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There were rumours that the new King of the French, Louis-Philippe, had collaborated with
Sophia in the crime, as they feared that she and Louis Phillippe's son Aumale – the
testamentary heirs of Condé – might be disinherited by the Prince after a possible flight
abroad.Later, rumours circulated amongst the nobility that Condé had died pleasuring
himself, engaged in what would later be known as autoerotic asphyxiation.Since there was
insufficient evidence to prove that he had been murdered, the baroness was not prosecuted,
although she was involved in litigation regarding the inheritance for years to come.There
are some aspects of the relationship between Sophia and the Prince which may have
inspired William Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair, specifically concerning the character Becky
Sharp and her possible involvement in the death of Joseph Sedley.With Louis Henri's death
the line of Bourbon-Condé came to an end; his lands and wealth passed to his godson, the
Duke of Aumale.His father, Louis Philippe, was the feudal-law heir to Conti and Condé, being
the grandson of Louise Henriette de Bourbon, a daughter of Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon,
who was sister of Louis Henri II's grandfather.== Issue ==
Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Enghien (2 August 1772 – 21 March 1804); died without
issue.He also had illegitimate issue;
Adélaïde “Adele” de Bourbon (10 November 1780 – 26 May 1874); styled Mademoiselle de
Bourbon: illegitimate with Marguerite Michelot.She married firstly in 1803 to Patrice
Gabriel Bernard de Montessus, comte de Reuilly, and secondly on 24 June 1833 to Guy
Eugène Victor, marquis de Chaumont-Quitry.No issue.Louise Charlotte Aglaé de Bourbon
(10 September 1782 – 1831); illegitimate with Marguerite Michelot.Unmarried.Daughter*
(born December 1817, lived a few days); illegitimate with certain Sophie Harris.Son*
(stillborn May 1819); illegitimate with certain Sophie Harris.== Ancestry ==
== Footnotes ==
== References ==
John Goldworth Alger (1888)."Dawes, Sophia".In Stephen, Leslie (ed.).Dictionary of National
Biography.Vol.14.London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith-Hughes, Jack, Eight Studies in Justice (London: Cassell & Co., 1953), p. 124-153, Ch.VI:
"Royal Justice: The Conscience of a Citizen-King".Smith, Digby (2000).Napoleon's
Regiments: Battle Histories of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792–1815.London,
United Kingdom: Greenhill Books.ISBN 978-1853674136.OCLC 43787649.== External links
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Media related to Louis Henri, Prince of Condé at Wikimedia Commons
