Madame Campan, heaven forbid, would have become obsolete. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. It was a most unhappy union, from which was born another Louis-Philippe, future Duc d’Orléans, future Philippe Egalité. The infant's grandfather, father, mother, and elder brother had all died earlier, leaving him under the regency of his cousin, the Duc d'Orléans. H 27 in. and taking her father to task for keeping Louise’s secret, dear Victoire bemoaning her own weakness for her downy chair…But let’s go back to our memoirist’s account: As soon as I obtained permission to do so, I went to Saint-Denis to see my former mistress; she deigned to receive me with her face uncovered, in her private parlor; she told me she had just left the laundry room, and that it was her turn that day to attend to the linen. Then came the Revolution. Madame Campan left us an affectionate portrait of the gentle tyranny imposed by Louise: I read to her five hours a day. Born on July 15, 1737, Louise-Marie was the last of the children of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska. Unfortunately Madame Elisabeth falls ill. He takes a first mistress, then a second, then many more. That is to say she knew of no other world than the convent where she spent all of her childhood. He is known to have fathered six children with Louise de la Valliere and seven children with Francoise-Athenais, Marquis de Montespan. The Comtesse de Boigne describes Madame Adélaïde as “without comparison the wittiest of the daughters of Louis XV… easygoing with her intimates… though extremely haughty.” Indeed it seems that the aging princess had taken quite a fancy to the future memoirist, then a little girl, whom she delighted in spoiling (the Countess de Boigne deserves, and will get her own post in due time.). Of all of Louis XV’s grandchildren, he was the closest to the King, who would exchange with him a sustained and most interesting correspondence. The girl is thus unceremoniously shipped back to Spain. Children. Louis XV liked to give his daughters humorous nicknames. Some content is licensed under a Creative Commons license, and other content is completely copyright-protected. • Louise Élisabeth (14 August 1727 – 6 December 1759), Duchess of Parma, had issue She comes back again to Versailles a few years later, in 1757, to better arrange an alliance with Empress Maria Theresa. Elisabeth finds the Spanish Court dull after Versailles, and she is too ambitious to be satisfied with her position as wife of the King’s younger son. At Versailles she confined herself to the company of her sisters and shared their pleasures and concerns. Details Close Open. Hundreds of servants and attendants, an enormous expense. But, as she shall see, Madame Elisabeth will never allow herself to be bound by rules applicable to ordinary princesses. Only the eldest daughter, Madame Louise Elisabeth, got married, in 1739, to one of the sons of the King of Spain; her sisters remained at Versailles, living in their official apartments. Full nameElisabeth de FranceHenriette de FranceMarie Louise de FranceAdélaïde de FranceVictoire de FranceSophie de FranceThérèse de FranceLouise de France, Their traces in VersaillesLouis XV's Daughters' apartments. A splendid pair of Louis XV style walnut twin beds with cane backs. A rare, luxurious and charming French authentic Louis XV, circa 1750 petite daybed. A second ordeal came when Henriette fell in love with her second cousin, Louis-Philippe, Duc de Chartres, future head of the Orléans branch of the royal family. While I was looking up information on French royalty, I came across a list of Louis XV's children. Yet dynastic politics lead Louis XV  to arrange her marriage  to her cousin, Philippe de Bourbon, younger son of the King of Spain. The marriage was considered such a sure thing that Marie-Anne was called the Infante-Reine (the “Infanta-Queen.”) She had lived in Versailles since the age of three. After ten months in Versailles, she must, if only for the sake of appearances, leave to join her husband in Parma. In 1800, Madame Adélaïde died in Trieste, shortly after her younger sister. Henriette was as reserved as Elisabeth was assertive and outgoing. She was born on August 14, 1727, minutes after Madame Elisabeth. The couple had 10 children together—only seven of which lived to adulthood. Yet another daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska. Rather pretty, I would say. Louis the XV is seen roaming the halls of Versailles looking at all the pictures and views a bust of his late mother. She puts up graciously with all of this and, unlike her successor Marie-Antoinette decades later, finds help in her strict adherence to the étiquette, which at least protects her from the rudest of the courtiers’ slights. 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