Portrait of Duchess of Maine. Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon (1676-1753) was the daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and Anne Henriette of Bavaria. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a princesse du sang. Forced to marry the Duke of Maine, she revelled in politics and the arts, and held a popular salon at the Hotel du Maine as well as at the Chateau de Sceaux. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Galerie de Femmes Celebres by M. Sainte-Beuve 1864


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