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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 ...
Louise-Élisabeth of France (Marie Louise-Élisabeth [a]; 14 August 1727 – 6 December 1759) was a French princess, a fille de France.She was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV and Queen Maria Leszczyńska, and the twin sister of Henriette of France, and she was the only one of his legitimate daughters who married.
Louise Élisabeth is the name of several people: Louise Élisabeth of France (1727-1759, the eldest daughter of King Louis XV; Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709-1742), Queen of Spain; Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Berry (1695-1719), wife of Charles, Duke of Berry; Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1693-1775), daughter of Louis III de Bourbon ...
Sophie Philippine Élisabeth Justine of France [1] (27 July 1734 – 2 March 1782) was a French princess, a fille de France. She was the sixth daughter and eighth child of King Louis XV and his queen consort, Marie Leszczyńska. First known as Madame Cinquième (an older sister, Marie Louise, had died in 1733), she later became Madame Sophie.
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 .
Louise-Marie of France, OCD (15 July 1737 – 23 December 1787) was a French princess and Discalced Carmelite, the youngest of the ten children of King Louis XV and Queen Maria Leszczyńska. [1] She entered the Carmelite convent at Saint-Denis in 1770 and took the religious name Thérèse of Saint Augustine. She served as prioress in 1773-1779 ...
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).
In 1729, her mother died and Louise Julie replaced her as lady-in-waiting, Dame du Palais, to the queen and became first the mistress to the Marquis de Puysieux. [2]At this point in time, king Louis XV, who suffered from restlessness and needed to be entertained, something the queen was unable to do as she was regularly pregnant, became more inclined to listen when queen Marie was unfavorable ...