CHAPTER XVIII

Termination of Condé’s military career--His retirement at Chantilly--His improvements of the château and estate--His son, the Duc d’Enghien (_Monsieur le Duc_)--Portrait of this prince by Saint-Simon--His tyrannical treatment of his wife--His singular habits--Malicious practical joke which he perpetrates on the Duc de Luxembourg--His amours with the Duchesse de Nevers, the Marquise de Richelieu, and the Comtesse de Marans--His natural daughter by Madame de Marans legitimated and married to the Marquis de Lassay--His lack of military capacity--His children--The education of his only son, the Duc de Bourbon, superintended by Condé--Marriage of the young prince to Mlle. de Nantes, elder daughter of Louis XIV. and Madame de Montespan--The wedding-night--Conversion of Condé--His last illness--His death--His funeral oration by Bossuet--The Princesse de Condé remains in captivity--Her death 251–268

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