COUNT OF

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:

• ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)

ALEXANDRE DE

See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

BOURBON

See also:

• TOULOUSE
• COUNT OF LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON TOULOUSE (1678-1737)

TOULOUSE (1678-1737)  , third son of Louis XIV. and Mme de Montespan was born on the 6th of June 1678 . At the age of five he was created admiral of France . He distinguished himself during the War of the Spanish Succession, and inflicted a severe defeat on Admiral Rooke near Malaga in 1704 . He kept aloof from the intrigues of his sister-in-law, the duchess of Maine, and died on the 1st of December 1737 . His son, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthievre (1725-1793), succeeded his father in his posts, among others in that of grand admiral . He served under Marshal de Noailles, and fought brilliantly at Dettingen (1743) and Fontenoy (1745) . He then lived in retreat at Rambouillet and Sceaux, protecting men of letters, and particularly the poet Florian, and dispensing charity . He lost his son, the prince of Lamballe, in 1768, and survived his daughter-in-law, Louise Marie Therese of Savoy-Carignan, the friend of Marie Antoinette, who was killed by the populace on the 3rd of September 1792 . He died on the 4th of March 1793; his daughter and heiress, Louise Marie Adelaide, married Philippe (Egalite), duke of Orleans .