Princess, Duchess. Marie Louise Élisabeth de France, eldest child of King Louis XV of France and his wife Queen Marie Leszczynska, was born at the Palace of Versailles. She was a twin to her sister Henriette de France. She was raised at Versailles with her twin sister and four of their younger siblings. However, at age twelve, the princess was engaged to Philip of Spain, son of King Philip V of Spain and his second wife Elizabeth of Parma. They were married by proxy on August 26, 1739. The twelve-year-old met her nineteen-year-old husband near Madrid, and the ceremony took place on October 25, 1739. Louise Élisabeth gave birth to three children. Isabella, born in 1741, married the Austrian emperor Joseph II. Ferdinand, born in 1751, succeeded his father as Duke of Parma. And Maria Luisa, born later the same year, became Queen of Spain. In 1748, after the end of the War of the Austrian Succession, Philip and Louise Élisabeth became the Duke and Duchess of Parma. The new Duchess went to Versailles for an extended visit and grew to like her father's mistress Madame de Pompadour, to the dismay of her younger siblings. Her twin sister Henriette died in 1752. The Duchess returned to France to visit her tomb, but ended up staying at Versailles for months. During another visit to France, she fell ill with smallpox and died at the Palace of Versailles on December 6, 1759 at the age of 32. Louise Élisabeth of France was interred at the Royal Basilica of Saint-Denis beside her twin sister Henriette.
Princess, Duchess. Marie Louise Élisabeth de France, eldest child of King Louis XV of France and his wife Queen Marie Leszczynska, was born at the Palace of Versailles. She was a twin to her sister Henriette de France. She was raised at Versailles with her twin sister and four of their younger siblings. However, at age twelve, the princess was engaged to Philip of Spain, son of King Philip V of Spain and his second wife Elizabeth of Parma. They were married by proxy on August 26, 1739. The twelve-year-old met her nineteen-year-old husband near Madrid, and the ceremony took place on October 25, 1739. Louise Élisabeth gave birth to three children. Isabella, born in 1741, married the Austrian emperor Joseph II. Ferdinand, born in 1751, succeeded his father as Duke of Parma. And Maria Luisa, born later the same year, became Queen of Spain. In 1748, after the end of the War of the Austrian Succession, Philip and Louise Élisabeth became the Duke and Duchess of Parma. The new Duchess went to Versailles for an extended visit and grew to like her father's mistress Madame de Pompadour, to the dismay of her younger siblings. Her twin sister Henriette died in 1752. The Duchess returned to France to visit her tomb, but ended up staying at Versailles for months. During another visit to France, she fell ill with smallpox and died at the Palace of Versailles on December 6, 1759 at the age of 32. Louise Élisabeth of France was interred at the Royal Basilica of Saint-Denis beside her twin sister Henriette.
Family Members
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Louis XV
1710–1774
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Maria Karolina Leszczynska
1703–1768
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Filippo I of Bourbon-Parma
1720–1765
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Henriette of France
1727–1752
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Marie Louise of France
1728–1733
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Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon
1729–1765
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Louis-Ferdinand Bourbon
1729–1765
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Philippe of France
1730–1733
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Marie Adélaïde of France
1732–1800
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Victoire of France
1733–1799
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Sophie of France
1734–1782
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Thérèse of France
1736–1744
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Louise Marie of France
1737–1787
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Maria Isabella of Parma
1741–1763
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Ferdinand of Bourbon-Parma
1751–1802
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Maria Luisa of Parma
1751–1819
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