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GRAND DAUPHIN (Louis de Bourbon, known as le). Autograph letter signed "Louis" to his half-brother the Count of Toulouse. Château de Marly, 24 June 1695. 2 pp. 1/3 in-12; autograph envelope preserved ("To my brother and cousin Monsieur le conte de Toulouse"), with red wax armorial seal. "This is my reply to your two letters, as I am very lazy when it comes to writing when I am not in the mood. There is no news to send you from this country. We expect some from you, I hope they will be good. IF THE ENEMIES WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THEY HAVE AT LEAST GIVEN YOU TIME TO GET USED TO THEM AND TO PREPARE YOURSELF TO RECEIVE THEM WELL. Give my compliments to the Duc du Maine, to Mr le ma[récha]l de Villeroy, to Mr le prince de Conty, give them also to Mr le duc on the acouchement of madame la duchesse and tell him that I am very sorry that he has only one daughter [la veille, Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, legitimate daughter of Louis XIV and wife of the Duke Louis de Bourbon and future Prince de Condé, had given birth to a daughter, Louise-Anne, known as Mademoiselle de Charolais]. I will finish, for lack of material, by assuring you that I am all yours...". THE COUNT OF TOULOUSE AT THE SIEGE OF NAMUR. At the age of seventeen, Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, was the legitimate son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. He was serving in the army commanded by his brother the Duc du Maine and Marshal de Villeroy, engaged in operations to lift the siege of Namur, where Marshal de Boufflers was defending himself against the coalition forces. Despite the bombardment of Brussels and a military engagement in August, the latter had to surrender at the beginning of September. "SON OF A KING, FATHER OF A KING, AND NEVER KING" (SAINT-SIMON). The eldest child of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse of Austria, the "Grand Dauphin" was trained to reign, receiving a meticulous education (notably from Bossuet), and also developing a pronounced taste for the arts. He died prematurely of smallpox, before his father, but one of his sons ascended the Spanish throne, and Louis XV was one of his grandsons.
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