Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (born 1725)

Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre

French duke; grandson of Louis XIV (1725–1793)

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 of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. From birth he was known as the Duke of Penthièvre. He also possessed the…