Louise Diane d'Orléans

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Louise Diane d'Orléans, princesse de Conti (27 June 1716-26 September 1736) was the sixth daughter and last child of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Regent of France from 1715 to 1723) and his wife, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV and his most famous mistress, Madame de Montespan.

Contents 1 Life 2 Marriage 3 Ancestors 4 Titles

[edit] Life

As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a Princesse du Sang. As her mother, by then the duchesse d'Orléans was illegitimate by birth, Louise Diane, like her siblings, was not able to officially call herself a petite-fille de France.

Louise Diane was born in the Palais Royal, the Paris home of the House of Orléans, on 27 June 1716 and died at the Château d'Issy at Issy on 26 September 1736. Until her marriage, she was known as Mademoiselle de Chartres and grew up with her other siblings:

[edit] Marriage

In December 1731, it was decided that she would marry her distant cousin Louis François I de Bourbon, prince de Conti. After being baptised on January 19, 1732 by the Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, cardinal de Rohan (then the Grand Almoner of France), she would marry into the Bourbon-Conti line two days after her her baptism. The marriage ceromony took place at the Château de Versaillesl, Louise Diane was at the age of 15.

After this marriage, she became known as the princesse de Conti. After two years, she gave birth to a son and heir to the Conti name:

• Louis François II de Bourbon, prince de Conti

She died in 1736 after childbirth. The child also died. She was buried at the l'église Saint-André-des-Arcs (The Church of Saint-André-des-Arcs). Her son was the last prince de Conti.

[edit] Ancestors

v • d • e Ancestors of Louise Diane d'Orléans

16. Henry IV of France               8. Louis XIII of France                       17. Marie de' Medici               4. Phillippe de France, duc d'Orléans                             18. Philip III of Spain               9. Anne of Austria                       19. Margaret of Austria               2. Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans                                   20. Frederick V, Elector Palatine               10. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine                       21. Elizabeth Stuart               5. Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine                             22. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel               11. Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel                       23. Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg               1. Louise Diane d'Orléans                                         24. Henry IV of France =16               12. Louis XIII of France                       25. Marie de' Medici =17               6. Louis XIV                             26. Philip III of Spain =18               13. Anne of Austria                       27. Margaret of Austria =19               3. Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois                                   28. Gaspard de Rochechouart, marquis de Mortemart               14. Gabriel de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart                       29. Louise de Maure, comtesse de Maure               7. Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan                             30. Jean de Grandseigne, marquis de Marsillac               15. Diane de Grandseigne                       31. Catherine de La Béraudière, Dame de Villenon

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Louise Diane d'Orléans House of Orléans Born: 27 June 1716 Died: 26 September 1736
French nobility
Preceded by Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans	Mademoiselle de Chartres 1716–1731	Succeeded by N/A
French royalty
Preceded by Louise-Élisabeth de Bourbon-Condé	princesse de Conti 1731–1736	Succeeded by Marie Fortunée d'Este