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Louis II de Bourbon, 4 prince de Condé: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Le Grand Condé • The Great Condé • duc d’Enghien
Born September 8, 1621 • Paris • France
Died December 11, 1686 (aged 65) • Fontainebleau • France
House / Dynasty Condé family • house of Bourbon
Notable Family Members brother Armand I de Bourbon, prince de Conti
Role In Battle of Rocroi • Battle of the Dunes • the Fronde

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
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Abraham de Fabert
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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
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Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
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Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
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Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
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