Prince, Duke. Louis Marie de Bourbon, eldest child of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, and his wife Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, was given the title of Duke of Rambouillet at birth. He was a descendant of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan on both sides of his family. His father was their grandson, and his mother was their great-granddaughter. His father was also one of the wealthiest men in Europe. After Louis Marie's death in 1749, he was initially interred at Saint-Lubin Church in Rambouillet. However, in 1783, his father transferred his remains and those of eight other family members because he had sold his château to the king. The new site was desecrated ten years later during the Revolution, and all the remains put in a mass grave. Louis Marie's sister Marie Adélaïde built a new chapel over that site in 1816. In 1830, his nephew, the King of the French, made improvements to the chapel and renamed it the "Chapelle Royale de Dreux."
Prince, Duke. Louis Marie de Bourbon, eldest child of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, and his wife Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, was given the title of Duke of Rambouillet at birth. He was a descendant of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan on both sides of his family. His father was their grandson, and his mother was their great-granddaughter. His father was also one of the wealthiest men in Europe. After Louis Marie's death in 1749, he was initially interred at Saint-Lubin Church in Rambouillet. However, in 1783, his father transferred his remains and those of eight other family members because he had sold his château to the king. The new site was desecrated ten years later during the Revolution, and all the remains put in a mass grave. Louis Marie's sister Marie Adélaïde built a new chapel over that site in 1816. In 1830, his nephew, the King of the French, made improvements to the chapel and renamed it the "Chapelle Royale de Dreux."
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