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Louis Auguste war das dritte Kind der Madame de Montespan aus ihrer Beziehung mit dem französischen König Ludwig XIV. Er erblickte das Licht der Welt am 31. März 1670 und starb am 14. Mai 1736. Er war der Lieblingssohn von Ludwig XIV.
Madame de Montespan beschreibt ihren Sohn Louis Auguste in ihren Memoiren: "The Duc du Maine, Madame de Maintenon's special pupil, was so well trained to all the exigencies of his position and his rank, that such premature perfection caused him to pass for a prodigy. Than his, no smile could be more winning and sweet; no one could carry himself with greater dignity and ease. He limps slightly, which is a great pity, especially as he has such good looks, and so graceful a figure; his lameness, indeed was entirely the result of an accident, - a sad accident, due to teething." (in: Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan – Being Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV., Volume 1, pp. 260-261).
Madame de Montespan vergleicht den ältesten legitimen Sohn von Ludwig XIV., den Dauphin Ludwig, mit ihrem Sohn Louis Auguste: "His Majesty [Ludwig XIV.] had to support to the end this son [seinen legitimen Sohn Ludwig], legitimate as much as you like, but altogether in degree, and with a person which formed a perpetual contrast with the person of the King. It was my Duc du Maine [Louis Auguste] who should have been in the eminent position of Monseigneur [Dauphin Ludwig]. Nature willed it so. She had proved it sufficiently by lavishing all her favours on him, all her graces; but the laws of convention and usage would not have it. His Majesty has made this same reflection, groaning, more than once." (in: Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan, Volume 2, p. 76).
Louis Auguste muss ein außergewöhnlicher Mensch gewesen sein, der von so vielen Leuten, die ihn kannten, sehr geliebt wurde, wie von seinem Vater, dem französischen König Ludwig XIV., seiner Erzieherin und Ersatzmutter, Madame de Maintenon, und sogar Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans (1627-1693), der Herzogin von Montpensier: "Mademoiselle de Montpensier received him [Louis Auguste] with rapture. He thanked her for what she had done for him, in granting him her colours [ihr Wappen], and upon that Mademoiselle asked his permission to embrace him, and to tell him how amiable and worthy of belonging to the King she found him. ... She passed into another apartment, where she was to be seen represented as Bellona. Two Loves were representing her, one with his helm adorned with martial plumes, the other with his buckler of gold, with the Orléans-Montpensier arms. The laurel crown with which Triumphs were ornamenting her head, and the scaled cuirass of Pallas completed her decoration. M. le Duc du Maine [Louis Auguste] praised, without affectation, the intelligence of the artist; and as for the figure and the likeness, he said to the Princess [Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans]: 'You are good, but you are better.' The calm and naïveté of this compliment made Mademoiselle shed tears. Her emotion was visible, she embraced my son anew. 'You have brought him up perfectly,' she said to Madame de Maintenon. 'His urbanity is of good origin; that is how a King's son ought to act and speak.' ... [Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans teilt Madame de Maintenon mit:] 'Be good enough to inform His Majesty, this evening, that I offer to give, at once, to his dear and amiable child [Louis Auguste] the County of Eu and my Sovereignty of Dombes, adding the revenues to them if it is necessary.' Madame de Maintenon, who worships her pupil, kissed the hand of Mademoiselle and promised to return and see her immediately." (in: Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan, Volume 2, pp. 40-41/45).
Louis Auguste heiratete am 19. Mai 1692 Louise Bénédicte von Bourbon (1676-1753), die ihm sieben Kinder schenkte.
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