Louis, Count of Soissons doesn't get killed in 1641

In our TL, Louis, Count of Soissons appears to have been leading a rebellion against Richelieu in 1641 and just won the Battle of La Marfee when he accidentally shot himself in the head:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis,_Count_of_Soissons

Anyway, what if Louis doesn't shoot himself in the head and is thus able to continue this rebellion?

Also, what kind of role would Louis play in the French court once Louis XIII dies and Louis XIV becomes French King?

In addition, does Louis ever get married and have legitimate children in this TL?

Finally, how is the rest of Louis's life in this TL going to look like?
 
In our TL, Louis, Count of Soissons appears to have been leading a rebellion against Richelieu in 1641 and just won the Battle of La Marfee when he accidentally shot himself in the head:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis,_Count_of_Soissons

Anyway, what if Louis doesn't shoot himself in the head and is thus able to continue this rebellion?

Also, what kind of role would Louis play in the French court once Louis XIII dies and Louis XIV becomes French King?

In addition, does Louis ever get married and have legitimate children in this TL?

Finally, how is the rest of Louis's life in this TL going to look like?

Welcome to the board.

That he shoots himself in the head doesn't speak volumes for his intelligence, but let's assume he avoids that and survives into the next reign. The shape of his future is defined by whether the rebellion is successful or not. If it isn't successful, he's presumably going to have the same bad odour that the princes later associated with the Fronde (Condé, Orléans) had attached to him - in fact, I could see him joining this TTL's equivalent of the Fronde des Princes in all likelihood and for now Soissons' best bet would be to skedaddle to Spain/the Low Countries/England/out of France. If the rebellion is successful, I have no idea. What was his reason for rebelling against Richelieu?

As to a marriage partner, there were a couple of proposed marital alliances during the Fronde (none of which came to fruition), such as the prince de Conti to the duchesse de Chevreuse's daughter, Mademoiselle de Chevreuse, while Vendôme's sons were slated to marry the OTL Madame de Guise and another daughter of the duchesse de Chevreuse. Soissons would probably join the ranks of those princes IMO. Whether the marriage would actually go through is another story though.
 
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