| Louis
(1709-1771)
comte de Clermont, abbot of St Germain des Prés His parents: Louis III and
Mlle de Nantes
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| His father had wanted to give him the title of comte de la Marche but with honesty for his Conti cousins, he chooses to leave this title in this junior branch junior. Although in religion, Louis obtains from the pope Clément XII to be able to carry weapons. He is the only normal member of his generation. Very cultivated he will eventually enter the Academie. General lieutenant in 1735, he takes part in the campaigns in the Netherlands. In charge of the command of the army of Bohemia, he is defeated at Krefeld.(1753). He then proposes to rebuild the army after the defeats undergone while figthing agianst Frederick II of Prussia during of the Seven Year war. It chaired a private technical academy which where erudites and artists could meet. He was also member of the French Academy. He maintained a friendship with the marquise de Pompadour of which he carried a rosette when he went to combat. He was a freemason and became in 1743, Grand Master of the Grande Loge of the kingdom. At his death he will be replaced at this position by Philippe (- Egalité) d’Orleans. He was also Grand Pieur de Malta. Although without alliance, he had two natural children of Mlle Leduc, marquise de Tourvoie: of which the abbé Leduc who was to use the name of abbot of Vendôme. | |
