Duke of Maine

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The Duke of Maine was a French noble title most famously held by Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, the legitimized son of King Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, who played a notable role in the politics of the late reign of Louis XIV and the Regency.

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Duke of Maine canonical 5

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French noble title ⓘ
French nobleman ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Bourbon ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory Maine ⓘ
birthDate 1670-03-31 ⓘ
birthPlace Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ
burialPlace Sceaux ⓘ
linked to: Sceaux, France
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
creationDate 1673 ⓘ
deathDate 1736-05-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Sceaux ⓘ
linked to: Sceaux, France
elevationToPrincedom 1714 ⓘ
extinctionDate 1736 ⓘ
father Louis XIV of France ⓘ
halfSibling Louis, Grand Dauphin ⓘ
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (by house line; cousin and brother-in-law context) ⓘ
heldBy Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine ⓘ
heldTitleFrom 1673 ⓘ
heldTitleTo 1736 ⓘ
house House of Bourbon ⓘ
involvedIn Cellamare conspiracy (indirectly via his wife) ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
legitimizedBy Louis XIV of France ⓘ
lostPrecedenceIn 1717 ⓘ
monarchWhoCreatedTitle Louis XIV of France ⓘ
mother Madame de Montespan ⓘ
notableHolder Charles of Anjou (historical earlier creation) ⓘ
linked to: Charles I of Anjou

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine ⓘ
peerage Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
position colonel général des Suisses et Grisons ⓘ
governor of Languedoc ⓘ
grand maître de l’artillerie de France ⓘ
rank prince légitimé ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Château de Sceaux ⓘ
roleIn politics of the Regency of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
politics of the late reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
sibling Louis-César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin ⓘ
spouse Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, duchesse du Maine ⓘ
status extinct title ⓘ
style Duc de Maine ⓘ
subclassOf duchy ⓘ
title Duke of Maine ⓘ
Prince of the Blood (France) ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine → title → Duke of Maine ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke of Maine
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine → title → Duke of Maine ⓘ
subject linked to: Louis-Auguste
Charles the Younger → positionHeld → Duke of Maine ⓘ
House of Bourbon-Maine → hasTitle → Duke of Maine ⓘ