Descent of Louis XIV

Legitimate children of Louis XIV

Louis XIV had six children with his legitimate wife, Marie-Therese of Austria (1638-1683):

Only the first reached the adulthood. It had itself three children:

1. Louis (August 6th 1682 † February 19th 1712), duke of Burgundy;

2. Philippe (December 19th 1683 † July 9th 1746), duke of Anjou, then king d' Espagne under the name of Philippe V;
3. Charles (July 31st 1686 † May 5th 1714), duke of Berry.

Louis XV (1710 - 1774), which was to succeed Louis XIV, was only the third wire of the duke of Burgundy, the second, Louis de France (1707-1712), titrated duke of Brittany, having died a few days after his/her father. He was thus the great-grandson of Louis XIV.

Natural children of Louis XIV

Louis XIV had sixteen or seventeen natural children (known as formerly bastard) known, of which eights were legitimated and six reached the adulthood. It had as a policy to marry them in the side branches of the house of Bourbon: Bourbon-cop, Bourbon-Conti, Orleans, not without causing sharp resistances of the interested parties. The aim in view was not only to ensure bastard satisfactory position at the court, but especially to lower the branches juniors, which was the constant policy of a monarch who had never forgotten the lessons of the Fronde.

This policy was however to make the fortune of the house of Orleans. Indeed, none of the nine children of the duke of Maine not having had a posterity, it is the duke of Chartres, future Philippe-Equality, which collected, by its marriage with Adélaïde de Penthièvre, girl of the duke of Penthièvre, only sons of the count de Toulouse, the colossal heritage of legitimated.

• Of NR… (girl of a gardener of Versailles) ( Memories of Saint-Simon)

1. NR… (born about 1660)

• Of Louise Francoise of the Balsam the White, duchess of Vallière: 6 children whose only 2 last will reach the adulthood and will be legitimated:

1. Charles (born on November 19th, 1663, dead at the end of 1665).

2. Philippe (born on January 7th, 1665, dead at the end of July 1666).
3. Louis (born on December 27th? , dead young person).
4. NR…. (young dead).
5. Marie Anne of Bourbon, known as “the first Miss de Blois” (October 2nd 1666 - May 3rd 1739), legitimated (April 13rd 1667), married (January 16th 1680) with Louis Armand Ier of Bourbon-Conti.
6. Louis de Bourbon, count de Vermandois (October 3rd 1667 - November 18th 1683), legitimated (February 1669).

• Of Francoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marchioness of Montespan: 8 legitimated children whose 6 and 4 reached the adulthood:

1. NR…, of male sex (born and died in 1669)

2. Louise-Francoise (March 1669 - February 23rd 1672)
3. Louis Auguste of Bourbon, duke of Maine (March 31st 1670 - May 14th 1736), legitimated (December 20th 1673), married on March 19th 1692 with AsLouise Benedicte of Bourbon-Cop. Of this union come seven children all, without posterity.
4. Louis César de Bourbon, count de Vexin (June 20th 1672 - January 10th 1683), legitimated (December 20th, 1673).
5. Louise Francoise de Bourbon, “Miss de Nantes” (June 1st 1673 - June 16th 1743), legitimated (December 20th, 1673), married on July 24th 1685 with Louis III of Bourbon-Cop, duke of Bourbon, 6th prince de Condé. From this union were born nine children.
6. Louise Marie Anne of Bourbon, “Miss de Tours” (November 18th 1674 - September 15th 1681), legitimated (January 1676).
7. Francoise-Marie de Bourbon, known as “the second Miss de Blois” (May 4th 1677 - February 1st 1749), legitimated (November 1681), married (February 18th 1692) with Philippe, duke of Orleans, future Regent of France.
8. Louis-Alexandre

• Of Wine Claude of the Eyelets, chambermaid of Mrs. de Montespan:

• Of the Marie Angelica of Scorailles, duchess of Fontanges:

1. NR…. (young death in 1681).