Louise Marie d'OrléansSome documents call her Louise ''Madeleine'' d'Orléans. (5 August 1726 – 14 May 1728) was a French princess of the blood by birth. She died in infancy.

Biography

Louise Marie d'Orléans was born at the Palais-Royal to Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans and his Duchess, the Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, who died three days after giving birth. Her father was a second cousin of the then King

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...

, and a great-grandson of

Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crow ...

. Her mother was the last child of the famous general

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (german: links=no, Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as ''Türken ...

. Louise Marie was initially known at court as ''Mademoiselle d'Orléans'' and, after the death of her father's first cousin

Louise Anne de Bourbon Louise Anne de Bourbon, ''Mademoiselle de Charolais'' (23 June 1695 – 8 April 1758) was a French princess, the daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé. Her father was the grandson of '' le Grand Condé'', while her mother, Louise Fr ...

, as '' Mademoiselle''. She died at the age of 1 year and 8 months at the

Château de Saint-Cloud The Château de Saint-Cloud was a château in France, built on a site overlooking the Seine at Saint-Cloud in Hauts-de-Seine, about west of Paris. On the site of the former palace is the state-owned Parc de Saint-Cloud. The château was exp ...

near Paris, and was buried in the

Val-de-Grâce The (' or ') was a military hospital located at in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was closed as a hospital in 2016. History The church of the was built by order of Queen Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII. After the birth of h ...

Convent in Paris.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Louise Marie d'Orleans 1726 births 1728 deaths Nobility from Paris House of Orléans Princesses of the Blood 18th-century French people Princesses of France (Bourbon) Burials at Val-de-Grâce (church) Royalty who died as children