Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), facing right in gilt-studded armour, lace cravat, wearing a long chain and the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Saint-Esprit, full bottomed powderd curling wig; ship, sea and fortress background

Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse, a son of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan, was legitimised as a Royal Prince in 1681. He became Admiral of France in 1684 and struggled at the Spanish coast against the British and Dutch fleets from 1704 to 1706.