Toulouse, Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de

Toulouse, Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de

▪ French admiral general
(count of)
born June 6, 1678, Versailles, Fr.
died Dec. 1, 1737, Rambouillet

      French admiral general, a son of Louis XIV and his mistress Mme de Montespan.

      Legitimized in 1681, he was an admiral of France at 5, and at 12 he accompanied his father to Holland, where he was wounded in the siege of Naumur. In 1702 Toulouse was in charge of a squadron that fought at Messina and Palermo to have the rights of Louis XIV's grandson recognized as Philip V of Spain. On Aug. 24, 1704, he fought the British at Malaga; and, although the battle was indecisive, the English sustained heavy casualties. In all his battles, Toulouse demonstrated great courage.

      He married (1723) Marie-Victoiré-Sophie de Noailles, marquise de Gondrin, who was considered one of the most beautiful and intelligent women of the court and who presided over a famous salon. His father had made his illegitimate children princes of the blood, giving them preference and ranking over other nobles, an act that caused great dissension among the aristocracy. Although Toulouse was a partisan of the Duc de Maine, his brother, he did not interest himself enough in court intrigues, and remained a member of the council of regency (1715–23), which gave him approval to rebuild the navy.

      Toulouse was well liked at court. The memoirist Louis de Saint-Simon said of Toulouse that “he knew how to win over hearts by his gentle and agreeable manners, by his sense of fairness and generosity.” The daughter of Toulouse married the Duc de Chartres and was the mother of the future king Louis-Philippe.

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