Louis, Count of Soissons

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Louis de Bourbon
Count of Soissons
File:LouisdeBourbon-CondeComtedeSoissonMerian.png
Engraving by Matthäus Merian
Born (1604-05-01)1 May 1604
Paris, France
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Battle of La Marfée, Sedan, Ardennes, France
Issue Louis Henri, Count of Noyers
Father Charles, Count of Soissons
Mother Anne de Montafié

Louis de Bourbon (1 May 1604 – 6 July 1641) was Count of Soissons. He was the son of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Anne de Montafié. He was the second cousin of King Louis XIII of France and a held the rank of prince of the blood

Biography

Around 1610, he and Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, were joined in contractual marriage[citation needed] assented to by the Regent of France, the Queen Mother Marie de' Medici. His sister was Louise de Bourbon, future Duchess of Longueville.

Born in Paris, he was made governor of the Dauphiné province (1612), an office inherited at the death of his father, and later governor of the Champagne province (1631). Around 1612, he was made the Grand Master of France, the head of the royal household.

File:Prince Louis de Bourbon Soissons.jpg
Contemporary portrait of Louis de Bourbon

He set up a conspiracy with his cousin Gaston d'Orléans (future husband of the duchess of Montpensier and younger brother of Louis XIII) and the comte de Montrésor with the intention to murder Cardinal Richelieu and depose the King, but the plot failed (1636). The King's mother, Marie de' Medici, had tried as well on numerous occasions to remove the Cardinal as well as once trying to depose the King in favor of her younger son Gaston. For this she was placed under house arrest for the remainder of her life.

Taking refuge in Sedan with the Duke of Bouillon (prince of the independent principality of Sedan), he plotted again against Richelieu, and the duc de Bouillon obtained the military support of Spain.

A French royal army under Gaspard de Coligny, Marshal Châtillon was sent to Sedan, but Coligny was routed at the Battle of La Marfée outside of Sedan on 6 July 1641. Of the King's 11,000 force, 600 were killed, 5500 were taken prisoner, while the Count of Soissons' forces suffered nominal losses. This was due to the late slow arrival of the King's forces through muddy roads and the surprise cavalry attack from their flank from behind a hill. The Count of Soissons, however, was killed after the battle while his officers were surrounding him by one officer whose identity was never ascertained[citation needed], paid by Cardinal Richelieu. According to some sources, the Count died by accident while lifting the visor of his helmet with a loaded pistol, shooting himself in the head.[1]

His son Jean de Bourbon was captured in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Later, the King would pretend an unrelated boy (Louis Henri) was an illegitimate child but that boy was born in 1646, five years after the death of the Count of Soissons.

He was buried in the Soissons family tomb at the Chartreuse de Bourbon-lez-Gaillon in Gaillon, in the French province of Normandy. The county of Soissons was passed onto his only surviving sister Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Carignano and wife of Thomas Francis of Savoy, a famous general.

Issue

  • Louis Henri de Bourbon,[2] bâtard de Soissons, Count of Noyers and of Dunois, Prince of Neuchâtel (August 1640 – 8 February 1703) illegitimate son of Louis and Élisabeth des Hayes.[2] Line continues in the Dukes of Luynes family. Married Angelique Cunegonde de Montmorency-Luxembourg, daughter of François Henri de Montmorency[2] and had issue;[2]

Ancestors

Family of Louis, Count of Soissons
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. François de Bourbon, comte de Vendôme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Marie de Luxembourg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. René, Duke of Alençon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Françoise d'Alençon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Margaret of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Louis I d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Francois d'Orléans, marquis de Rothelin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Johanna of Baden, Countess of Neuchâtel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Françoise d'Orléans, Mademoiselle de Longueville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Jacqueline de Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Jeanne de Saint-Severin
(Giovanna Sanseverino in italian)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Louis de Bourbon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Ludovico de Montafia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Georges de Montafié
(Giorgio di Montafia in italian)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Ludovic de Montafié, Count of Montafié
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Bianca Orsini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Charles de Coësme, seigneur de Lucé
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Louis de Coësme, seigneur de Lucé
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Gabrielle d'Harcourt, dame de Bonnetable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Jeanne de Coësme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Adrien de Pisseleu, seigneur d'Heilly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Anne de Pisseleu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Charlotte d'Ailly
 
 
 
 
 
 

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 1 May 1604 – 6 July 1641 His Serene Highness the Count of Soissons

References

  1. ↑ Parker, Geoffrey. Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. London: Yale University Press 2013: 301
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See also

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