Louis Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy (father of Louis XV)

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Family Name:	Bourbon	Given Names:	Louis
Titles:	Duke of Burgundy
Born:	6 Aug 1682 Unknown place	Died:	18 Feb 1712 Unknown place (Age 30, Natural Causes)
	English/Scottish Royal Blood: 1.3620854%   [?]	Buried:	Unknown place
Father:	Louis (Le Grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV of France)		1661 - 15 Apr 1711
Mother:	Marie-Anne of Bavaria (daughter-in-law of Louis XIV)		1660 - 1690
Marriage:	Marie-Adelaide of Savoy (mother of Louis XV of France)		6 Dec 1685 - 12 Feb 1712
	Date: 7 Dec 1697	His Age: 15	Her Age: 12
	Place:  Versailles, France
	Offspring:
+0	Louis Bourbon, Duke of Brittany (1704 cr)		25 Jun 1704 - 13 Apr 1705
+0	Louis Bourbon, Duke of Brittany (1707 cr)		8 Jan 1707 - 8 Mar 1712
+10	Louis XV, King of France		15 Feb 1710 - 10 May 1774
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Notes:
When Louis was born in 1682, it was the first time in 135 years that a grandson had been born to a reigning king of France (Louis XIV).
Louis was very studious as he grew into adulthood, and read the Abbe de Choisy's life of Charles V several times. Choisy consulted Louis when writing his next work, a life of Charles VI, and asked how he would convey that Charles was mad. "I should say he was mad," responded Louis.
Louis's grandfather Louis XIV appointed him to his council when he was 18.
Louis was very fond of tennis, and his critics noted that he spent more time playing tennis during his term as a soldier than on military matters.
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