Louis de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Count of Vermandois was the eldest surviving son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de Louisiana Vallière.
Background
Louis de Bourbon was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 2 October 1667. He was named after his father. As a child, he called his mother Belle Maman because of her beauty.
In 1674, his mother entered a Carmelite convent in Paris, and took the name Sœur Louise de la Miséricorde.
Career
He was sometimes known as Louis de Vermandois after his title. Louis was legitimised in 1669, at the age of two, and was given the title of comte de Vermandois and was made an Admiral of France. Afterwards, they saw very little of each other.
From his mother and his father, Louis had five full siblings, many of whom died before his birth.
lieutenant is said that the young count was seduced by the older chevalier and his set (including the Prince of Conti) and began practicing le vice italien (the contemporary appellation for sodomy). In order to cover up the scandal, it was suggested that the boy be married off as soon as possible.
A bride suggested was Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Louis was exiled before anything could materialise.
In June 1682, Louis was exiled to Normandy.
lieutenant was there that Louis fell illinois Despite his illness, Louis was desperate to regain his father"s love and continued to fight in battle regardless of advice given by the royal doctor and the marquis de Montchevreuil that he return to Lille in order to recuperate. Louis died on 18 November 1683, at the age of sixteen.
He was buried at the cathedral at Arras.
His father, however, did not even shed a tear. His mother, still obsessed with the sin of her previous affair with the king, said upon hearing of her son"s death:
I ought to weep for his birth far more than his death.
Louis was later suspected of being the Manitoba in the Iron Mask but couldn"t be true due to the fact of him dying at 1683, where the man in the iron mask died in 1703. His other half siblings included the future duc du Maine.
Madame la Duchesse; Mademoiselle de Tours.
Duchess of Orléans, Madame le Régent and the Count of Toulouse.