Princess Adélaïde of Orléans

Louise Marie Adélaïde Eugénie d'Orléans (August 23, 1777 - December 31, 1847) was one of the twin daughters of Louis Philippe II d'Orléans, better known as "Philippe Égalité", and his wife, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre.

As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a Princesse du Sang. Her brother, Louis-Philippe, later became Louis Philippe, King of the French.

In 1814, when her brother Louis-Philippe returned to France after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, she returned to live in his household. Now known as Madame Adélaide, she became his loyal advisor (or in 19th century parlance, his "Egeria"). She died two months before the overthrow of Louis-Philippe's reign.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Louise Marie Adélaïde Eugénie d'Orléans
2= 2. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
3= 3. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre
4= 4. Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
5= 5. Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti
6= 6. Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre
7= 7. Marie Thérèse Félicité d'Este-Modène
8= 8. Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Orléans
9= 9. Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden
10= 10. Louise-Élisabeth de Bourbon-Condé
11= 11. Louis Armand II de Bourbon, prince de Conti
12= 12. Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse
13= 13. Marie Victoire de Noailles
14= 14. Francesco III d'Este
15= 15. Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans
16= 16. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
17= 17. Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
18= 18. Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
19= 19. Sibylle Auguste of Saxe-Lauenburg
20= 20. Louis III, Prince of Condé
21= 21. Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
22= 22. François Louis, Prince of Conti
23= 23. Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon-Condé
24= 24. Louis XIV of France
25= 25. Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
26= 26. Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles
27= 27. Marie-Françoise de Bournonville
28= 28. Rinaldo III, Duke of Modena
29= 29. Charlotte Felicity of Brunswick-Lüneburg
30= 30. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
31= 31. Françoise-Marie de Bourbon

Bibliography

* "Mademoiselle d'Orleans", "The Edinburgh Annual Register" (1816): 290-291.