House of Condé

French family

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The House of Condé was a significant French branch of the House of Bourbon. The family played a notable role in French dynastic politics. The line originated with Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (1530–1569), who was a military leader for the Huguenots during France's Wars of Religion. A prominent member was Louis II de Bourbon, the 4th prince de Condé, recognized as one of Louis XIV's most skilled generals. The princely line concluded with Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d’Enghien, who was executed in 1804 on Napoleon's orders for alleged treason.1

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- François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld
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  His loyalty to the house of Condé did not increase his popularity with the crown and prevented him from pursuing any single policy for reform of royal or ministerial government. How far toward treason he allowed himself to be led, when the intentions of the reforming princes and nobility…
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  His loyalty to the house of Condé did not increase his popularity with the crown and prevented him from pursuing any single policy for reform of royal or ministerial government. How far toward treason he allowed himself to be led, when the intentions of the reforming princes and nobility…
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