Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy
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 of Orléans. Her maternal grandparents were Philippe I, duc d'Orléans and Henrietta Anne Stuart.
On December 7, 1697, Marie-Adélaïde married Louis, duc de Bourgogne. He was the eldest son of Louis, le Grand Dauphin and Maria Anna of Bavaria. He was also second-in-line heir to his paternal grandfather 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 grand-father-in-law Louis XIV, her father-in-law Louis and her son Louis XV were all notoriously unfaithful to their wives.
On 14 April, 1711, her father-in-law died. Her husband became 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."
They 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 grand- father of Louis XVI, who lost his head in the Revolution, as well as King Louis XVIII and King Charles X, who reigned 1814- 1824 and 1824- 1830 respectively.
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 of Orléans |
Maternal Grandfather: Philippe I, Duke of Orléans |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis XIII of France |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Anne of Austria |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles I of England |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Henrietta Maria of France |
| Preceded by Victoria of Bavaria |
Dauphine of
France 14 April 1711–12 February, 1712 |
Succeeded by Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain |
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