RARE “Prince Of Conde" Louis Henri Cut Signature COA For Sale

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RARE “Prince Of Conde" Louis Henri Cut Signature COA:
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Louis

Henri Joseph de Bourbon (13

April 1756 – 30 August 1830) was the Prince of Condé from

1818 to his death. He was the brother-in-law of Philippe Égalité and

nephew of Victoire de Rohan. Louis

Henri was the only son of Louis Joseph, Prince of

Condé by his first wife, Charlotte de Rohan,

daughter of Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise.

As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a prince du sang and was entitled to the style of Serene Highness, prior to his accession to the Condé

title, while he was known as the duke of Enghien and later as Duke of

Bourbon. On succeeding his father he was entitled to the style of Royal Highness. On 24 April 1770, he married Bathilde d'Orléans, only

surviving daughter of Louis Philippe d'Orléans,

Duke of Orléans and Louise Henriette de

Bourbon. The couple were married in the chapel at the palace of Versailles and

were descended from Louis XIV to the same degree (their

paternal great grandmothers were sisters, daughters of Madame de Montespan). In

1772 their only son, Louis Antoine, Duke of

Enghien, was born.[1] The marriage was not a happy one, and in 1780

the couple separated. Louis never remarried. Shortly afterwards, Louis Henri

began a public affair with an opera singer, Marguerite "Mimi"

Michelot, which resulted in two illegitimate daughters, one of whom, Adèle,

went on to marry the Comte de Reuilly. During the French Revolution, Louis Henri accompanied his father into

exile in England and survived the purge of

the House of Bourbon in

France, which cost the life of King Louis XVI and his

Queen Marie-Antoinette, amongst

others. In 1804, his son, the Duke of Enghien,

was abducted in Germany by order of Napoleon and executed in the moat of the Château de Vincennes on

trumped up charges of treason. The Duke of Enghien had been married to Charlotte Louise de Rohan for

less than two months and had no issue. Louis Henri returned with his father to

France after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, and both recovered

their fortunes and public status. On his father's death in 1818, he assumed the

title of Prince de Condé. The line

of Bourbon-Condé came to an end with Louis Henri II's death under suspicious

circumstances in 1830, shortly after the July Revolution. While in exile in 1811, the duc de Bourbon

had made the acquaintance at a bordello in Piccadilly of one Sophia Dawes or

Daw, a maid in a brothel from the Isle of Wight. He set the woman and her mother up in London in

a house on Gloucester Street. There, she went through an extensive educational

program After the Bourbon Restoration in

1815, Louis Henri brought her to Paris and arranged a marriage for her to Baron

Adrien Victor de Feucheres, an officer in the royal guard. This was done to

allow Sophia entry into French society. However, in the course of setting up

her marriage license, Sophia lied on several particulars. Feucheres, who became

an aide to the duke, believed for several years that Sophia was a natural

daughter of Louis Henri II. When he discovered the truth, he separated from his

wife, and informed King Louis XVIII of the

real relationship between Louis Henri and Sophia. The king banned Sophia from

court. In revenge, Sophia approached the head of the House of Orléans,

the Duke of Orleans and

through him made a new entry into society. In return, she agreed to use her

influence on the aging Louis Henri II to have him set up a will making the son

of Louis Philippe, Prince Henri, Duke of

Aumale, the old prince's main heir. Sophia was given two million francs

for her services in the matter. The new Bourbon king, Charles X, eventually

accepted her back at court. She was again considered acceptable by polite

French society. She was even able to arrange the marriage of a niece to a

nephew of Talleyrand. By now, Louis Henri was trying

to get away from the mistress who had taken over his life. In the summer of

1830, he returned to his home at St. Leu. There, he heard

of the July Revolution. Sophia

immediately set about to get him to recognize the new Orléans monarchy. When on

27 August 1830 he was found dead with a rope around his neck but his feet on

the ground. The baroness was suspected and an inquiry was held which formally

declared the death to be a suicide. There were rumours that the new King of collaborated with Sophie in the crime as they feared that she and Louis

Phillippe's son Aumale – the testamentary heirs of Condé – might be

disinherited by the Prince after a possible flight abroad. Later, rumours

circulated amongst the nobility that Condé had died pleasuring himself, engaged

in what would later be known as autoerotic asphyxiation.

With the evidence of death being the result of any crime appearing

insufficient, the baroness was not prosecuted, although she was involved in

litigation regarding the inheritance for years to come.

There are some aspects of the relationship between Sophia and the prince

that William Thackeray may

have had in mind in the novel Vanity Fair regarding Becky Sharp possibly

killing Joseph Sedley. The prince's lands and wealth passed to his godson, the

Duke of Aumale. His father, Louis Philippe, was the feudal-law heir to Conti

and Condé, being the grandson of Louise Henriette de

Bourbon, a daughter of Louise Élisabeth de

Bourbon, who was sister of Louis Henri II's grandfather.

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