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 4

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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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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