Marie Louise d'Orléans
Marie Louise d'Orléans, Granddochter o Fraunce (26 Mairch 1662 – 12 Februar 1689) wis Queen consort o Spain frae 1679 tae 1689 as the first wife o King Charles II o Spain. She wis a granddaughter o Louis XIII o Fraunce. In Spain, she wis kent as "María Luisa de Orleans". She wis a niece o Keeng Louis XIV as well as Keeng Charles II o England. She wis the first wife o Charles II o Spain, but the couple haed no childer. While in Spain Marie Louise woiuld correspond wi her stepmother Elisabeth Charlotte. She wis the penultimate Habsburg consorts o Spain.
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_and_the_Spanish_crown.jpg) Marie Louise bi Mignard, 1679 | |||||
| Queen consort o Spain | |||||
| Tenur | 19 November 1679 – 12 Februar 1689 | ||||
| Born | 26 Mairch 1662 Palais Royal, Paris, Fraunce | ||||
| Dee'd | 12 Februar 1689 (aged 26) Ryal Alcázar, Madrid, Spain | ||||
| Buirial | El Escorial | ||||
| Spouse | Charles II o Spain | ||||
| Issue | nae issue | ||||
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| Hoose | Orléans (bi birth) Habsburgs o Spain ( bi mairiage) | ||||
| Faither | Philippe o Fraunce | ||||
| Mither | Henrietta o England | ||||
| Releegion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Background eedit
Marie Louise wis the eldest bairn o Philippe o Fraunce, Duke o Orléans an his first wife Henrietta o England. As the senior unmairit female o the ryal faimily in Fraunce she wis kent as "Mademoiselle". She wis boren in Paris
Mairiage eedit
Plans for Marie Louise tae mairy her cousin Louis o Fraunce, Dauphin o Fraunce, "Grand Dauphin" niver materialised an on 30 August 1679 at the Palace o Fontainebleau Marie Louise wad mairy Charles II o Spain bi proxy, wi the Prince o Conti actin as the king. Efter ten years o mairiage, the couple haed nae childer, an the vast Spaingie empire wad be claimed bi Marie Louise's cousin Philippe o Fraunce, Duke o Anjou. She died at the Ryal Alcázar o Madrid due tae suspected poisoning an wis buried in the crypt o the Ryal Seat o San Lorenzo de El Escorial. King Charles II wad mairy Maria Anna o Neuburg in August 1689 an wad again hae nae issue endin the Spaingie branch o the Hoose o Habsburg.
Teetles an styles eedit
- 26 Mairch 1662 - 19 November 1679 Her Ryal Highness Mademoiselle d'Orléans, Granddochter o Fraunce.
- 19 November 1679 – 12 Februar 1689 The Queen o Spain.
Ither wabsteids eedit
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Marie Louise d'Orléans Cadet brainch o the Hoose o Bourbon Born: 26 Mairch 1662 Dee'd: 12 Februar 1689
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| Vacant Title last held by Mariana o Austrick
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Queen consort o Spain 19 November 1679 – 12 February 1689 |
Vacant Title next held by Maria Anna o Neuburg
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