Louis, Count of Soissons

Louis de Bourbon
Count of Soissons
Contemporary portrait of Louis de Bourbon
Born(1604-05-01)1 May 1604
Paris, France
Died6 July 1641(1641-07-06) (aged 37)
Battle of La Marfée, Sedan, Ardennes, France
IssueLouis Henri, Count of Noyers
HouseBourbon-Condé
FatherCharles, Count of Soissons
MotherAnne de Montafié

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.