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Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre

Château de Rambouillet, 16 Nov 1725 – Château de Bizy, 4 Mar 1793

10 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born16 Nov 1725, Château de Rambouilletnot verified1 source
  • TitleGrand Huntsman of Franceor governor of Brittanynot verified1 source
  • Titlegovernor of Brittanyor Grand Huntsman of Francenot verified1 source
  • Died4 Mar 1793, Château de Bizynot verified1 source
  • FatherLouis Alexandre, Count of Toulousenot verified1 source
  • MotherMarie Victoire de Noaillesnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 16 Nov 1725

    Born in Château de Rambouillet

  2. 1746–1754

    7 children are born

  3. 4 Mar 1793

    Dies in Château de Bizy, aged 67

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 7

During his lifetime

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

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1720s · Louis is born in Château de Rambouillet

In the news1720–1721

The Great Plague of Marseilles

The Great Plague of Marseilles, the last major plague epidemic in France, devastated the region between 1720 and 1721.

Getting around

Travel by mule

A trip between San Remo and Genoa over 90 miles could take three days on muleback due to narrow, rugged mountain paths.

At the table

Bread as the Foundation of Daily Meals

The staple of the ordinary diet was bread, often consumed as a soup by soaking pieces in water, broth, or vegetable mixtures. This meal structure, centered on a starchy base accompanied by secondary savory foods, remained remarkably stable for centuries.

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

Teaching Dance via Written Notation

Dance masters used specialized choreographic notation created by Raoul Auger Feuillet to distribute and teach new dance steps between Paris and the provinces. By 1721, collections contained dozens of dances composed by masters like Pécour and Balon for the French court.

Daily life

Daily struggles for light and water

Domestic lighting relied on oil lamps, tallow candles, or wax candles, which were expensive and labor-intensive to manage. Families often had to fetch water manually from communal fountains, as running water in homes was not available.