Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin. Louis Antoine de Pardaillan, marquis of Antin, Gondrin and Montespan, then 1st Duke of Antin was a French nobleman.
He was painted by Rigaud. The legitimate son of Louis Henri de Pardaillan, marquis of Montespan, and Madame de Montespan, he was carefully raised by his father at the Château de Bonnefont in Gascony with his older sister, Marie Christine who while the family were living there.
He came to court in 1683. He then set out on a military career, with his father gaining him a commission as lieutenant.
Thanks to his 1686 marriage, he was able to enter the circle of the Grand Dauphin. His wife, Julie Françoise de Crussol was a grand daughter of Charles de Sainte Maure, Duke of Montausier and a great grand daughter of the famous marquise de Rambouillet.
He was also an ally of his half-brothers the Duke of Maine and the Count of Toulouse, legitimised bastard children of Madame de Montespan and Louis XIV. However, despite his best efforts, he was unable to win the king's favour and, after he made an error in maneuvering his troops at the battle of Ramillies he was even dismissed from the army in 1707. Yet, later in 1707, Madame de Montespan's death brought her son Louis Antoine the bequest of Château de Petit-Bourg at Évry-sur-Seine and, more importantly, royal favour when he was finally rewarded by being made governor of the Orléanais then head of the Bâtiments du Roi. In th
He was painted by Rigaud. The legitimate son of Louis Henri de Pardaillan, marquis of Montespan, and Madame de Montespan, he was carefully raised by his father at the Château de Bonnefont in Gascony with his older sister, Marie Christine who while the family were living there.
He came to court in 1683. He then set out on a military career, with his father gaining him a commission as lieutenant.
Thanks to his 1686 marriage, he was able to enter the circle of the Grand Dauphin. His wife, Julie Françoise de Crussol was a grand daughter of Charles de Sainte Maure, Duke of Montausier and a great grand daughter of the famous marquise de Rambouillet.
He was also an ally of his half-brothers the Duke of Maine and the Count of Toulouse, legitimised bastard children of Madame de Montespan and Louis XIV. However, despite his best efforts, he was unable to win the king's favour and, after he made an error in maneuvering his troops at the battle of Ramillies he was even dismissed from the army in 1707. Yet, later in 1707, Madame de Montespan's death brought her son Louis Antoine the bequest of Château de Petit-Bourg at Évry-sur-Seine and, more importantly, royal favour when he was finally rewarded by being made governor of the Orléanais then head of the Bâtiments du Roi. In th
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