Louis Charles de Bourbon, Count of Eu (October 15, 1701 – July 13, 1775) was a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his Maîtresse-en-titre Françoise-Athénaïs de Montespan. He was a member of the legitimised house of Bourbon du Maine. He was the last surviving member of the house.
Born at his parents famous Château de Sceaux near Versailles on October 15, 1701, he was the yongest and last surviving son of Louis Auguste de Bourbon, the duc du Maine ...
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Louis Charles de Bourbon, Count of Eu (October 15, 1701 – July 13, 1775) was a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his Maîtresse-en-titre Françoise-Athénaïs de Montespan. He was a member of the legitimised house of Bourbon du Maine. He was the last surviving member of the house.
Born at his parents famous Château de Sceaux near Versailles on October 15, 1701, he was the yongest and last surviving son of Louis Auguste de Bourbon, the duc du Maine and his wife, the salon hostess Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon.
He grew up with his elder brother, Louis-Auguste (known as the prince de Dombes and was very close to him and his younger sister Louise Françoise de Bourbon (1707–1743), known as Mademoiselle du Maine.
Like his siblings he remained unmarried and childless all his life. On his father's death in 1736 he gained the title of Duke of Aumale. He was also made the Grand Maître de l'artillerie de France (Grand Master of the Artillery of France) which was a post that his father had also...
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