Princess Marie-Therèse of France
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House of Bourbon
Henri IV
Sister
Catherine, Duchess of Lorraine
Children
Louis XIII
Elisabeth, Queen of Spain
Christine Marie, Duchess of Savoy
Nicholas Henri, duc d'Orléans
Gaston, duc d'Orléans
Henriette-Marie, Queen of England
Louis XIII
Children
Louis XIV
Philippe, duc d'Orléans
Louis XIV
Children
Louis, Dauphin
Anne-Élisabeth
Marie-Anne
Marie-Therèse
Philippe-Charles, duc d'Anjou
Louis-François, duc d'Anjou
Grandchildren
Louis, Dauphin
King Felipe V of Spain
Charles, duc de Berry
Great Grandchildren
Louis, Dauphin
Louis XV
Louis XV
Children
Louise-Elisabeth, duchesse de Parme
Madame Henriette
Louis, Dauphin
Madame Adélaïde
Madame Victoire
Madame Sophie
Madame Louise
Grandchildren
Marie Clotilde, Queen of Sardinia
Louis XVI
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Madame Élisabeth
Louis XVI
Children
Marie-Thérèse, duchesse d'Angouleme
Louis-Joseph, Dauphin
Louis XVII
Sophie-Beatrix
Louis XVII
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Children
Louis XIX
Charles, duc de Berry
Grandchildren
Henri V
Louise, duchesse de Parme
French monarchy, 843–1870
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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

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.

See also

• House of Bourbon
• Fils de France
• Madame Royale

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