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Louis Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, Prince de Condé (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740) was head of the Bourbon-Condé cadet branch of the France's reigning House of Bourbon from 1710 to his death, and served as prime minister to his kinsman Louis XV from 1723 to 1726. Despite succeeding as head of the House of Condé in 1709, he never used that name, preferring the title "Duke of Bourbon", and was known at court as ''Monsieur le Duc''. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a ''prince du sang''. ==Early years== Louis Henri was born at Versailles, the eldest son of Louis III, Prince of Condé and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, the eldest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and his ''maîtresse-en-titre'', Madame de Montespan. He was the great-grandson of Louis de Bourbon, ''le Grand Condé'', and ranked as a ''prince du sang''. Following the death one after the other of the heirs to the throne of France in the early 18th century (except for the ''duc d'Anjou'', great-grandson of Louis XIV and future king as Louis XV) Bourbon was third in the order of succession to the throne, being preceded by the dauphin, Philippe, the 2nd duc d'Orléans who became regent, and the latter's son, Louis d'Orléans, duc de Chartres. He was Louis XV's prime minister from 1723 to 1726. The following is a contemporary description of him: Satirical pamphlets directed against royalty were a common form of literature and the chronicles left by courtiers were influenced by rivalries or prejudice, so he may not have looked so bad. Based on collaborating evidence from other sources, however, it is probably safe to assume that he was tall, and not plump.〔Bernier, p. 22.〕 It is fairly certain he only had the use of one eye: probably before he was twenty-five. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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