Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine
French noble (1670-1736) · France · On the map · Historical Figures · Died at 66
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, duc du Maine was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. He was later legitimized and became the king's favourite son. He was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname.
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Louis-Auguste as a child, by an unknown painter
The Duke of Maine with his younger brother covering the portrait of a little girl with a black cloth, by Pierre Mignard.![Portrait engraved in 1703 by Pierre Drevet after a painting by François de Troy. The engraving shows Maine as he wished to be seen: a soldier and sovereign Prince of the Dombes with a closed crown and sceptre. The Latin title, Ludovicus Augustus Dei gratia Dombarum Princeps, also promoted his claim, but in France there was an unwillingness to regard him as anything more than a duke. Later, after the death of Louis XIV, the regent, Philippe d'Orléans, had the engraved plate destroyed. Very few prints survive.[4] This copy is made from a print at Harvard University's Fogg Museum.[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Pierre_Drevet_-_Louis-Auguste_de_Bourbon.jpg/500px-Pierre_Drevet_-_Louis-Auguste_de_Bourbon.jpg)
Portrait engraved in 1703 by Pierre Drevet after a painting by François de Troy. The engraving shows Maine as he wished to be seen: a soldier and sovereign Prince of the Dombes with a closed crown and sceptre. The Latin title, Ludovicus Augustus Dei gratia Dombarum Princeps, also promoted his claim, but in France there was an unwillingness to regard him as anything more than a duke. Later, after the death of Louis XIV, the regent, Philippe d'Orléans, had the engraved plate destroyed. Very few prints survive.[4] This copy is made from a print at Harvard University's Fogg Museum.[5]
The Duke of Maine, by Jacques Antoine Friquet de Vauroze, 1698.
