Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse

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Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse was an illegitimate but later legitimized son of King Louis XIV who became a prominent French admiral and high-ranking noble during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf French noble
admiral
human
associatedWith Court of Versailles
birthDate 1678-06-06
birthPlace Versailles, France
burialPlace Saint-Louis Church, Saint-Louis de Versailles
child Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
conflict War of the Spanish Succession
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 1737-12-01
deathPlace Rambouillet, France
era Ancien Régime
familyName de Bourbon
father Louis XIV of France
fullName Louis Alexandre de Bourbon
givenName Louis Alexandre
house House of Bourbon
illegitimateChildOf Louis XIV of France
language French
legitimizationDate 1681
legitimizedBy Louis XIV of France
militaryBranch French Navy
mother Madame de Montespan
nobleTitle Count of Toulouse
Duke of Penthièvre
Prince of the Blood (France)
notableBattle Battle of Vélez-Málaga
notableFor service as Admiral of France under Louis XIV and the Regency
positionHeld Admiral of France
Governor of Brittany
Grand Admiral of France
Grand Huntsman of France
Grand Veneur de France
Minister of the Navy of France
rank Marshal of France
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans
Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine
Louis César de Bourbon, Count of Vexin
Louis François de Bourbon
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
spouse Marie Victoire de Noailles
style His Serene Highness
titleGrantedBy Louis XIV of France

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Louis Dieudonné
Louis XIV of France
Madame de Montespan ("Louis-César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin")
Madame de Montespan ("Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse")
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