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CONDE CONDER 215 1806); "Life of the Great Conde," by Lord Mahon (London, 1840) ; Histoire du grand Conde, by Lemercier (Tours, 1844) ; and His- toire du grand Conde, by Voivreuil (Tours, 1847). V. Henri Jnles dc Bourbon, prince de, son of the preceding, born in 1643, died April 1, 1709. In 1650, while his father was in prison, a royal order was received that the duchess and her son, then known as the duke d'Enghien, should be conveyed to Berry. A servant, personating her mistress, detained the royal messenger while the duke and his mother took flight to Bordeaux. After many adven- tures the duke in 1654 rejoined his father in the Netherlands, and commenced a brilliant career in arms. In 1663 he married Anne of Bavaria, princess palatine of the Rhine. He served in the army of Flanders in 1667, in Franche-Comte in 1668, and in Holland in 1672. In 1674 he saved the life of his father at Senef, and in 1675 captured Limburg. In his later years he manifested strange humors ; his avarice and the excessive care which he took of his health rendered him the laughing- stock of the court. VI. Lonis III. de Bourbon, duke de Bourbon-Cond6, son of the preceding, born in 1668, died in Paris, March 4, 1710. He was grand master of the royal household, governor of Burgundy, and manifested mili- tary capacity equal to that of his grandfather, the great Conde ; but he never held the chief command of an army. He took part in the siege of Philippsburg under the orders of the dauphin, in that of Mons under the king, and in that of Namur in 1692. He distinguished himself at the battles of Steenkerke, 1692, and Neerwinden, 1693, and in the campaign of Flanders in 1694. He died suddenly. VII. Louis Henri de Bourbon, duke de Bourbon and Enghien, son of the preceding. See BOURBON, Louis HENRI. VIII. Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Conde, son of the preceding, born at Chantilly, Aug. 9, 1736, died in Paris, May 13, 1818. He was three years old when his father, the duke de Bourbon, late minister of Louis XV., left him an orphan. He distin- guished himself during the seven years' war, especially at the battle of Johannisberg, Aug. 30, 1762. His life at the commencement of the revolution was marked by many acts of munificence and liberality ; but after the taking of the Bastile he was among those who at once emigrated, and, with the count d'Artois, or- ganized on the banks of the Rhine the French army of emigrants, afterward styled armee de Conde. This body, in concert with the Aus- trian army with which it was incorporated, took an active part in the campaign of 1793 on the banks of the Rhine. In 1795 the prince entered into secret negotiations with Pichegru, who was in command of the republican French army, but without success. The army of Conde, increased to 10,000 men in 1796, re- ceived their pay from England, although con- tinuing to operate with the Austrian troops. After the peace of Campo Formio in 1797, Conde repaired to Russia, and took part with the Russians in the campaign of 1799 in Switz- erland ; afterward with the Austrians in that of 1800 ; and finally retired to England in June, 1801. On the restoration he returned to France with Louis XVIII., who appointed him colonel general of the infantry and grand master of the royal household. He resided at Paris in the Palais Bourbon, but more frequently at Chan- tilly. He wrote Essai sur la vie du grand Con- de (London, 1806), reprinted in the Memoir es de la maison de Conde, published by Sevelinges in 1820. IX. Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon, duke de Bourbon, and the last prince de Conde, son of the preceding. See BOURBON, Louis HENRI JOSEPH. X. Louise Adelaide de Bourbon, sister of the preceding, distinguished for her piety, born at Chantilly, Oct. 5, 1757, died in Paris, March 10, 1824. Having emigrated with her family during the revolution, she became an inmate of the Carmelite nunnery of Turin, and took the veil, Sept. 27, 1797, at a convent in Switzerland. On the arrival of the republican army in that country she fled to Russia, and eventually found a refuge at Warsaw. When she heard of the death of her nephew the duke d'Enghien, she repaired to England to comfort' his father; and from 1815 to the time of her death she resided in Paris, where the king pre- sented her with the maison du Temple. She established here the religious order of the ado- ration perpetuelle, of which she had been a member during her stay at Warsaw, under the name of Marie Louise de la Misericorde. The letters written by her in !786-'7, to M. de la Gervaisais (an officer for whom in her early days she had conceived a Platonic love), were published by M. Ballanche in 1834. See His- toire des princes de Conde, by the duke d'Au- male (2 vols., Paris, 1869), translated into Eng- lish by Robert Brown-Borthwick (2 vols., Lon- don, 1872). CONDE, Jose Antonio, a Spanish orientalist and historian, born at Paraleja, in the prov- ince of Cuenca, about 1765, died in Madrid in 1820 or 1821. He was educated at Alcala, ap- plied himself to the study of oriental languages, and obtained employment at the royal library of Madrid. Joseph Bonaparte appointed him chief librarian. When the French were driven from Spain, he repaired to Paris, but subse- quently returned to Madrid. He wrote a De- scription de Espafla (1799), and Historia de la dominacion de los Ardbes en Espana (3 vols. fol., with plates, Madrid, 1820-'21 ; 8vo, Paris, 1840 ; translated into French by Maries, into German by Kuttschmann, 1824-'5, and into English by Mrs. Jonathan Forster, 1854). CONDER, Josiah, an English publisher and author, born in London, Sept. 17, 1789, died Dec. 27, 1855. In 1814 he purchased the "Eclectic Review," which he edited till 1837. In 1824 the "Modern Traveller" was com- menced, extending to 33 volumes, nearly all of which were compiled by Mr. Conder. In 1832 he became editor of the "Patriot," a news-