Longueville, Henri II d'Orléans, Duke de, Duke De Coulommiers

▪ French rebel

born , April 27, 1595

died May 11, 1663

      noted rebel in the French civil wars of the Fronde (Fronde, the), whose second wife was the celebrated Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, Duchess de Longueville (Longueville, Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, Duchess de) (q.v.).

      After taking part in the conspiracy against Cardinal de Richelieu in 1626, Longueville distinguished himself in the wars in Italy and Germany. His first wife, Louise de Bourbon-Soissons, having died in 1637, he then married in 1642 Anne-Geneviève of the princely house of Condé, who eventually drew him into the intrigues of the Fronde. By 1648 his campaigns had made him virtually sovereign in Normandy. Back in Paris early in 1649, he engaged in renewed rebellions later that year and was arrested (Jan. 18, 1650), along with the princes Condé and Conti. Freed, he became irritated by the pride of Condé and the adulteries of his wife and quit the rebel cause. He spent the rest of his life governing Normandy.

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