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- Louis II de Bourbon, 4th prince de Condé, known as the Great Condé, (born Sept. 8, 1621, Paris, France—died Dec. 11, 1686, Fontainebleau), French military leader. He distinguished himself in battles with Spain in the Thirty Years’ War, and in 1649 he helped suppress the Fronde uprising.
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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.
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Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (8 September 1621 – 11 December 1686), known as le Grand Condé (French for 'the Great Condé'), was a French military commander. A brilliant tactician and strategist, he is regarded as one of France's greatest generals, particularly celebrated for his triumphs in the Thirty Years' War and his campaigns ...
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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May 1, 2024 · Louis I de Bourbon (l. 1530-1569) was a descendant of Louis IX of France (r. 1226-1270) and founder of the House of Condé. The Prince of Condé proved his valor as a Huguenot military leader during the first three French Wars of Religion and died at the Battle of Jarnac in 1569.
- A Member of A Prestigious Dynasty
- His Debut as A Military Commander
- An Ambiguous Role in The Conspiracy of Amboise
- The Predominant Role of Condé During The First War of Religion
- A War For Nothing: The Second War of Religion
- The Third War of Religion Until The Death of Condé
The 1st Prince of Condé, Louis de Bourbon, was born in Vendôme in 1530. He was the youngest son of Charles IV de Bourbon descending from Louis IX (Saint Louis) and Françoise d’Alençon. 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 ...
Between 1552 and 1558, under Henri II’s reign, Louis de Condé acquired a solid reputation as a military commander. He took part in military action against Charles V, then after 1556 against Spain after Charles V’s abdication in favour of his son Philippe II. Condé successively fought in Piedmont, possession of the Duke of Savoie, then in Lorraine a...
In 1559, upon Henri II’s death, Catherine di Medici was regentto the young King Francis II. But he was influenced by the de Guise, uncles of Queen Mary Stuart, whom he married in 1558. In March 1560 some Protestants started scheming to kidnap the king. But the plot failed. Louis de Condé, compromisedin the scheme, disavowed the conjurers and had to...
In 1562 the massacre in Wassy by Duke François de Guise marked the beginning of the Wars of Religion for the Protestants. Louis de Condé called the Protestants to take up arms and denounced those who disobeyed the edicts of pacification and arguing to ‘protect the king from his entourage while he was minor under the queen mother’s rule’. He conquer...
The growing influence of the Cardinal of Lorraine, and brother of François de Guise, on young King Charles IX prompted Condé and Coligny to leave the court and take up arms again as early as the Autumn of 1567. Louis de Condé tried to abduct the king; Charles IX was warned, foiled the attempt and went back to Paris protected by the Swiss guards. Th...
Peace did not last as the King revoked the Edict of Longjumeau with the rulings of Saint-Maur in September 1568. Louis de Condé withdrew to Burgundy. As he felt threatened by Royal troops he joined Gaspard de Coligny in La Rochelle on 19 September. On 13 March 1659 in Jarnac (in the Charentes region), the Royal army led by the Duke of Anjou (Henri ...
The name of the house was derived from the title of Prince of Condé (French: prince de Condé) that was originally assumed around 1557 by the French Protestant leader Louis de Bourbon (1530–1569), [1] uncle of King Henry IV of France, and borne by his male-line descendants.
The French general Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1621-1686), became known as the "great Condé" because of his victories in the Low Countries. As the principal French nobleman, he was important in politics but egotistical, imprudent, and stubborn.
