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Serving with the French armies he distinguished himself in the campaigns of 1742, 1743 and 1744, and at the Battle Of Fontenoy in 1745 , retiring to Bagnolet in 1757 , and occupying his time with theatrical performances and the society of men of letters. He died at St Assise . The duke married Louise Henriette De Bourbon-Conti ( 1726 – 1759 ), who bore him a son Philip (''Égalité'') , Duke Of Orléans , and a daughter Bathilde ( 1750 – 1822 ), who married the Last Duke Of Bourbon . His second wife, Charlotte-Jeanne Béraud De La Haye De Riou, Marquise De Montesson , whom he married secretly in 1773 , was a clever woman and an authoress of some repute. He had two natural sons, known as the Abbot Of St Far and the Abbot Of St Albin . See ''L'Automne d'un prince'', a collection of letters from the duke to his second wife, edited by J Hermand (1910). REFERENCES |
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