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Marie Louise d'Orléans ( Spanish: María Luisa de Orleans; 26 March 1662 – 12 February 1689) was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Charles II. She was born petite-fille de France as the daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Princess Henrietta of England.
Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, was referred to by the title “Grande Mademoiselle” on account of her father, Gaston de France, the brother of King Louis XIII, otherwise known as “Grand Monsieur”.
Born on April 26, 1662, Marie Louise d'Orleans was the daughter of Philip, 1st duke of Orléans, and Henrietta Anne, daughter of the king and queen of England. Louis XIV was Marie's uncle. To strengthen peace between Spain and France, Louis XIV betrothed her to Charles II, the last Habsburg monarch of Spain.
Marie-Louise d'Orléans, dite « Mademoiselle d'Orléans » ou simplement « Mademoiselle » 1 est une princesse française, née le 26 mars 1662 à Paris et morte le 12 février 1689 à Madrid.
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- 26 mars 1662Palais-Royal, Paris ( France)
Marie Louise of Orléans (1695-1719) has often been described as “The French Messalina”. She was an ill-mannered teenager who indulged in all sorts of pleasures offered at the glittering court of the French “Sun King”. Behind that façade, however, one can find an unhappy young girl.
Louise of Orléans (Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle; 3 April 1812 – 11 October 1850) was the first Queen of the Belgians as the second wife of King Leopold I from their marriage on 9 August 1832 until her death in 1850. She was the second child and eldest daughter of the French king Louis Philippe I and his wife, Maria Amalia of the ...
Marie Louise d'Orléans (26 March 1662 – 12 February 1689) was the first wife of King Charles II of Spain. She was a granddaughter of Louis XIII of France. In her adopted country, she was known as Maria Luisa de Orléans.
