Conti
HOUSE OF, this younger branch of the princely French house of Condé took its name from the small town of Conti, near Amiens, and sprang from Armand de Bourbon, brother of the "Great Condé"; born in 1629; died in 1666. The most remarkable member of the family was FRANÇOIS LOUIS, Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon and Conti, born in 1664. He took a brilliant part in the victories of Steinkirk and Neerwinden, and Massillon pronounced his his funeral oration. He died in 1709. The last of the House of Conti was LOUIS FRANÇOIS JOSEPH, born in 1734; died in Spain in 1814.