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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.
The sack-back gown or robe à la française was a women's fashion of 18th century Europe. [1] At the beginning of the century, the sack-back gown was a very informal style of dress. At its most informal, it was unfitted both front and back and called a sacque, contouche, or robe battante. By the 1770s the sack-back gown was second only to court ...
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 .
Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (13 September 1676 – 23 December 1744) was a petite-fille de France and duchess of Lorraine and Bar by her marriage to Duke Leopold.She was regent of the duchy during the minority (1729–1730) and absence (1730–1737) of her son and suo jure princess of Commercy from 1737–1744.
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.
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Henrietta's arms as Duchess of Orléans with the coronet of a daughter of France. Marie Louise d'Orléans (26 March 1662 – 12 February 1689) married Charles II of Spain, no issue. Miscarriage (1663). [46] Philippe Charles d'Orléans, Duke of Valois (16 July 1664 – 8 December 1666) died in infancy. Stillborn daughter (9 July 1665 ...