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.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Husband |
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Jeanne-Françoise de Coeme, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable | Louis de Coesme, Seigneur of Lucé (Coesme) | 1560 | 1582 | 27 December 1601 | François I | |||
Louise Marguerite of Guise | Henry I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (Guise) | 1588 | 24 July/1 May 1605 | 3 August 1614 husband's death | 30 April 1631 |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Husband |
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Anne Marie Martinozzi | Girolamo Martinozzi (Martinozzi) | 1637 | 22 February 1654 | 21 February 1666 husband's death | 4 February 1672 | Armand I | ||
Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France | Louis XIV of France (Bourbon) | 2 October 1666 | 16 January 1680 | 9 November 1685 husband's death | 3 May 1739 | Louis Armand I | ||
Marie Thérèse de Bourbon [1] [2] | Henri Jules de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (Bourbon) | 1 February 1666 | 22 January 1688 | 22 February 1709 husband's death | 22 February 1732 | François Louis | ||
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon [3] | Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (Bourbon) | 22 November 1693 | 9 July 1713 | 4 May 1727 husband's death | 27 May 1775 | Louis Armand II | ||
Louise Diane d'Orléans [2] | Philippe d'Orléans (Orléans) | 27 June 1716 | 21 January 1732 | 26 September 1736 | Louis François | |||
Princess Maria Fortunata of Modena [2] [4] | Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (Este) | 24 November 1731 | 27 February 1759 | 2 August 1776 husband's accession | 21 September 1803 | Louis François Joseph |
Pope Innocent XIII, born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He is the last pope to date to take the pontifical name of "Innocent" upon his election.
The Most Serene House of Bourbon-Condé, named after Condé-en-Brie now in the Aisne département, was a French princely house and a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The name of the house was derived from the title of Prince of Condé that was originally assumed around 1557 by the French Protestant leader, Louis de Bourbon (1530–1569), uncle of King Henry IV of France, and borne by his male-line descendants.
François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti was the third son of Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, a junior line of the House of Bourbon, and his first wife Eléanor de Roucy de Roye. He was given the title of Marquis of Conti and between 1581 and 1597 was elevated to the rank of a prince. The title of Prince of Conti was honorary and did not carry any territorial jurisdiction.
Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, was a French nobleman, the younger son of Henri II, Prince of Condé and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, daughter of Henri I, Duke of Montmorency. He was the brother of le Grand Condé and Anne Geneviève, Duchess of Longueville. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang.
William Conti is an American composer and conductor, best known for his film scores, including Rocky, The Karate Kid, For Your Eyes Only, Dynasty, The Big Chill and The Right Stuff, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He also received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only. He was the musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times.
François Louis de Bourbon, le Grand Conti, was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother, Louis Armand de Bourbon, in 1685. Until this date, he used the title of Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon. He was son of Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and Anne Marie Martinozzi, daughter of Girolamo Martinozzi and niece of Cardinal Mazarin, through her mother. He was proclaimed as the King of Poland in 1697. He is the most famous member of the Conti family, a cadet branch of the Princes of Condé. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a prince du sang.
The title of Prince of Conti was a French noble title, assumed by a cadet branch of the princely house of Bourbon-Condé.
Bruno Conti is an Italian football manager and former player. He is currently head of A.S. Roma's youth sector.
Vosne-Romanée is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Anne Marie Martinozzi, Princess of Conti was a French aristocrat and court official. She was a niece of King Louis XIV of France's chief minister Cardinal Mazarin, and the wife of Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti. She became the mother of the libertine François Louis, Prince of Conti, le Grand Conti. Her marriage to the Prince of Conti made her a princesse du Sang. She served as Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine for the queen dowager, Anne of Austria, between 1657 and 1666.
Leonardo Conti was the Reich Health Leader in Nazi Germany. The murder of many Germans who were of "unsound mind" is attributed to his leadership. On 19 May 1945, after Germany's surrender, Conti was imprisoned and in October hanged himself to avoid trial.
Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Conti at birth, was a French princess, who, by marriage, became Duchess of Chartres (1743–1752), then Duchess of Orléans (1752–1759) upon the death of her father-in-law. On 4 February 1752, her husband became the head of the House of Orléans, and the First Prince of the Blood, the most important personage after the immediate members of the royal family.
Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, born Marie Anne de La Blaume Le Blanc, by her marriage Princess of Conti then Princess Dowager of Conti, suo jureDuchess of La Vallière and of Vaujours was a French noblewoman as the eldest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV, King of France, born from his mistress Louise de La Vallière, and the king's favourite daughter. She married Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti in 1680 and was widowed in 1685. She never married again and had no issue. Upon her mother's death, she became the suo jure Duchess of La Vallière and of Vaujours.
The 1721 papal conclave, convoked after the death of Pope Clement XI, elected Cardinal Michelangelo de' Conti, who took the name of Innocent XIII.
A prince du sang is a person legitimately descended in male line from a sovereign. The female equivalent was princess of the blood, being applied to the daughter of a prince of the blood. The most prominent examples include members of the French royal line, but the term prince of the blood has been used in other families more generally, for example among the British royal family and when referring to the Shinnōke in Japan.
Louise Diane d'Orléans was Princess of Conti from her marriage to Prince Louis François in 1732, until her death in childbirth. She was the youngest child of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan. She was born while her father was the regent for Louis XV. Some sources referred to her as Louis Diane.
Louise Françoise, Duchess of Bourbon was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan. She was said to have been named after her godmother, Louise de La Vallière, the woman her mother had replaced as the king's mistress. Before her marriage, she was known at court as Mademoiselle de Nantes.
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon was a daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his wife, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, légitimée de France, a legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his famous mistress, Madame de Montespan.
Marie Thérèse de Bourbon was the titular Queen consort of Poland in 1697. She was the daughter of the Prince of Condé. As a member of France's reigning House of Bourbon, she was a princesse du sang.
Leopoldo Conti was an Italian professional football player and coach, who played as a striker or winger.