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Marie Anne Éléonore Abbess of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs Full name Marie Anne Éléonore Gabrielle de Bourbon Father Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon Mother Louise Françoise de Bourbon Born 22 December 1690
Palace of Versailles, FranceDied 30 August 1760 (aged 69)
Villejuif, ParisMarie Anne Éléonore de Bourbon (Marie Anne Éléonore Gabrielle; 22 December 1690 – 30 August 1760) was a daughter of Louis de Bourbon. She was the Abbess of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, an abbey in the Villejuif suburb of Paris.
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Biography
Marie Anne Éléonore was born at the Palace of Versailles to the Duke and Duchess of Bourbon. The eldest child of her parents she was known as Mademoiselle de Bourbon in her youth. In her early years she was close to her mother but was later replaced by her sister Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon. Her father was the grandson of le Grand Condé and her mother, Louise-Françoise de Bourbon was the eldest surviving daughter of Louis XIV of France and his Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan.
As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a princesse du sang ("princess of the blood") and was allowed the style of Serene Highness.
On 6 May 1706 at the age of 16, she was made a nun at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud in Anjou. She was later made the Abbess of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs in 1723 and was known as Madame de Bourbon. Saint-Antoine-des-Champs had been an abbey since the 13th century.
She outlived all of her siblings apart from her sister Dowager Princess of Conti and grand mother of the future Philippe Égalité. Dying in the Parisian suburb of Villejuif, she was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs.
Her sister Henriette Louise de Bourbon was an abbess at Beaumont-lès-Tours and a cousin Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans was the Abbess of Chelles. The Abbey at Saint-Antoine is now the home of the Hôpital Saint-Antoine outside Paris.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Marie Anne Éléonore de Bourbon 16. Henry de Bourbon, Prince of Condé 8. Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé 17. Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency 4. Henry Jules de Bourbon, Prince of Condé 18. Urbain de Maillé, Marquis de Brézé 9. Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé 19. Nicole du Plessis de Richelieu 2. Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé 20. Frederick V, Elector Palatine 10. Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern 21. Elizabeth of Bohemia 5. Anne Henriette of Bavaria 22. Charles I, Duke of Mantua 11. Anna Gonzaga 23. Catherine of Lorraine 1. Marie Anne Gabrielle Éléonore de Bourbon 24. Henry IV of France 12. Louis XIII of France 25. Marie de' Medici 6. Louis XIV of France 26. Philip III of Spain 13. Anne of Austria 27. Margaret of Austria 3. Louise-Françoise de Bourbon 28. René de Rochechouart, Lord Mortemart 14. Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Duke of Mortemart 29. Jeanne de Saulx de Tavannes 7. Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marchioness of Montespan 30. Jean de Grandseigne, Marquess of Marsillac 15. Diane de Grandseigne 31. Catherine de La Béraudière, Lady of Villenon Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 22 December 1690]] – 6 May 1706 Her Serene Highness Mademoiselle de Bourbon
- 1723 – 30 August 1760 Her Serene Highness Madame de Bourbon
See also
Louis (1546-1569) · Henri (1569–1588) · Henri (1588–1646) · Louis (1646–1686) · Henri Jules (1686–1709) · Louis (1709–1710) · Louis Henri (1710–1740) · Louis Joseph (1740–1818) · Louis Henri (1818–1830)The generations start from the children of Charles de Bourbon Duke of Vendôme by whom all Bourbon's after c.1513;1st Generation Marie · Marguerite, Duchess of Nevers · Madeleine, Abbess of Sainte Croix de Poitiers · Catherine, Abbess of Soissons · Renée, Abbess of Chelles · Léonore, Abbess of Fontevraud2nd Generation Madeleine · Catherine, Duchess of Lorraine · Marguerite · Madeleine · Catherine3rd Generation Catherine · Éléonore, Princess of Orange · Marie · Louise, Duchess of Longueville · Marie, Princess of Carignan4th Generation 5th Generation none6th Generation Marie Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Berry · Louise Adélaïde, Abbess of Chelles · Charlotte Aglaé, Duchess of Modena · Louise Élisabeth, Queen of Spain · Philippine Élisabeth, Mademoiselle de Beaujolais · Louise Diane, Princess of Conti · Marie Thérèse, Princess of Conti · Anne, Mademoiselle d’Enghien · Anne Marie, Mademoiselle de Condé · Louise Bénédicte, Duchess of Maine · Marie Anne, Duchess of Vendôme · Mademoiselle de Clermont · Marie Anne, Princess of Condé · Louise Adélaïde, Mademoiselle de La Roche-sur-Yon · Mademoiselle d'Alais7th Generation Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Alençon · Louise Marie · Marie Anne Éléonore, Abbess of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs · Louise Élisabeth, Princess of Conti · Louise Anne, Countess of Charolais · Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Clermont · Henriette Louise, Mademoiselle de Sens · Élisabeth Alexandrine, Mademoiselle de Sens · Louise Henriette, Duchess of Orléans · Marie Adélaïde, Duchess of Orléans · Marie Louise, Mademoiselle de Penthièvre8th Generation 9th Generation 10th Generation Categories:- House of Bourbon-Condé
- House of Bourbon
- 17th-century French people
- 18th-century French people
- 1690 births
- 1760 deaths
- People from Versailles
- French Roman Catholic abbesses
- French Roman Catholic nuns
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