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Louis I, Prince of Condé. Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé (7 May 1530 – 13 March 1569) was a prominent Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Coming from a position of relative political unimportance during the reign of Henri II, Condé's support for the Huguenots, along with his leading ...
- 7 May 1530, Vendôme
- Bourbon-Condé (founder)
- 13 March 1569 (aged 38), Jarnac
Mar 9, 2024 · Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (born May 7, 1530, Vendôme, France—died March 13, 1569, Jarnac) was a military leader of the Huguenots in the first decade of France’s Wars of Religion. He was the leading adult prince of the French blood royal on the Huguenot side (apart from the king of Navarre).
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Louis de Condé en 1561. Louis Ier de Bourbon, prince de Condé, duc d'Enghien ( Vendôme, 7 mai 1530 – Jarnac, 13 mars 1569 ), est un prince du sang de la maison de Bourbon et le principal chef protestant pendant les trois premières guerres de Religion. Il meurt assassiné sur le champ de la bataille de Jarnac . Il est le fondateur de la ...
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Battle of Tolhuis. Battle of Seneffe. Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (8 September 1621 – 11 December 1686), known as le Grand Condé ( French for 'the Great Condé') for his military exploits, was a French general and the most illustrious member of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. He was one of Louis XIV 's pre-eminent generals.
- 26 December 1646 – 11 December 1686
- Henri Jules
He was the son of Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé. The house became extinct in 1814 upon the death of Louis François II de Bourbon, prince de Conti. The Princes of Conti were as follows: 1558–1614: marquis, then from 1581 onwards 1st prince François de Bourbon. At his death, the title became extinct because the prince died without issue.
Louis I. de Bourbon, Fürst von Condé (* 7. Mai 1530 in Vendôme; † 13. März 1569 in der Schlacht bei Jarnac) war ein französischer Feldherr und Begründer des Hauses Condé, einer Seitenlinie des Hauses Bourbon. Nach seinem Übertritt zum Protestantismus führte er die calvinistische Partei während der Hugenottenkriege.
Louis de Condé, the brother of Antoine de Bourbon (1518-1562), and the founder of the House of Condé was the first to be called Prince. He was an orphan and he grew up in the care of Marguerite de Navarre, then became Duke of Nevers. In 1551 he married Eléonore de Roye, Lady of Conti (1535-1564) and they had eight children.