Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes
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Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Prince of Dombes (4 March 1700 in Palace of Versailles – 1 October 1755 in
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) was a grandson of
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and of his ''
maîtresse-en-titre ''maîtresse-en-titre'' () was the chief royal mistress of the King of France. The title came into use during the reign of Henry IV and continued through the reign of Louis XV. It was a semi-official position which came with its own apartme ...
'' Françoise-Athénaïs de Montespan. He was a member of the legitimised House of Bourbon-Maine.


Biography

Born at the Palace of Versailles on 4 March 1700, Louis-Auguste was the fourth child of Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, ''duc du Maine'' and of his wife, Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Given the title of ''prince de Dombes'' at his birth, he was the second child of his parents to hold the title.An older brother ''Louis Constantin de Bourbon'' (1695-1698) had held the title previously. Unlike his father, the prince de Dombes was of high military skill. Louis-Auguste served under the renowned military commander Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718). He also fought in the
War of the Polish Succession The War of the Polish Succession ( pl, Wojna o sukcesję polską; 1733–35) was a major European conflict sparked by a Polish civil war over the succession to Augustus II of Poland, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of thei ...
(1733–1738) and in the
War of the Austrian Succession The War of the Austrian Succession () was a European conflict that took place between 1740 and 1748. Fought primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic and Mediterranean, related conflicts included King George's ...
(1740–1748). Upon the death of his father (to whom he was very close), on 14 May 1736 at the
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, he inherited the bulk of his wealth and his titles. He became Colonel General of the ''Cent-Suisses et Grisons'' (1710),
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(1737), Grand veneur de France and Count of Eu (1736). In 1750, he gained the titles of ''prince d'Anet'' and ''comte de Dreux'', when his mother gave him both estates three years before she died. Little seen at the court of his cousin
Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...
, he preferred living at the
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, which he continued to embellish. In order to supply water for his gardens, he created a hydraulic system which he installed in the park of the domain near the river Eure. He also enjoyed hunting on his large estate of Eu. Louis-Auguste remained unmarried and died childless. A possible wife had been his cousin,
Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (22 October 1700 – 19 January 1761) was Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to Francesco III d'Este. She was the third daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his wife, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon. She ...
, daughter of
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Charles; 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723), was a French prince, soldier, and statesman who served as Regent of the Kingdom of France from 1715 to 1723. He is referred to in French as ''le Régent''. ...
and Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, and another cousin, Louise Anne de Bourbon, daughter of Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, the duc du Maine's younger sister. Louis-Auguste died on 1 October 1755, at the age of fifty-five, in a duel at Fontainebleau. His younger brother, Louis Charles, was his only heir.


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