He was a timid, gentle, rather mild young man, brought up by
Madame de Maintenon to be pious and obedient. He was no warrior.
Lacking the confidence to command troops, he had revealed himself as
embarrassingly inept on the field of battle, where, ordered to attack
by the Marechal de Villeroi, he hesitated, dithered and allowed the
enemy army to escape.
Nevertheless Maine, the apple of Madame de Maintenon's eye, was
heaped with honours and privileges. His cousin, the Duke of Chartres
and the future Duke of Orleans and Regent of France, regarded him dull
and untrustworthy, pretended not to care being passed over by Louis
XIV.
On 19 March 1692 in Versailles, he married Anne Louise Benedicte
de Bourbon-Conde, Mademoiselle de Charolais, and they became the
parents of seven children.
 

Source: Leo van de Pas