Princess of Conti

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The title of Princess of Conti was a French noble title, held by the wife of the Prince of Conti between 1582 and 1803 with an intermission between 1614 and 1654.

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Princesses of Conti

First Creation

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame PrincessCeased to be PrincessDeathHusband
Engraved portrait of Jeanne de Coesme, Princess of Conti.jpg Jeanne-Françoise de Coeme, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable Louis de Coesme, Seigneur of Lucé
(Coesme)
1560158227 December 1601 François I
Circa 1610 portrait of Louise Marguerite of Lorraine as Princess of Conti wearing a crown (Musee Conde).jpg Louise Marguerite of Guise Henry I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise
(Guise)
158824 July/1 May 16053 August 1614
husband's death
30 April 1631

Second Creation

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame PrincessCeased to be PrincessDeathHusband
Anna Maria Martonozzi, Princess of Conti by an unknown artist (Palace of Versailles).jpg Anne Marie Martinozzi Girolamo Martinozzi
(Martinozzi)
163722 February 165421 February 1666
husband's death
4 February 1672 Armand I
Marie Anne de Bourbon par Rigaud c.1706.jpg Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France Louis XIV of France
(Bourbon)
2 October 166616 January 16809 November 1685
husband's death
3 May 1739 Louis Armand I
Pierre Mignard portrait painting of Marie Therese de Bourbon (1666-1732), Princess of Conti.jpg Marie Thérèse de Bourbon
[1] [2]
Henri Jules de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
(Bourbon)
1 February 166622 January 168822 February 1709
husband's death
22 February 1732 François Louis
Portrait of Louise Elisabeth de Bourbon (1693-1775), Princess of Conti by Pierre Gobert.jpg Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon
[3]
Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
(Bourbon)
22 November 16939 July 17134 May 1727
husband's death
27 May 1775 Louis Armand II
Pierre Gobert - Portrait of a Princess of Conti - Versailles MV 3821.jpg Louise Diane d'Orléans
[2]
Philippe d'Orléans
(Orléans)
27 June 171621 January 173226 September 1736 Louis François
Haudebourt-Lescot - Posthumous portrait of Maria Fortunata d'Este.jpg Princess Maria Fortunata of Modena
[2] [4]
Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
(Este)
24 November 173127 February 17592 August 1776
husband's accession
21 September 1803 Louis François Joseph

Notes

  1. Also Titular Queen consort of Poland.
  2. 1 2 3 Also Countess of La Marche.
  3. Also Duchess of Mercœur.
  4. Maria Fortunata and Louis François II separated in 1777, but remained legally married under French law.

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