François Louis, Prince of Conti

François Louis de Bourbon, le Grand Conti (30 April 1664 – 22 February 1709), was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother, Louis Armand de Bourbon, in 1685. Until this date, he used the title of Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon. He was son of Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and Anne Marie Martinozzi, daughter of Girolamo Martinozzi and niece of Cardinal Mazarin, through her mother. He was proclaimed as the King of Poland in 1697. He is the most famous member of the Conti family, a cadet branch of the Princes of Condé. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a prince du sang.

François Louis de Bourbon
Titular King of Poland
Prince of Conti
Reign9 November 1685 - 22 February 1709
PredecessorLouis Armand
SuccessorLouis Armand II
Born(1664-04-30)30 April 1664
Hôtel de Conti (quai Malaquais), Paris, Kingdom of France
Died22 February 1709(1709-02-22) (aged 44)
Hôtel de Conti (quai Conti), Paris, Kingdom of France
Burial
L'Isle-Adam, Île-de-France
SpouseMarie Thérèse de Bourbon
IssueMarie Anne, Princess of Condé
Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti
Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon
Names
François Louis de Bourbon
HouseBourbon-Conti
FatherArmand, Prince of Conti
MotherAnne Marie Martinozzi
ReligionRoman Catholicism
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