguerite d'Angôuleme

|20= 20. Jean d'Estrées, comte d'Orbec

|21= 21. Catherine de Bourbon-Vendôme-Ligny

|22= 22. Jean Babou, comte de Sagonne

|23= 23. Françoise Robertet

|24= 24. Antoine, Duke of Lorraine

|25= 25. Renée de Bourbon

|26= 26. Philip, Duke of Nemours

|27= 27. Charlotte d'Orléans

|28= 28. François de Luxembourg, vicomte de Martigues

|29= 29. Charlotte de Brosse

|30= 30. Jean de Beaucaire, seigneur de Puyguillon

|31= 31. Guyonne du Breuil

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References

Sources

{{cite book |last=Kamen |first=Henry |title=Who's who in Europe, 1450-1750 |publisher=Routledge |year=2000 }}
{{cite book |title=Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort |editor-first=Clarissa Campbell |editor-last=Orr |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 }}
{{cite book |title=La Grande Mademoiselle at the Court of France: 1627-1693 |first=Vincent Joseph |last=Pitts |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |year=2000 }}