Conde
Conde names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Conde LOUIS II. DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LOUIS II. DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE, called THE GREAT, son of the preceding; born in Paris in 1621. He married a niece of Cardinal Richelieu, and was at first known as the Duc d'Enghien. His first great achievement was the victory over the Spanish army at Rocroi, in 1643. The capture of Thionville soon followed. The following year was marked by the battle of Freiburg, which lasted three days, and the great victory over the Imperialists at Nördlingen. After taking Dunkirk, in 1646, Condé was, through envy, sent to Catalonia, BUILDING A CONCRETE HOUSE where with poor troops success failed him. It was necessary soon to recall him to Flanders, where he won the victony of Lens over the Archduke Leopold, in 1648. Having offended the first minister, Cardinal Mazarin, he was imprisoned for more than a year, and after his liberation he led the army of the Fronde, began the siege of Paris, and encountered Turenne and the royalists in the Faubourg St. Antoine. Soon after he entered the service of Spain, and contended with varying success against his countrymen in Flanders. After the Peace of the Pyrenees he returned to Paris, and was employed in the conquest of Franche-Comté. In the war with Holland, in 1672, he was wounded for the only time. His last great exploit was his victory over William, Prince of Orange (William III.), at Senef, in 1674. A martyr to the gout, he retired in the following year to Chantilly. He died in 1686.
Conde LOUIS JOSEPH, PRINCE DE
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LOUIS JOSEPH, PRINCE DE, born in Paris in 1736, was brought up by his uncle, the Count of Charolais, served in the Seven Years' War, and distinguished himself at the battles of Hastenbeck, Minden, and Johannisberg. He became the associate of the Dauphin. After the fall of the Bastille he emigrated. The murder of his young grandson, the Duc d'Enghien, by Napoleon, affected him profoundly. At the Restoration, he returned with Louis XVIII. to France, lived again at Chantilly, and was the author of an "Essai sur la vie du grand Condé." He died in 1818. The great family of Condé became extinct, Aug. 27, 1830, in the person of the DUC DE BOURBON, LOUIS HENRI JOSEPH.
Conde HENRI II., PRINCE DE
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRI II., PRINCE DE, who at CONDÉ the request of Henry IV. became a Catholic; born in 1588. In 1616 he was sent to the Bastille, where he remained for three years. After the death of Louis XIII. the prince was liberated, and was made Minister of State to the regent. He died in 1646.
Conde kon-da', a French family
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
kon-da', a French family, a younger branch of the Bourbons, taking the name from the town of Conde. For an account of the most noted Prince de Conde (1530-1569), see HUGUENOTS.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The facts Collier's set down in 1921 still stand: Rocroi in 1643, Lens in 1648, the Fronde, Seneffe in 1674, and the extinction of the line on 27 August 1830 with Louis Henri Joseph, Duc de Bourbon, are all as reported. Two shadings have shifted. Military historians now treat Seneffe less as the "last great exploit" of a victor than as a murderously costly draw with William of Orange, and the 1804 killing of the Duc d'Enghien, which Collier's flatly calls a murder by Napoleon, is usually described more precisely as a summary court-martial and shooting at Vincennes on Napoleon's orders "Chantilly," where the Great Condé retired with his gout, is no longer a private seat: the Duc d'Aumale left it to the Institut de France, and it now holds the Musée Condé, whose treasures include the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
Written for this edition, 2026.