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Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse; Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Montpensier Duchess of Montpensier: Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (Bourbon-Montpensier) 15 October 1605 6 August 1626 4 June 1627 Gaston: Marguerite of Lorraine: Francis II, Duke of Lorraine 22 July 1615 2 to 3 January 1632 2 February 1660 husband's death
Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (13 March 1753 – 23 June 1821), was the daughter of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and Princess Maria Teresa d'Este. At the death of her brother, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe , she became the wealthiest heiress in France prior to the French Revolution .
The Duchess of Berry and the Duke of Orléans, but she more than he, got so drunk that the Duchess of Burgundy, the Duchess of Orléans, and the rest of the company knew not what to do. The Duke of Berry was there, and him they talked over as well as they could, and the numerous company was amused by the Grand Duchess , to the best of her ability.
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, (French pronunciation: [an maʁi lwiz dɔʁleɑ̃], 29 May 1627 – 5 April 1693) known as La Grande Mademoiselle ([la ɡʁɑ̃d madmwazɛl], lit. ' The Great Miss '), was the only daughter of Gaston d'Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier.
Unlike the other princesses of the blood, The Dowager Duchess of Orleans respected and got along well with Queen Marie and even organized parties in her honor at Francoise's Chateaus de Chaillon, Bagnolet and St.Cloud in 1736, 1740, 1743, 1744, and 1745, continuing until her death in 1749, which the Queen herself attended.
Louise Adélaïde tried as much as she could to try to get her parents' permission to marry the young Chevalier but both refused. The duchess of Orléans was horrified at the suggestion of such a mesalliance and reportedly treated Louise Adélaïde so harshly on the subject that it caused her to "take the veil" and become a nun. [4]
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Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: 11. Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: 1. Princess Isabelle of Orléans: 12. Louis Philippe I of France (= 8) 6. Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier: 13. Princess Marie Amélie of Naples and Sicily (= 9) 3. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans: 14. Ferdinand VII of Spain: 7. Infanta Luisa ...