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Marie Anne de Bourbon (18 April 1689 – 21 March 1720) was a ''princess of the blood'' at the French court of Versailles. She was the first wife of Louis Henri de Bourbon and as such was the Duchess of Bourbon and Princess of Condé by marriage. She died childless during the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans. She was known as ''the younger duchess'' as opposed to her mother-in-law, ''the older duchess''. Despite her husband being the Prince of Condé, he continued to use the title of Duke of Bourbon, the title by which his wife was known. ==Biography== Marie Anne was the eldest daughter of Marie Thérèse de Bourbon and her promiscuous spouse, François Louis, Prince of Conti. Her father did not return his wife's affections; instead, he lived as a libertine, engaging in numerous love affairs with members of both sexes. His sex-life caused tension and distance within the family and earned him the nickname of ''le Grand Conti''. Marie Anne was born a Princess of the Blood at the Palace of Versailles. From her birth until her marriage aged 24, she was known as ''Mademoiselle de Conti'', derived from her fathers title. Marie Anne was the eldest of seven children, although only she and two others would survive into adulthood: her younger brother, Louis Armand, who would succeed his father as Prince of Conti in 1709 and her younger sister ''Mademoiselle de La Roche-sur-Yon'' would die childless having outlived them all. Marie Anne was considered the more attractive of the two sisters. She reconciled with her mother after the death of her father in 1709. She was close to her maternal grandmother, Anne Henriette of Bavaria.〔 According to the Duchess of Orléans, born Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, ''Madame'', Marie Anne was responsible for her own marriage to the Duke of Bourbon as it was she who wanted to prevent her Orléans cousin Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans〔future Duchess of Berry〕 from marrying the ''First Prince of the Blood'', the most senior male at court after the immediate royal family. In 1713 at the age of 24, she was married to her maternal cousin Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon and Prince of Condé since his father's death in 1710. He was commonly known as ''Monsieur le Duc''. She and her brother married two Condé siblings in a joint wedding ceremony at Versailles on 9 August. Her brother married Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon. After her marriage, Marie Anne took on the style of Her Serene Highness (Son Altesse sérénissime) ''Madame la duchesse de Bourbon''. Her husband was the eldest son of Louise Françoise de Bourbon - eldest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan and an old lover of Marie Anne's father. In fact, Louis Henri's younger sister, also named Marie Anne de Bourbon, was rumored to be an illegitimate daughter of Marie Anne's father, ''le Grand Conti''.〔 The new couple, despite being married for seven years, were never to have any children. During her marriage, she had an affair with one ''Chevalier du Challar''. Marie Anne died in Paris in 1720 at the age of 30. Madame said of her;
After her death her husband married again in 1728 to a young German princess, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, sister of the Queen of Sardinia. Later, when she died, the Duchess of Orléans wrote: 〔 She was buried at the Convent of the Carmel du faubourg Saint-Jacques, Paris. 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「Marie Anne de Bourbon (1689–1720)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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