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CONDÉ Louis II de Bourbon, prince de (1621-1686) «le Grand Condé»

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CONDÉ Louis II de Bourbon, prince de (1621-1686) «le Grand Condé»

L.A.S. "Louis de Bourbon", [circa 1665], to his confidant Pierre LENET| 1 page in folio, address with black wax stamps on the arms.
A long letter on a marriage project between his nephew the Duke of Longueville and Princess Benedicte Palatine.
Jean-Louis-Charles d'Orléans, Duke of LONGUEVILLE (1646-1694), son of Henri II of Orléans and Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon-
Condé (sister of the Grand Condé), who showed signs of insanity, was ordained a priest in 1669 and interned in a monastery, by letter of seal, a few months later.
Bénédicte de Wittelsbach (1652-1730), daughter of Edward Prince Palatine and the slingshot
Anne de Gonzague de Clèves, was married in November 1668 to Jean-Frédéric de Brunswick-Calenberg. In 1663, Condé had married his son Henri-Jules to Benedicte's sister,
Anne of Bavaria]. "My sister arrived this evening and told me that she had carried the articles and that they wanted to oblige her to speak about it, thinking that they had worn out everything else so that they did not want to oblige her son, who had acquired the goods, to speak about it, thinking that they had worn out everything else so that they did not want to oblige her son to speak about it. Princess Benedict has asked me to write you about it and I can see that you will be very pleased to talk to Princess Palatine about it because she will not do it at all and I think it is good that Princess Palatine uses it well. She also says that we want the community to be able to renounce the community in a collateral line and that the people of her council have said that this should not be done. Mr. Le Nain has been asked to tell you this but she asked me to write it to you and I think you should talk to Princess Palatine about it and let her see my letter if she needs to.
I want Mr. de Longueville very much, I think he is better than I thought he was, he is more witty and he is well done, he is a little fastidious in his manners, but in truth I think he