Both Louis XIV and his successor Louis XV fathered a small regiment of royal bastards. Louis XIV would eventually officially recognize his illegitimate offspring which secured them a future at court or even secure them marriages into the most illustrious families of France - to the mixed consternation and joy of his courtiers.
However, Louis XV was reluctant to recognize his illegitimate children which meant that they would never gain the same influence and status at court as their fellow-bastards. This is also why - as you will see in the following - that few of their lives are as well-known as their counterparts.
Read more on the Royal Bastards here.
Louis XIV's Illegitimate Children
By Louise de La Vallière:
Charles de La Baume le Blanc
Born: 19 December 1663
Died: 15 July 1665
Philippe de La Baume le Blanc
Born: 7 January 1665
Died: 1666
Louis de La Baume le Blanc
Born: 27 December 1665
Died: 1666
Born: 2 October 1666
Married: Louis Armand, Prince de Conti
Died: 3 May 1739
Born: 2 October 1667
Died: 18 November 1683
By Madame de Montespan:
Born: 1669
Died: 1672
Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine
Born: 31 March 1670
Married: Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon
Died: 14 May 1736
Louis César de Bourbon, Comte de Vexin:
Born: 1672
Died: 1683
Louise Francoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes
Born:1 June 1671
Married: Louis, Prince de Condé
Died: 16 June 1743
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours:
Born: 1674
Died: 1681
Francoise Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois:
Born: 4 May 1677
Married: Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans
Died: 1 February 1749
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse:
Born: 6 June 1678
Married: Marie Victoire de Noailles
Died: 1 December 1737
By Claude de Vin:
Born: 17 June 1676
Married: Bernard de Prez, Baron de La Queue
Died: 12 September 1712
Louis XV's Illegitimate Children
By Pauline Félicité de Mailly:
By Jeanne Perray:
By Marie-Louise O'Murphy:
By Francoise de Châlus, Duchesse de Narbonne-Lara:
By Marguerite Catherine Haynault:
By Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing:
By Anne Coppier de Romans, Baronne de Meilly-Coulonge:
Charles Emmanuel Marie Magdelon de Vintimille, Marquis du Luc
Born: 2 September 1741
Married: Adélaide de Castillane
Died: 24 February 1814
Status: recognized by Pauline's husband but was generally considered to be the son of Louis.
His appearance was so like the king's that he was called Demi-Louis
Amélie Florimonde de Norville
Born: 11 January 1753
Married: Ange de Faure
Died: 27 December 1790
Status: Her registered father was a non-existing person while the royal paternity was later
proved
Agathe Louise de Saint-Antoine de Saint-André, Marquise de La Charce
Born: 20 May 1754
Married: René Jean de La Tour du Pin
Died: 6 September 1774
Status: Certainly Louis' daughter but not officially recognized. She was given an official
recognition of nobility so she could marry into the aristocracy
Marguerite Victoire Le Normant de Flaghac, Comtesse de Chousy
Born: 5 January 1768
Married: (I) Jean-Didier Mansard, Comte de Chousy, (II) Constant Lenormant d'Étiolles
Died: 1814
Status: Officially recognized by Marie-Louise's second husband but most likely the king's
Philippe Louis Marie Innocent Christophe Juste de Narbonne-Lara, Duc de Narbonne-Lara
Born: 28 December 1750
Married: Antoinette-Francoise-Claudine de La Roche-Aymon
Died: 10 May 1834
Status: Recognized by Francoise's husband
Louis Marie Jacques Amalric de Narbonne-Lara, Comte de Narbonne-Lara
Born: 23 August 1755
Married: Marie Adélaide de Montholon
Died: 17 November 1813
Status: Recognized by Francoise's husband
Note: Louis is believed to have been the father of both boys mainly because the Duc de Narbonne-Lara had been wounded in battle in such a manner as would render him "unable to produce offspring". Meanwhile, the Duchesse was the king's mistress for a brief period.
Agnès Louise de Montreuil
Born: 20 May 1760
Married: Gaspard d'Arod de Montmelas
Died: 2 September 1837
Status: Paternity officially attributed to a non-existing person
Anne Louise de La Réale, Comtesse de Geslin
Born: 17 November 1762
Married: René Guillaume Paul Gabriel Etienne de Geslin, Comte de Geslin
Died: 30 April 1831
Status: Paternity also registred to a non-existing person
Agnès Lucie Auguste, Vicomtesse de Boysseuilh
Born: 14 April 1761
Married: Charles de Boysseuilh, Vicomte de Boysseuilh
Died: 4 July 1822
Status: Paternity placed with non-existing person
Aphrodite Lucie Auguste
Born: 8 March 1763
Married: Jules de Boysseuilh (her step-brother!)
Died: 22 February 1819
Status: Paternity placed with non-existing person
Note: Louis XV left both an annual sum of 24.300 livres as well as a capital of 223.000 livres. Louis XVI would later give them both official recognition of nobility
Louis Aimé de Bourbon, Abbé de Saint Vincent de Metz
Born: 13 January 1762
Died: 28 February 1787
Status: Only illegitimate child to be recognized by Louis XV
By Jeanne Louise Tiercelin de La Colleterie, Madame de Bonneval:
Benoît Louis le Duc
Born: 7 February 1764
Married: unknown
Died: 1837
Status: Both registred parents did not exist
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