Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon

Louise Marie
Légitimée de France Mademoiselle de Tours
posthumous painting by Pierre Mignard
Born	(1674-11-18)18 November 1674 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died	Bourbon-l'Archambault, France
Full name Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France
Father	Louis XIV
Mother	Françoise-Athénaïs de Montespan

Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Mademoiselle de Tours (Saint-Germaine-en-Laye, 18 November 1674 – Bourbon, 15 September 1681) was the illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his most famous Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She died in infancy.

Biography

Louis Marie Anne de Bourbon was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 18 November 1674. She was the couple's third daughter and their fifth child. She was legitimised by her father Louis XIV in January 1676 at the age of almost two. Her parents affectionately dubbed her Toutou after her title.

After her birth, her care was entrusted into the hands of Madame Scarron who had taken care of her older siblings in a house bought for them by their father on the Rue de Vaugirard, then in the suburbs of Paris. Known as Louise Marie, she was born after the official separation of Madame de Montespan and her legal husband.

After her legitimisation in 1676, she gained the style of Mademoiselle de Tours from the town of Tours in France. Growing up in Paris, she was adored by her oldest sister Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, who was known as Mademoiselle de Nantes. Some three years after her birth, she was joined by another sister, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon – future wife of Philippe d'Orléans Régent of France. Then in 1678 her last full brother was born at Clagny, Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon. The latter two were made legitimate in November 1681.

She was known as Mademoiselle de Tours till her premature death in 1681, at the age of seven.

She died at Bourbon-l'Archambault. Her father who was at Fontainebleau ordered that his beloved daughter be buried at the tomb of the Dukes of Bourbon.

After her death, writing to the duc du Maine, her mother said:

I do not speak to you of my grief, you are naturally too good not to have experienced it for yourself. As for Mademoiselle de Nantes, she has felt it as deeply as if she were twenty and has received the visitis of the Queen and Madame la Dauphine

Her mother was said to have been badly affected by her death but was unable to attend the child's funeral, which occurred four days after her death, as a result of being otherwise engaged with the incarceration of the duc de Lauzun.

Siblings

Siblings and Family

Name Birth Death Notes Full siblings – by Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan (5 October 1641 – 27 May 1707) Louise Françoise de Bourbon at the end of March, 1669 23 February 1672 Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine 31 March 1670 14 May 1736 Legitimised on 20 December 1673. Held numerous offices, of which: Colonel-Général des Suisses et des Grisons, Governor of Languedoc, Général des Galères, and Grand-Maître de l'Artillerie. Was also duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu and prince de Dombes. Had issue with Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Founder of the House of Bourbon-du Maine. Louis-César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin, abbé de Saint-Denis et de Saint-Germain-des-Prés 20 June 1672 10 January 1683 Legitimised on 20 December 1673. Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Mlle de Nantes, duchesse de Bourbon, princesse de Condé 1 June 1673 16 June 1743 Legitimised on 20 December 1673. Married Louis de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien, (later duc de Bourbon, and then prince de Condé). Had issue. Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mlle de Tours 12 November 1674 15 September 1681 Legitimised in January 1676. Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mlle de Blois, duchesse d'Orléans 9 February 1677 1 February 1749 Legitimised in November 1681. Married Philippe d'Orléans, duc de Chartres, (later duc d'Orléans), the Regent of France under Louis XV. Had issue. Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse 6 June 1678 1 December 1737 Legitimised on 22 November 1681. Held numerous offices, of which: Admiral of France, Governor of Guyenne, Governor of Brittany, and Grand-Veneur de France. Was also duc de Damville, de Rambouillet et de Penthièvre. Had issue. Founder of the House of Bourbon-Toulouse. Paternal legitimate half-siblings – by Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, Infanta of Spain, Queen of France and of Navarre (20 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) Louis of France, le Grand Dauphin 1 November 1661 14 April 1711 Fils de France. Dauphin of France (1661–1711). Had issue. Father of Louis, duc de Bourgogne (later Dauphin of France), Philippe, duc d'Anjou (later King of Spain) and Charles, duc de Berry. Grandfather of Louis, duc d'Anjou (later Dauphin, and then King of France) Princess Anne Élisabeth of France 18 November 1662 30 December 1662 Fille de France. Died in infancy. Princess Marie Anne of France 16 November 1664 26 December 1664 (?) Fille de France. Died in infancy or became Louise Marie-Therese (The Black Nun of Moret). Princess Marie Thérèse of France, Madame Royale 2 January 1667 1 March 1672 Fille de France. Known as Madame Royale and la Petite Madame Philippe Charles of France duc d'Anjou 5 August 1668 10 July 1671 Fils de France. Louis-François of France, duc d'Anjou 14 June 1672 4 November 1672 Fils de France. Died in infancy. Paternal illegitimate half-siblings – by Louise-Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc, duchesse de La Vallière et de Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 6 June 1710) Charles de Bourbon 19 December 1663 15 July 1665 Not legitimised. Philippe de Bourbon 7 January 1665 1666 Not legitimised. Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mlle de Blois, duchesse de La Vallière, princesse de Conti 2 October 1666 3 May 1739 Legitimised on 14 May 1667. Married Louis Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti. Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois 3 October 1667 18 November 1683 Legitimised on 20 February 1669. Held the office of Admiral of France. Paternal illegitimate half-siblings – by Claude de Vin, Mademoiselle des Oeillets (c. 1637 – 18 May 1687) Louise de Maisonblanche 1676 12 September 1718 In 1696 she married Bernard de Prez, Baron de La Queue. [1] by Marie Angelique de Scorailles, Duchess de Fontanges (1661 – 28 June 1681) son 1681 1681 Maternal legitimate half-siblings – by Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Marquis of Montespan (1640 – 1 December 1691) Marie-Christine de Pardaillan de Gondrin 1663 1675 died in childhood. Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, marquis d'Antin, Gondrin and Montespan later duc d'Antin Paris, 5 September 1665 Paris, 2 November 1736 married Julie Françoise de Crussol d'Uzès and had issue.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 18 November 1674 – January, 1676 Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
• January, 1676–15 September 1682 Her Highness Mademoiselle de Tours

Ancestry

Family of Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon

16. Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme               8. Henry IV of France                       17. Jeanne III of Navarre               4. Louis XIII of France                             18. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany               9. Marie de' Medici                       19. Johanna of Austria               2. Louis XIV of France                                   20. Philip II of Spain               10. Philip III of Spain                       21. Anna of Austria               5. Anne of Austria                             22. Charles II of Austria               11. Margaret of Austria                       23. Maria Anna of Bavaria               1. Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon                                         24. René de Rochechouart, Seigneur de Mortemart               12. Gaspard de Rochechouart, Marquis of Mortemart                       25. Jeanne de Saulx de Tavannes               6. Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart                             26. Charles, Count of Maure               13. Louise de Maure, Countess of Maure                       27. Diane de Pérusse des Cars, Princess of Carency               3. Françoise-Athénaïs, Marchioness of Montespan                                   28. Pierre de Grandsaigne, Seigneur of La Flotte               14. Jean de Grandseigne, Marquis of Marsillac                       29. Françoise Baillard               7. Diane de Grandseigne                             30. François de La Béraudière, Seigneur of Villechèze               15. Catherine de La Béraudière, Lady of Villenon                       31. Anne Adrienne Frotier