Marie Anne d'Orléans
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Marie Anne d'Orléans, petite-fille de France (Marie Anne; 9 November 1652 – 17 August 1656) was a French Princess and youngest daughter of Gaston d'Orléans
. She held the rank of Grand daughter of France
. She was a member of the House of Orléans
.
, the present day Luxembourg Palace
in Paris, she was the youngest daughter born to the Duke and Duchess of Orléans.
Her father, Gaston d'Orléans
, was the youngest brother of the late Louis XIII
; as such, Marie Anne was born during the reign of his first cousin, the 12 year old Louis XIV
.
As a grand daughter of France, Marie Anne was allowed the style of Royal Highness
and was known as Mademoiselle de Chartres from birth.
Her older siblings included the future Grande Mademoiselle, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany
, Duchess of Guise and the short lived Duchess of Savoy
. Her only brother the Duke of Valois
died in 1652 aged a year and a half.
She died at the Palais d'Orléans and was buried at the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis outside Paris, the traditional burial place of the House of Bourbon
.
Gaston, Duke of Orléans
Gaston of France, , also known as Gaston d'Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood...
. She held the rank of Grand daughter of France
Fils de France
Fils de France was the style and rank held by the sons of the kings and dauphins of France. A daughter was known as a fille de France .The children of the dauphin, who was the king's heir apparent, were accorded the same style and status as if they were the king's children instead of his...
. She was a member of the House of Orléans
House of Orleans
Orléans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. It became a tradition during France's ancien régime for the duchy of Orléans to be granted as an appanage to a younger son of the king...
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Biography
Born at the Palais d'OrléansLuxembourg Palace
The Luxembourg Palace in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, north of the Luxembourg Garden , is the seat of the French Senate.The formal Luxembourg Garden presents a 25-hectare green parterre of gravel and lawn populated with statues and provided with large basins of water where children sail model...
, the present day Luxembourg Palace
Luxembourg Palace
The Luxembourg Palace in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, north of the Luxembourg Garden , is the seat of the French Senate.The formal Luxembourg Garden presents a 25-hectare green parterre of gravel and lawn populated with statues and provided with large basins of water where children sail model...
in Paris, she was the youngest daughter born to the Duke and Duchess of Orléans.
Her father, Gaston d'Orléans
Gaston, Duke of Orléans
Gaston of France, , also known as Gaston d'Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood...
, was the youngest brother of the late Louis XIII
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1610 to 1643.Louis was only eight years old when he succeeded his father. His mother, Marie de Medici, acted as regent during Louis' minority...
; as such, Marie Anne was born during the reign of his first cousin, the 12 year old Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
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As a grand daughter of France, Marie Anne was allowed the style of Royal Highness
Royal Highness
Royal Highness is a style ; plural Royal Highnesses...
and was known as Mademoiselle de Chartres from birth.
Her older siblings included the future Grande Mademoiselle, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans was Grand Duchess of Tuscany, as the wife of Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici. Deprived of her lover, Charles V of Lorraine, and yearning for France, Marguerite Louise despised her husband and his family, whom she often quarrelled with and falsely suspected of...
, Duchess of Guise and the short lived Duchess of Savoy
Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans
Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans was born a Princess of France and was the Duchess of Savoy as the first wife of Charles Emmanuel II. She was a first cousin of Louis XIV as well of her husband...
. Her only brother the Duke of Valois
Jean Gaston, Duke of Valois
Jean Gaston d'Orléans, petit-fils de France, Duke of Valois was a French Prince and Grandson of France. He was a member of the House of Orléans.-Biography:...
died in 1652 aged a year and a half.
She died at the Palais d'Orléans and was buried at the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis outside Paris, the traditional burial place of the House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...
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Ancestors
Titles and styles
- 9 November 1652 – 17 August 1656 Her Royal HighnessRoyal HighnessRoyal Highness is a style ; plural Royal Highnesses...
Mademoiselle de Chartres