Marie Anne d'Orléans, ''petite-fille de France'' (Marie Anne; 9 November 1652 – 17 August 1656) was a French Princess and youngest daughter of Gaston d'Orléans. She held the rank of '' Grand daughter of France''. She was a member of the

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Biography

Born at the Palais d'Orléans, the present day

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in Paris, she was the youngest daughter born to the Duke and Duchess of Orléans. Her father, Gaston d'Orléans, was the youngest brother of the late

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; as such, Marie Anne was born during the reign of his first cousin, the 12-year-old

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. As a ''grand daughter of France'', Marie Anne was allowed the style of ''

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'' and was known as ''Mademoiselle de Chartres'' from birth. Her older siblings included the future '' Grande Mademoiselle'',Her older half sister from her father's first marriage to Marie de Bourbon who died giving birth to ''la Grande Mademoiselle'' in 1627 the

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and the short lived Duchess of Savoy. Her only brother the

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died in 1652 aged a year and a half. She died at the Palais d'Orléans and was buried at the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis outside Paris, the traditional burial place of the

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References and notes

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orleans, Marie Anne 1652 births 1656 deaths Nobility from Paris Marie Anne Marie Anne Marie Anne 17th-century French nobility Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis Royalty and nobility who died as children