Biography Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans
mademoiselle d orléans, depicted pierre gobert 1700/2.
louise Élisabeth born @ palace of versailles. eldest of surviving children of philippe ii, duke of orléans, regent of france, , of wife françoise-marie de bourbon, legitimised daughter of louis xiv of france. given honorary title of mademoiselle d orléans @ birth. after marriage title given younger sister louise adélaïde d orléans. baptised @ saint-cloud on 29 july 1696.
louise Élisabeth grew @ palais-royal, orléans residence in paris. recovered near fatal illness @ age of six; father nursed day , night in order save life. paternal grandmother, elizabeth charlotte of palatinate, madame, known since childhood liselotte, wrote in memoirs age, louise Élisabeth:
... had entirely own way, not surprising should headstrong horse.
at age of ten, louise Élisabeth caught smallpox @ saint-cloud , grandmother wrote in memoirs mademoiselle d orléans presumed dead on 6 hours.
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