Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles. He was therefore a grandson of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. From birt
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier
Louis Jean Marie as a child, by Jean-Marc Nattier .
Portrait of the Duke, by Jean-Marc Nattier, c. 1742-53
The Duke of Penthièvre, by Charles-André van Loo, 18th century
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
…Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon (16 November 1725 - 4 March 1793) was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles. He was therefore a grandson of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. From birth he was known as the…
Toulouse by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1708
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, by François de Troy, c. 1690s
Portrait of Louis Alexandre, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1690
The Count of Toulouse, by the workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1708