Élisabeth de France (1727-1759)
| Louise Élisabeth | |||||
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| Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla | |||||
| Tenure | 18 October 1748 – 6 December 1759 | ||||
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14 August 1727 Palace of Versailles, France |
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| Died | 6 December 1759 (aged 32) Palace of Versailles, France |
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| Burial | Royal Basilica of Saint Denis | ||||
| Spouse | Philip, Duke of Parma | ||||
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Isabella, Archduchess of Austria Ferdinand, Duke of Parma Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain |
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Louis XV of France | ||||
| Mother | Maria Leszczyńska | ||||
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| Full name | |
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| Marie Louise Élisabeth de France |
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Styles of Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Parma as consort |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Madame |
Marie Louise Élisabeth of France (Marie Louise Élisabeth; 14 August 1727 – 6 December 1759) was a French princess, the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczyńska, and the elder twin of Anne Henriette de France. She married Infante Philip, younger son of Philip V of Spain, who inherited the Duchy of Parma from his mother in 1748, thereby founding the House of Bourbon-Parma. In secondary sources she is referred to also as "Louise Élisabeth of France". She functioned as the de facto ruler of the Duchy of Parma between 1748 and 1759.
Marie Louise Élisabeth de France and her twin Henriette de France were born at the Palace of Versailles on 14 August 1727 to Louis XV of France and queen Maria Leszczyńska. With her younger twin, she was baptised at Versailles on 27 April 1737 with the names of her parents. As the legitimate daughter of the king, she was a fille de France, but was known at court as Madame Royale, Madame Première, Madame Élisabeth, and also as Babette within her family circle.
She was put in the care of Marie Isabelle de Rohan, duchesse de Tallard. Élisabeth was raised at Versailles with her twin, Henriette, their younger sisters Marie-Louise, Marie Adélaïde, and their brother, the Dauphin. Her younger sisters, Victoire, Sophie, Therese and Louise-Marie, however, were sent to be raised in the Abbey of Fontevraud in June 1738.
Élisabeth was not regarded to be as pretty as her twin: her nose was considered too short and too broad, her face too plump, her forehead too high and her complexion too dark and sometimes blotchy. As a person, she was sometimes described as dull and indolent, but usually as vivacious and decided: it was said of her that she "knew how to exact obedience and to get her own way", and she was generally considered as quite charming and a "pleasing, piquant and intelligent personality".
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