Prince de Conde

Overview

The Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, whose seat was the château of Chantilly. The last Prince de Condé, Louis Henri Joseph, died in 1830 and the Condé estates, including Chantilly, passed to his great-nephew Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale (en.wikipedia «Louis Henri, Prince of Condé»; «Princes of Condé»). The entry is filed among the aristocracy.

Relevance to Marie

Not a person Marie meets. On 10 October 1874 the old butler Arthur, a garrulous fellow, tells her that «son père et lui ont toujours été dans des maisons royales, et comment il était cocher de je ne sais quel prince de Condé, et comment sont les écuries de Chantilly» (024.0284). So Arthur claims to have been coachman to a prince of Condé; Marie does not say which, and the last prince died forty-four years before. The story reflects his pride in the stables of Chantilly, which Marie, passionate about horses, notes.

References in Diary

• 1874-10-10 (024.0284)

Sources

en.wikipedia «Louis Henri, Prince of Condé» (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Henri,_Prince_of_Cond%C3%A9); «Princes of Condé».