Louis III, Prince of Condé

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Louis III of Bourbon (November 10 1668 – March 4 1710) was Prince of Condé for a short period of time, following the death of his father Henry III in 1709. For the most part of his life he thus was styled Duke of Bourbon. In 1685, Louis married Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes (1673-1743), an illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France. They had the following issue:

• Louis Henry I, Prince of Condé (1692-1740)
• Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon-Condé (1693-1775), married Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti
• Marie-Anne de Bourbon-Condé, Mlle de Clermont (1697-1741), married in secret and against her brother's wishes, to Louis de Melun, Duke of Joyeuse
• Louise-Anne de Bourbon-Condé, Mlle de Sens (1695-1768)
• Charles of Bourbon, Count of Charolais (1700-1760)
• Isabelle de Bourbon-Condé, Mlle de Gex (1701-1765)
• Henriette-Louise de Bourbon-Condé, Mlle de Vermandois, Abbess of Beaumont-les-Tours (1703-1772)
• Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont (1709-1771)