Important French branch of the house of Bourbon , whose members played a significant role in French dynastic politics.
The line began with Louis I de Bourbon (153069), 1st prince de Condé, a military leader of the Huguenots in France's Wars of Religion . The family's most prominent member was the 4th prince de Condé , one of Louis XIV 's greatest generals. The princely line died out when Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé (17721804), duke d'Enghien and sole heir of the last prince de Condé, was falsely arrested and, on Napoleon 's orders, shot for treason.