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Unlike other unmarried daughters of the nobility who were born demoiselles, the princesses who were the daughters of the kings of France were born with the rank and title of "dame." A Daughter of France (fille de France) was thus addressed as Madame, followed by her first name or her title if she had one. The treatment was the same with the ...
Victoire of France [1] (Marie Louise Thérèse Victoire; 11 May 1733 – 7 June 1799) was a French princess, the daughter of King Louis XV and the popular Queen Marie Leszczyńska. She was named after her parents and Queen Maria Theresa, her great-great-grandmother and the consort of Louis XIV of France.
Lit de justice held by young Louis XV; his governess, the only woman in the assembly, sits next to him. Louis XV was the great-grandson of Louis XIV and the third son of the Duke of Burgundy (1682–1712), and his wife Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, who was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy.
She was the seventh daughter and ninth child of King Louis XV of France and his Polish-born consort Marie Leszczyńska. Known as Madame Sixième from her birth, she was later baptised Marie-Thérèse-Félicité and was known as Madame Thérèse. As the daughter of a king of France, she was a fille de France (daughter of France).
Anne Henriette of France [1] [2] (14 August 1727 – 10 February 1752) was a French princess, a fille de France.She was the second child of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska, and the twin of Louise Élisabeth of France.
Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (French pronunciation: [maʁi an də maji nɛl]; 5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. [1] She was his mistress from 1742 until 1744. [1]
Maria Josepha was the ninth of sixteen children born to the couple, and their fifth daughter. Dauphin Louis, eldest son of King Louis XV of France, was widowed on 22 July 1746 when his wife, Infanta Maria Teresa, died giving birth to their only child, [3] [4] a daughter named after herself.
She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death. [ 1 ] Pompadour took charge of the king's schedule and was a valued aide and advisor, despite her frail health and many political enemies.