Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de (än zhənəvyĕv` də b
rbôN`-kôNdā` düshĕs` də lôNgvēl`), 1619–79, daughter of Henry II de Condé and sister of the Great Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé. A noted beauty, she maintained a long liaison with the duc de La Rochefoucauld and joined him as a leader of the Fronde Fronde (frôNd), 1648–53, series of outbreaks during the minority of King Louis XIV, caused by the efforts of the Parlement of
..... Click the link for more information. . A determined enemy of Cardinal Mazarin, she obtained the assistance of her brother Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti, 1629–66, son of Henry II de Condé (see under Condé , family) and brother of Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, with whom he was in rivalry.
..... Click the link for more information. , during the first Fronde, and that of the Vicomte de Turenne and her brother, the Great Condé, during the second Fronde. She made her peace with the court in 1653. Much of her remaining life was spent in convents, notably that of Port-Royal, which through her influence was saved from persecution in her lifetime.
rbôN`-kôNdā` düshĕs` də lôNgvēl`), 1619–79, daughter of Henry II de Condé and sister of the Great Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé. A noted beauty, she maintained a long liaison with the duc de La Rochefoucauld and joined him as a leader of the Fronde Fronde (frôNd), 1648–53, series of outbreaks during the minority of King Louis XIV, caused by the efforts of the Parlement of..... Click the link for more information. . A determined enemy of Cardinal Mazarin, she obtained the assistance of her brother Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti, 1629–66, son of Henry II de Condé (see under Condé , family) and brother of Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, with whom he was in rivalry.
..... Click the link for more information. , during the first Fronde, and that of the Vicomte de Turenne and her brother, the Great Condé, during the second Fronde. She made her peace with the court in 1653. Much of her remaining life was spent in convents, notably that of Port-Royal, which through her influence was saved from persecution in her lifetime.
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