| Louis de Bourbon | |||||
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| Count of Clermont | |||||
 Portrait by Drouais, 1771 | |||||
| Born | 15 June 1709 Palace of Versailles, France | ||||
| Died | 16 June 1771 (aged 62) Paris, France | ||||
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| Father | Louis, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé | ||||
| Mother | Louise Françoise de Bourbon | ||||
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Louis de Bourbon (15 June 1709 – 16 June 1771)[1][2] was a member of the cadet branch of the then reigning House of Bourbon. He is known for leading French forces in Germany during the Seven Years' War where he took command in 1758 following the failed French Invasion of Hanover. He was unable to break through Ferdinand of Brunswick's Anglo-German army and capture Hanover. He was Count of Clermont from birth.
- ^ Jules Cousin, Le Comte de Clermont: Sa Cour et Ses Maitresses, Paris: Académie des Bibliophiles, 1867.
- ^ Willis, Daniel, The Descendants of Louis XIII, Clearfield Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1999, ISBN 0-8063-4942-5. p. 74.