Like his elder sister, Marie Anne de Bourbon, who was known at court as Mademoiselle de Blois, he was given the surname of de Bourbon not de France as a result of his illegitimacy.
Ca și sora sa mai mare, Marie Anne de Bourbon, care era cunoscută la curte ca Mademoiselle de Blois, el a primit supranumele de Bourbon nu de France ca urmare a nelegimității lui.