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Louis, Count of Soissons
Count of Soissons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Soissons (May 1604 – 6 July 1641) was the son of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and his wife, Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. A second cousin of Louis XIII of France he was a prince du Sang, those considered part of the royal family. Part of the faction who opposed Cardinal Richelieu and his policy of war with Spain, he was killed leading a revolt at the Battle of La Marfée in 1641.
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Louis de Bourbon | |
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Count of Soissons | |
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Born | (1604-05-01)1 May 1604 Paris, France |
Died | 6 July 1641(1641-07-06) (aged 37) Battle of La Marfée, Sedan, Ardennes, France |
Issue | Louis Henri, Count of Noyers |
House | Bourbon-Condé |
Father | Charles, Count of Soissons |
Mother | Anne de Montafié |
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