Louise Henriette de Bourbon
Noble person
1726 – 1759
Who was Louise Henriette de Bourbon?
Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Conti at birth, was a French princess, who, by marriage, became Duchess of Chartres, then Duchess of Orléans upon the death of her father-in-law. On 4 February 1752, her husband became the head of the House of Orléans, and the First Prince of the Blood, the most important personage after the immediate members of the royal family. The new Duke of Orléans and his wife were then addressed as Monsieur le Prince and Madame la Princesse. Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, was a grandmother of the French monarch Louis-Philippe King of the French, "the Citizen King". Her descendants include the present-day pretenders to the throne of France and Italy and the kings of Spain and Belgium.
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- Born
- Jun 20, 1726
Paris - Parents
- Spouses
- Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
(1743/12/17 - )
- Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Feb 9, 1759
Palais-Royal
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on July 23, 2013
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