Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy
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Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy (December 6, 1685-February 12, 1712) was the mother of King Louis XV of France.
She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his first wife Anne Marie d'Orléans. Her maternal grandparents were Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans and Princess Henrietta Anne of England.
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[edit] Life
When Marie Adelaide turned ten she was betrothed to her cousin, Louis, Duc de Bourgogne. On December 7, 1697, when she turned twelve, Marie-Adélaïde married him. He was the eldest son of the Dauphin Louis, known at court as Monseigneur, and his wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria. The duc was, after his father, the next in line to the throne of his paternal grandfather, King Louis XIV of France.
The marriage was an act of state, but the couple fell in love with one another, a rarity at the court of Versailles. Her grandfather-in-law, Louis XIV, her father-in-law, Monseigneur, and her son Louis XV were all notoriously unfaithful to their wives.
[edit] Dauphine of France
On 14 April 1711, her father-in-law died. Her husband became the Dauphin and she his Dauphine. Both she and her husband fell ill in early 1712 and died within six days of each other from an illness, thought to be the measles. Her second son died the same year from the same disease. When she was dying, she said to Mme de Guiche:
Good bye, beautiful duchess. Today Dauphine, and tomorrow nothing.
[edit] Children
The Dauphin and Dauphine had three children:
- Louis, Duke of Brittany (1704-1705)
- Louis, Dauphin (1707-1712)
- Louis XV of France (1710-1774). King of France from 1715 until 1774. Married to Maria Leszczyńska, and paternal grandfather of three kings:
- Louis XVI, who lost his head in the French Revolution;
- King Louis XVIII;
- King Charles X.
[edit] Ancestors
| Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy | Father: Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia |
Paternal Grandfather: Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Christine Marie of France |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Maria Joanna of Nemours |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Charles Amadeus of Savoy, 6th Duke of Nemours |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth of Vendôme |
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| Mother: Anne Marie d'Orléans |
Maternal Grandfather: Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis XIII of France |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Anne of Austria |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Princess Henrietta Anne of England |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles I of England |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Henrietta Maria of France |
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| Preceded by Victoria of Bavaria |
Dauphine of France 14 April 1711–12 February 1712 |
Succeeded by Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain |
