Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre
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Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre (1725 – March 4, 1793) was a French nobleman and admiral.
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He was born in Rambouillet, the son of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse. He succeeded his father in his posts, among others in that of grand admiral of France.
He served under Marshal de Noailles, and fought brilliantly at Dettingen (1743) and Fontenoy (1745). He then lived in retreat at Rambouillet and Sceaux, protecting men of letters, and particularly the poet Florian, and dispensing charity. He lost his son, the prince of Lamballe, in 1768, and survived his daughter-in-law, Louise Marie Therese of Savoy-Carignan, the friend of Marie Antoinette, who was killed by the populace on September 3, 1792. His daughter and heiress, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, married Philippe (Egalite), duke of Orleans.
A street in Paris near the Avenue de Champs Elysees is named for the Duc de Penthievre. No. 11 rue de Penthievre, an hotel particulier of the Empire period with a large garden, is believed to have once been the residence of de Penthievre's grandson Louis-Philippe of France in his youth. In the late 19th century, No. 11 housed the American Embassy. This address became famous in the early 20th century as the couture salon of the British-based designer "Lucile", Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
