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Count of Vendôme and, later, Duke of Vendôme were titles of French nobility. The first-known holder of the comital title was Bouchard Ratepilate. The county passed by marriage to various houses, coming in 1372 to a junior branch of the House of Bourbon .
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, often simply called Vendôme (1 July 1654 – 11 June 1712) was a French general and Marshal of France. One of the great generals of his era, he was one of Louis XIV 's most successful commanders in the War of the Grand Alliance and War of the Spanish Succession .
The duke of Albany was tasked with entering Scotland and making war with the English as soon as possible on their northern frontier, to which end he was granted 100,000 livres. These security decisions taken, he thus felt comfortable peeling off much of Vendôme's forces in the province, leaving him with only 2,000 infantry and 780 lances, so ...
Antoine of Bourbon was born at La Fère, Picardy, France, the second son of Charles of Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1489–1537), and his wife, Françoise d'Alençon (died 1550). [1] He was the older brother of Louis of Bourbon, Prince of Condé , who would lead the Huguenots during the early French Wars of Religion.
César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France (June 1594 – 22 October 1665) was the illegitimate son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées, and founder of the House of Bourbon-Vendome. He held the titles of 1st Duke of Vendôme, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and 2nd Duke of Étampes, but is also simply known as César de Vendôme.
Prince Emmanuel of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes; 18 January 1872 – 1 February 1931) [1] was a French royal from the House of Orléans. Early life [ edit ]
César de Bourbon, 1st Duke of Vendome, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1594–1665). In 1608, he married Françoise de Lorraine, Duchess of Mercœur and of Penthièvre (1592–1669), daughter and heiress of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, a rival of his father Henry IV's. They had three children.
Louis was the son of César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise de Lorraine (1592–1669), daughter of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (d. 1602). [1] Louis had a military career and was Governor of Provence from 1653 to 1669.