Tenure 1663 – 1665 Father Louis XIV of France Name Charles La | Family House of Bourbon Mother Louise de La Valliere | |
Born 19 December 1663
Manoir de Brion, France ( 1663-12-19 ) Role Louise de La Valliere's son Died July 15, 1665, Manoir de Brion, France Parents Louis XIV of France, Louise de La Valliere Cousins Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Duke of Orleans Grandparents Louis XIII of France, Anne of Austria Uncles Philippe I, Duke of Orleans Similar People Louis XIV of France, Louise de La Valliere, Louis - Count of Vermandois, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Francoise Marie de Bourbon | ||
Charles de La Baume Le Blanc (19 December 1663 – 15 July 1665), was a son of Louis XIV born out-of-wedlock and never officially acknowledged as the king's son. His mother was Louise de La Valliere, duchess de La Valliere, Louis XIV's mistress.
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Charles was the first (documented) illegitimate child of Louis XIV. After it was obvious she was pregnant, Louise fled to the Manoir de Brion, otherwise known as the Palais de of Brion, which Louis had bought especially for her.
She gave birth to a baby boy on December 19, christened Charles. Due to his illegitimacy, he was registered as the son of the marquis de Lincourt and his wife, Elisabeth de Beux, although no such marquisate actually existed. The child was cared for away from his parents and, on 7 January 1665, he was joined by a brother, Philippe, and on 27 December of that year was born a third son, Louis. All the three were cared for at the Tuileries Palace.
Charles became ill with influenza and died shortly thereafter. His burial place is unknown. Throughout their short lives, neither Charles, Philippe or Louis were known to the French royal court; no portraits of them exist.