Princess Marie-Therèse of France

Marie-Thérèse de France was the fourth child and third daughter of Louis XIV and his Queen Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche. As a daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France. At court, as the eldest surviving daughter of the king, she was known by the traditional honorific of "Madame Royale".

Life

She was also known as "La Petite Madame" in order to distinguish her from her aunts, the wives of her uncle "Monsieur", who were known as the first "Madame" (died 1670) and the second "Madame" (died 1722). Marie-Therèse was born January 2, 1667 at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and died March 1, 1672 also at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Her parents had her baptised in the Palais du Louvre in 1668. She was said to have been adored by her parents and her mother had wanted her to become the queen of her native Spain. Both of her parents were badly affected by her death and Louis XIV made the court go into strict mourning.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Marie-Therèse of France, Madame Royale
2= 2. Louis XIV of France
3= 3. Maria Theresa of Spain
4= 4. Louis XIII of France
5= 5. Anne of Austria
6= 6. Philip IV of Spain
7= 7. Elisabeth of Bourbon
8= 8. Henry IV of France
9= 9. Marie de' Medici
10= 10. Philip III of Spain
11= 11. Margaret of Austria
12= 12. = 10. Philip III of Spain
13= 13. = 11. Margaret of Austria
14= 14. = 8. Henry IV of France
15= 15. = 9. Marie de' Medici
16= 16. Antoine of Navarre
17= 17. Jeanne III of Navarre
18= 18. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
19= 19. Johanna of Austria
20= 20. Phillip II of Spain
21= 21. Anne of Austria
22= 22. Charles II of Austria
23= 23. Maria Anna of Bavaria
24= 24. = 20. Philip II of Spain
25= 25. = 21. Anne of Austria
26= 26. = 22. Charles II of Austria
27= 27. = 23. Maria Anna of Bavaria
28= 28. = 16. Antoine of Navarre
29= 29. = 17. Jeanne III of Navarre
30= 30. = 18. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
31= 31. = 19. Johanna of Austria

Family

Legitimate sibling

*Louis de France (1661 - 1711
**The Dauphin of France from 1661 till his death in 1711.

Illegitimate siblings

By Louise de la Vallière and her father, Louis XIV:

*Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois (1667 - 1683)
**Eldest surviving son of Louis XIV and Louise de la Vallière
*Marie Anne de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Blois" (1666 - 1739)
**Later the princesse de Conti and wife to Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti.

By Madame de Montespan and her father Louis XIV;

* Louise Françoise (1669-1672) - died in infancy.
* Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc de Maine (1670-1736) married Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé.
**Had issue but no surviving descendants.
* Louise Françoise (1669-1672) - died in childhood.
**Had issue but no surviving descendants.
* Louis César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin, abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1672-1683)
* Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Nantes" (1673-1743), married Louis III, Prince of Condé, became duchesse de Bourbon and later princesse de Condé.
* Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Tours" (1674-1681) - died in childhood
* Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Blois" (1677-1749), married in 1692 the future regent Philippe II de Bourbon-Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1674-1723).
**Upon her marriage, she assumed the title of duchesse de Chartres, then on the death of her father-in-law, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, she became the duchesse d'Orléans. Through her son, Françoise-Marie became the ancestor of King Louis-Philippe of the French and the modern House of Orléans.
* Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) married Marie Victoire de Noailles.
** The modern House of Orléans is also related to him through his grand-daughter Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre who married Philippe Egalité and became the mother of Louis-Philippe.

ee also

*House of Bourbon
*Fils de France
*Madame Royale

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