Duchess, Legitimized Daughter of the King. Louise Françoise de Bourbon, daughter of King Louis XIV and his mistress Madame de Montespan, was born in Tournai, France while her parents were on a military tour. After their return, she was placed in the care of the family governess, Madame Scarron. On December 16, 1673, her father legitimized her and her two older surviving siblings. She received the title of Mademoiselle de Nantes. Louise Françoise had an intense rivalry with two of her sisters, particularly her younger full sister, Françoise Marie de Bourbon. They competed in matters of wealth and prestige. On May 25, 1685, the eleven-year-old was married to Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon. She had nine children during her marriage. After her father-in-law's death in 1709, her husband succeeded him as the Prince of Condé. Louise Françoise was widowed in 1710. She built the Palais Bourbon in Paris during her long widowhood. She died at that palace in 1743, and was interred at the Carmel du faubourg Saint-Jacques, a convent on the Left Bank in Paris.
Duchess, Legitimized Daughter of the King. Louise Françoise de Bourbon, daughter of King Louis XIV and his mistress Madame de Montespan, was born in Tournai, France while her parents were on a military tour. After their return, she was placed in the care of the family governess, Madame Scarron. On December 16, 1673, her father legitimized her and her two older surviving siblings. She received the title of Mademoiselle de Nantes. Louise Françoise had an intense rivalry with two of her sisters, particularly her younger full sister, Françoise Marie de Bourbon. They competed in matters of wealth and prestige. On May 25, 1685, the eleven-year-old was married to Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon. She had nine children during her marriage. After her father-in-law's death in 1709, her husband succeeded him as the Prince of Condé. Louise Françoise was widowed in 1710. She built the Palais Bourbon in Paris during her long widowhood. She died at that palace in 1743, and was interred at the Carmel du faubourg Saint-Jacques, a convent on the Left Bank in Paris.
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