House House of Bourbon Signature Role 1696–1750 Great-grandparents Louis, Grand Conde | Religion Roman Catholicism Name Louise de Place of burial Paris, France | |
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Born 2 November 1696
Hotel de Conti, Paris France ( 1696-11-02 ) Father Francois Louis, Prince of Conti Mother Marie Therese de Bourbon Died November 20, 1750, Paris, France Parents Francois Louis, Prince of Conti, Marie Therese de Bourbon Grandparents Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti People also search for Marie Therese de Bourbon | ||
Louise Adelaide de Bourbon (2 November 1696 – 20 November 1750) was a French princess of the Blood and member of the courts of Louis XIV and his successor Louis XV of France. She never married, but she had many illegitimate children.
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Born at the Hotel de Conti in Paris Louise Adelaide was the youngest surviving daughter of Francois Louis, Prince of Conti and his wife Marie Therese de Bourbon. From birth, Louise Adelaide was known by her style of Mademoiselle de La Roche-sur-Yon. Her oldest sister was Marie Anne de Bourbon (1689–1720), future Princess of Conde; her oldest surviving brother was Louis Armand de Bourbon, the future Prince of Conti.
The year after her birth, her father was made the Titular King of Poland by Louis XIV but later declined the offer due to his affections for the Duchess of Bourbon, his mistress and daughter of the king.On 16 February 1707 she was baptised in the Royal Chapel of Versailles and named in honour of Louis, Grand Dauphin and Marie Adelaide, Duchess of Burgundy.
In 1709, Mademoiselle de La Roche-sur-Yon lost her father and her brother succeeded as Prince of Conti. Her older sister married in 1713 at the age of 24; the groom was her maternal cousin Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon.
Louise Adelaide never married, although in 1748, a marriage was projected with Stanislaw I Leszczynski, former King of Poland
At the death of her sister the Princess of Conde in 1720, Louise Adelaide was given all property owned by the Princess – much to the annoyance of the Prince of Conde, Duke of Bourbon.
In 1732 her mother died having reconciled with her children – the Conti family had been estranged from their mother due to their fathers behaviour. Having outlived all her siblings and parents, Mademoiselle de La Roche-sur-Yon died in Paris at the age of 54. She was buried at the Carmel du faubourg Saint-Jacques, in the capital.