Le premier prince de Conti, Armand s’opposa à Louis XIV lors des Frondes, mais se réconcilia avec la Cour en 1654.   Il avait déjà, deux ans auparavant, donné son patronage à la troupe de Molière qui jouait en province.

Le prince de Conti partit à la guerre en 1654, en Italie puis en Espagne mais, lors de son retour en 1657 il se consacra à une vie dévote, relâchant Molière et sa troupe.   Il se retira de la Cour pour écrire des traités morales, y compris une contre la comédie en 1666.

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Armand, the first Prince of Conti, opposed Louis XIV in the civil disputes that wracked France from 1648 to 1653.   He was reconciled with the Court in 1654, by which time he had already become patron of Molière’s troop as it toured France.

From 1654 until 1657, Armand involved himself in the military campaigns against Italy and Spain, but on his return he gave himself up to a life of religious devotion.   He withdrew from Court circles and abandonned the theatre, giving up his patronage of Molière.   He wrote a number of moral treatises, including a tract against the evils of theatre in 1666.

More information on the Prince of Conti can be obtained from this site.