Louis François II de Bourbon, prince de Conti

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Louis François Joseph de Bourbon (September 1, 1734 - March 13, 1814) was Prince of Conti, succeeding his father Louis François I.

Louis François possessed considerable talent as a soldier, and distinguished himself during the Seven Years' War. He took the side of Maupeou in the struggle between the chancellor and the parlements, and in 1788 declared that the integrity of the constitution must be maintained. He emigrated following the French Revolution, but refused to share in the plans for the invasion of France, and returned to his native country in 1790.

Arrested by order of the National Convention in 1793, he was acquitted, but was reduced to poverty by the confiscation of his possessions. He afterwards received a pension, but the Directory banished him from France, and as he refused to share in the plots of the royalists he lived at Barcelona till his death in 1814, when the house of Conti became extinct.

Preceded by Louis François I

Prince de Conti 1776–1814

Succeeded by extinct

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.