Henri d'AngoulêmeW
Henri d'Angoulême

Henri de Valois, duc d'Angoulême, sometimes called "Henri, bâtard de Valois" or "Henri de France", was a Légitimé de France, cleric, and military commander during the Wars of Religion.

Catherine Henriette de BourbonW
Catherine Henriette de Bourbon

Catherine Henriette de Bourbon was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry IV of France and his long-term maîtresse en titre Gabrielle d'Estrées. She was declared legitimate on 17 November 1596 at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen and married into the Princely House of Guise.

Françoise Marie de BourbonW
Françoise Marie de Bourbon

Françoise Marie de Bourbon, légitimée de France was the youngest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan. At the age of 14, she was wed to her first cousin Philippe d'Orléans, future Regent of France during the minority of Louis XV. Through two of the eight children she bore him in an unhappy marriage she became the ancestress of several of Europe's Roman Catholic monarchs of the 19th and 20th centuries, notably those of Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and France.

Marie Anne de BourbonW
Marie Anne de Bourbon

Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the eldest legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de La Vallière. At the age of thirteen, she was married to Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and as such was the Princess of Conti by marriage. Her father's favourite daughter, Marie Anne was widowed in 1685 aged 19. She never married again and had no children. Following her mother's retirement to a convent, Marie Anne continued to reside at her father's court and was later her mother's heiress. She later became the Duchess of La Vallière in her own right.

César, Duke of VendômeW
César, Duke of Vendôme

César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France was the illegitimate son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées, and founder of the House of Bourbon-Vendome. He held the titles of 1st Duke of Vendôme, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and 2nd Duke of Étampes, but is also simply known as César de Vendôme. Through his daughter, Élisabeth de Bourbon, César was a great-great-great-grandfather of Louis XV of France.

Alexandre Colonna-WalewskiW
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski

Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski, was a Polish and French politician and diplomat.

Diane de FranceW
Diane de France

Diane de France, suo jure Duchess of Angoulême was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II of France. She played an important political role during the French Wars of Religion and built the Hôtel d'Angoulême in Paris.

Henri, Duke of VerneuilW
Henri, Duke of Verneuil

Gaston Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Verneuil, was the illegitimate son of King Henry IV of France and his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues. He was the bishop of Metz from 1612 to 1652, despite not being ordained. In his early 50s he was displaced and had a career as a diplomat.

Charles LéonW
Charles Léon

Charles, Count Léon (1806–1881) was an illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I of France and Louise Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne (1787–1868). He was the half brother of Alexandre Colonna-Walewski and Napoleon's legitimate son, Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt.

Anne Couppier de RomansW
Anne Couppier de Romans

Anne Couppier de Romans (1737–1808), was the mistress of Louis XV of France from 1760 to 1765.

Louis Auguste, Duke of MaineW
Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine was an illegitimate son of the French king Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname.

Louis César, Count of VexinW
Louis César, Count of Vexin

Louis César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Count of Vexin was a son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan. He was the Abbot of Saint-Denis and of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Louis, Count of VermandoisW
Louis, Count of Vermandois

Louis de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Count of Vermandois was the eldest surviving son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de La Vallière.

Louis Alexandre, Count of ToulouseW
Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse

Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681), duc de Penthièvre (1697), (1711),, a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral of France.

Louise Marie Anne de BourbonW
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon

Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Mademoiselle de Tours was the illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his most famous Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She died in early childhood.

Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of BourbonW
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon

Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She was said to have been named after her godmother, Louise de La Vallière, the woman her mother had replaced as the king's mistress. Before her marriage, she was known at court as Mademoiselle de Nantes.

Marie de ValoisW
Marie de Valois

Marie Marguerite de Valois (1444–1473) was the Illegitimate daughter of King Charles VII of France and his mistress Agnès Sorel.

Louis, comte de Narbonne-LaraW
Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara

Louis Marie Jacques Amalric, comte de Narbonne-Lara was a French nobleman, soldier and diplomat.

Émilie PellapraW
Émilie Pellapra

Émilie Louise Marie Françoise Joséphine Pellapra, comtesse de Brigode, princesse de Chimay, was the daughter of Françoise-Marie LeRoy and possibly Napoleon I of France. She claimed to be the product of her mother's affair with the French Emperor which supposedly took place in April 1805, but this date is incompatible with Émilie's birth in November 1806. She was married firstly to Count Louis-Marie of Brigode (1777–1827) and married secondly to Prince Joseph de Riquet de Caraman (1808–1886), 17th prince de Chimay.

Philip I, Count of BoulogneW
Philip I, Count of Boulogne

Philip I of Boulogne (1200–1235) was a French prince, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in his own right, and Count of Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin-en-Goële jure uxoris.

Charles de Valois, Duke of AngoulêmeW
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême

Charles de Valois was a French royal bastard, count of Auvergne, duke of Angoulême, and memoirist.