1768 - 1793
Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
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Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans were married for 24 years. They dated for 11 months after getting together on 7th Dec 1768. After a 3 months engagement they were married on 5th Apr 1769. 24 years later Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans died, leaving behind his partner and 5 children.
They had 5 children, Louis Philippe I (252), Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier (250), Françoise (249), Princess Adélaïde of Orléans (248) and Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais (246).
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French Royal Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans was born Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre on 13th March, 1753 in Hôtel de Toulouse, Paris, France and passed away on 23rd Jun 1821 aged 68. She is most remembered for She married Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the "regicide" Philippe Égalité, and was the mother of France's last king, Louis Philippe I, King of the French.. Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
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Relationship Statistics
| Status | Duration | Length |
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| Dating | 1768 - 7th Dec 1768 |
11 months, 11 days
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| Engaged | 7th Dec 1768 - 5th Apr 1769 |
3 months, 29 days
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| Married | 5th Apr 1769 - 6th Nov 1793 |
24 years, 7 months
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| Total |
7th Dec 1768 -
6th Nov 1793
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24 years, 11 months
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At the death, on 8 May 1768, of her brother and only sibling, the prince de Lamballe, Marie-Adélaïde became heiress to what was to become the largest fortune of France.
Her marriage to Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres, son of the Duke of Orléans, had been envisaged earlier and, while the Duke of Penthièvre saw in it the opportunity for his daughter to marry the First Prince of the Blood Royal, the Orléans did not want a union with an illegitimate branch of the royal family. However, when the prince de Lamballe's death left his sister sole heiress to the family fortune, the bar sinister on her inescutcheon was "overlooked". Although Marie-Adélaîde was much in love with her Orléans cousin, Louis XV warned Penthièvre against such a marriage because of the reputation of the young Duke of Chartres as a libertine.
Mademoiselle de Penthièvre was presented to the King on 7 December 1768, in a ceremony called de nubilité, by her maternal aunt, Maria Fortunata d'Este, comtesse de la Marche. She was greeted by Louis XV, the Dauphin and other members of the royal family. On that day, she was baptised by Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon, Grand Almoner of France, and given the names Louise Marie Adélaïde. The fifteen-year old princess, informally called Marie-Adélaïde, became known at court for her beauty and virtuous behaviour.
Her marriage to the Duke of Chartres took place at the Palace of Versailles on 5 April 1769 in a ceremony which all of the princes du sang attended. The marriage contract was signed by all members of the royal family. Afterwards, Louis XV hosted a wedding supper which included the entire royal family.
Mlle de Penthièvre brought to the already wealthy House of Orléans a dowry of six million livres, an annual income of 240,000 livres (later increased to 400,000 livres), and the expectation of much more upon her father's death.
During the first few months of their marriage, the couple appeared devoted to each other, but the duke went back to the life of libertinage he had led before his marriage.
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