See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS See also:ANTOINE See also:HENRI DE See also:BOURBON See also:ENGHIEN
COND$, Duc D' (1772-1804), was the only son of See also:Henri See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:Joseph, See also:prince of See also:Conde, and of See also:Louise See also:Marie Therese Mathilde, See also:sister of the See also:duke of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans (Philippe Egalite), and was See also:born at See also:Chantilly on the 2nd of See also:August 1772
.
He was educated privately by the See also:abbe Millot, and received a military training from the See also:commodore de Virieux
.
He See also:early showed the warlike spirit of the See also:house of Conde, and began his military career in 1788
.
On the outbreak of the See also:French Revolution he " emigrated " with very many of the nobles a few days after the fall of the See also:Bastille, and remained in See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile, seeking to raise forces for the invasion of See also:France and the
restoration of the old See also:monarchy
.
In 1792, on the outbreak of See also:war, he held a command in the force of emigres (styled the " French royal See also:army ") which shared in the duke of See also:Brunswick's unsuccessful invasion of France
.
He continued to serve under his See also:father and grandfather in what was known as the Conde army, and on several occasions distinguished himself by his bravery and ardour in the vanguard
.
On the See also:dissolution of that force after the See also:peace of See also:Luneville (See also:February 18o1) he married privately the princess See also:Charlotte, niece of See also:Cardinal de See also:Rohan, and took up his See also:residence at See also:Ettenheim in See also:Baden, near the See also:Rhine
.
Early in the See also:year 1804 See also:Napoleon, then First See also:Consul of France, heard See also:news which seemed to connect the See also:young duke with the See also:Cadoudal-See also:Pichegru See also:conspiracy then being tracked by the French See also:police
.
The news ran that the duke was in See also:company with See also:Dumouriez and made See also:secret journeys into France
.
This was false; the acquaintance was Thumery, a harmless old See also:man, and the duke had no dealings with Cadoudal or Pichegru
.
Napoleon gave orders for the seizure of the duke
.
French mounted gendarmes crossed the Rhine secretly, surrounded his house and brought him to See also:Strassburg (15th of See also:March 1804), and thence to the See also:castle of See also:Vincennes, near See also:Paris
.
There a See also:commission of French colonels was hastily gathered to try him
.
Meanwhile Napoleon had found out the true facts of the See also:case, and the ground of the See also:accusation was hastily changed
.
The duke was now charged chiefly with bearing arms against France in the See also:late war, and with intending to take See also:part in the new See also:coalition then proposed against France
.
The colonels hastily and most informally See also:drew up the See also:act of condemnation, being incited thereto by orders from See also:Savary (q.v.), who had come charged with instructions
.
Savary intervened to prevent all See also:chance of an interview between the condemned and the First Consul; and the duke was shot in the See also:moat of the castle, near a See also:grave which had already been prepared
.
With him ended the house of Conde
.
In 1816 the bones were exhumed and placed in the See also:chapel of the castle
.
It is now known that See also:Josephine and Mme de See also:Remusat had begged Napoleon for See also:mercy towards the duke; but nothing would See also:bend his will
.
The blame which the apologists of the See also:emperor have thrown on Talley-See also:rand or Savary is undeserved
.
On his way to St See also:Helena and at Longwood he asserted that, in the same circumstances, he would do the same again; he inserted a similar See also:declaration in his will
.
See H
.
Welschinger, Le Duc d'See also:Enghien 1772-1804 (Paris, 1888) ; A
.
Nougaret de Fayet, Recherches historiques sur le prods et la See also:con-damnation du duc d'Enghien, 2 vols
.
(Paris, 1844) ; See also:Comte A
.
Boulay -de la Meurthe, See also:Les Dernieres Annees du duc d'Enghien 18o1-1804 (Paris, 1886)
.
For documents see La See also:Catastrophe du duc d' Enghien in the edition of Memoires edited by M
.
F
.
Barriere, also the edition of the duke's letters, &c., by See also:Count Boulay de la Meurthe (tome i., Paris, 1904; tome ii., 1908)
.
(J
.
HL
.
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