Born at the Palace of Versailles the oldest daughter of Louis, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé, "Monsieur le duc" and his wife Louise Françoise de Bourbon As the result of her father, she had the rank of a Princess of the blood, which entitled her to the style of "Her/Your Serene Highness". A younger sister of hers was The Princess of Conti. In her youth she was known by both "Mademoiselle de Condé" and "Mademoiselle de Bourbon", being the oldest princess of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, and a brother of hers acted as Prime Minister of France during the reign of Louis XV