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Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont

Versailles, 15 Jun 1709 – Paris, 16 Jun 1771

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Facts and their sources

  • Born15 Jun 1709, Versaillesnot verified1 source
  • TitleMember of the Académie française, 1753–1771not verified1 source
  • Died16 Jun 1771, Parisnot verified1 source
  • MotherLouise Françoise de Bourbonnot verified1 source
  • FatherLouis, Prince of Condénot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 15 Jun 1709

    Born in Versailles

  2. 1753–1771

    Member of the Académie française

  3. 16 Jun 1771

    Dies in Paris, aged 62

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Versailles.

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The 1700s · Louis is born in Versailles

In the news1709–1710

The Great Winter of 1709

The Great Winter of 1709 brought extreme cold and severe famine to France, marking one of the century's worst economic crises.

Getting around

Common modes of personal travel

While the wealthy used carriages, ordinary people frequently traveled on foot or relied on pack animals like mules for longer journeys between towns.

At the table

Famine food made of fern

During the 1709 famine, bread became so expensive that people made desperate loaves out of fern, which turned their skin yellow and left them too weak to stand.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Sunday Best for Working Women

Working-class women often kept a single outfit, similar to modern Sunday best, specifically for holidays and special public events.

Music

The Pocket-Sized Teacher's Violin

To make professional dance lessons convenient at home, masters used the pochette, a small, boat-shaped violin that could be easily carried in a pocket or sachet.

Daily life

Intense use of single-room dwellings

Ordinary homes often consisted of a single room used for all daily activities, including cooking, sleeping, and childcare, with furniture rearranged throughout the day. In rural areas, houses were typically made of wattle and daub with thatched roofs, often lacking glass windows and floorboards.