Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans

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Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans, duchesse de Berry (20 August 1695 – 21 July 1719) was a French princess.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Marriage 3 Ancestors 4 Titles

[edit] Early life

Born at Versailles, Marie Louise Elisabeth was the eldest daughter of Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans, Régent of France during the minority of King Louis XV, and his wife Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, a legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his most famous mistress, Madame de Montespan.

[edit] Marriage

It was decided that Marie Louise Elisabeth would marry her older cousin Charles de Bourbon, Duc de Berry. This marriage took place on 6 July 1710, at the Palace of Versailles. Berry was the third and youngest son of Le Grand Dauphin, the only legitimate son of Louis XIV, and his wife, Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria. The marriage was unhappy and after a miscarriage during her first pregnancy, Marie Louise Elisabeth never gave birth to a child that lived for more than a day.

She died alone in Paris at the Palais du Luxembourg, as later would two of her sisters, Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans and Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans.

[edit] Ancestors

v • d • e Ancestors of Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans

16. Henry IV of France               8. Louis XIII of France                       17. Marie de' Medici               4. Phillippe de France, duc d'Orléans                             18. Philip III of Spain               9. Anne of Austria                       19. Margaret of Austria               2. Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans                                   20. Frederick V, Elector Palatine               10. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine                       21. Elizabeth Stuart               5. Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine                             22. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel               11. Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel                       23. Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg               1. Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans                                         24. Henry IV of France =16               12. Louis XIII of France                       25. Marie de' Medici =17               6. Louis XIV                             26. Philip III of Spain =18               13. Anne of Austria                       27. Margaret of Austria =19               3. Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois                                   28. Gaspard de Rochechouart, marquis de Mortemart               14. Gabriel de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart                       29. Louise de Maure, comtesse de Maure               7. Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan                             30. Jean de Grandseigne, marquis de Marsillac               15. Diane de Grandseigne                       31. Catherine de La Béraudière, Dame de Villenon

[edit] Titles

Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans House of Orléans Born: 20 August 1695 Died: 21 July 1719
French nobility
Preceded by Anne Marie d'Orléans	Mademoiselle d'Orléans 1695-1710	Succeeded by Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans
French royalty
Preceded by N/A	duchesse de Berry 1710 - 1714	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by Elizabeth d’Orléans	duchesse d'Alençon 1714-1714	Succeeded by Marie-Joséphine-Louise de Savoie
Preceded by Elizabeth d’Orléans	duchesse d'Angoulême 1714-1714	Succeeded by Marie-Joséphine-Louise de Savoie