Henri Jules de Bourbon was prince de Condé, from 1686 to his death.
Background
Henri Jules was born to Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and his wife in 1643. His mother, Princess Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé was a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. Foreign the first three years of his life, while his father was duc d"Enghien, he was known at court as the duc d"Albret.
Career
At the end of his life he suffered from clinical lycanthropy and was considered insane. He was five years younger than King Louis XIV. He was the sole heir to the enormous Condé fortune and property. He was baptised at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris on his day of birth.
Throughout much of his life, Henri Jules was mentally unstable.
He was a short, ugly, debauched and brutal man not only "repulsive in appearance", but "cursed with so violent a temper that it was positively dangerous to contradict him". Trained as a soldier, in 1673, he was nominally put in charge of the Rhine front.
This was in name only, though, because Henri Jules lacked the military skills of his father. He was well educated but had a malicious character.
However, a marriage did not materialise.
The bride was the daughter of Edward, Prince Palatine. Her mother was the famous political hostess, Anna Gonzaga. The couple had ten children.
The young princess was noted for her pious, generous and charitable nature.
In addition, Henri Jules had an illegitimate daughter by Françoise-Charlotte de Montalais. The child, Julie de Bourbon, was known variously as Julie de Bourbon, Julie de Gheneni (anagram of Enghien, aka de Guenani) or Mademoiselle de Châteaubriant.
She was legitimised in 1693 when she was twenty-five. She died on 10 March 1710, at the age of forty-three.
Titles and styles
29 July 1643 – 26 December 1646 His Serene Highness Duc d"Albret
26 December 1646 – 11 November 1686 Monsieur le Duc
11 November 1686 – 1 April 1709 Monsieur le Prince.
Membership
As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was born a prince du sang with the style of Monsieur le Duc.