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Born François Louis DE BOURBON-CONTI
French Prince de Conti
Born on April 30, 1664 in Paris, France , France
Died on February 09, 1709 in Paris, France
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In 1683 he assisted the Imperialists in Hungary, and while there he wrote some letters in which he referred to Louis XIV as le roi du théâtre; because of this and because of an early engagement at the side of the Turks in 1685, on his return to France he was temporarily banished to Chantilly.
... Born at the Hôtel de Conti in Paris, he was the last of his parents' children. He had one older brother Louis Armand (1661–1685) who married Marie Anne de Bourbon, the illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress, Louise de La Vallière.
In 1683 he assisted the Imperialists in Hungary, and while there he wrote some letters in which he referred to Louis XIV as le roi du théâtre; because of this and because of an early engagement at the side of the Turks in 1685, on his return to France he was temporarily banished to Chantilly.
Conti was the protégé of his uncle the "Great Condé" whose granddaughter, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon (1666–1732), he married at the Palace of Versailles on 22 January 1688, before the assembled court. Marie Thérèse was aged 22. Together, they had seven children.
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