Princess, Duchess. Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his wife Louise Françoise de Bourbon, was born at the Palace of Versailles. Her mother was the legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and Madame de Montespan. She married her first cousin Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, on July 9, 1713 at Versailles. She was the Princess of Conti by marriage, and a duchess in her own right. In 1716, she contracted smallpox, but recovered. The marriage produced five children, two of whom survived to adulthood. Her unattractive husband was physically abusive, and she had extramarital affairs. She was widowed in 1727. Louise Élisabeth built the Hôtel de Brienne, now the seat of the French Ministry of Defense. And, it was the Duchess who presented the future Madame de Pompadour to the court of Louis XV in 1746.
Princess, Duchess. Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his wife Louise Françoise de Bourbon, was born at the Palace of Versailles. Her mother was the legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and Madame de Montespan. She married her first cousin Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, on July 9, 1713 at Versailles. She was the Princess of Conti by marriage, and a duchess in her own right. In 1716, she contracted smallpox, but recovered. The marriage produced five children, two of whom survived to adulthood. Her unattractive husband was physically abusive, and she had extramarital affairs. She was widowed in 1727. Louise Élisabeth built the Hôtel de Brienne, now the seat of the French Ministry of Defense. And, it was the Duchess who presented the future Madame de Pompadour to the court of Louis XV in 1746.
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