Princess Marie Adélaïde of France

Who was Princess Marie Adélaïde of France?

Marie Adélaïde de France, Daughter of France, was the fourth daughter and sixth child of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczyńska. As the daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France. She was referred to as Madame Adélaïde from 1737 to 1755 and from 1759 to her death, and simply as Madame from 1755 to 1759.

Originally known as Madame Quatrième, until the death of her older sister Louise Marie in 1733, she became Madame Troisième,. Adélaïde also possessed the Duchy of Louvois with her sister Madame Sophie from 1777, and which had been created for them by their nephew Louis XVI, in their own right.

She outlived both of her parents and all of her siblings.