Monsieur, her grandpa, was beside himself with joy at the thought. … 7 p.m.—The Dauphine, after smoking and chewing tobacco, and taking a fourth dose of opium, is rather better. As part of the Treaty of Turin, Victor-Amédée’s French-born mistress Jeanne-Baptiste d’Albert de Luynes and the Comte de Tessé arranged a match for Marie-Adélaïde. Her great enemy was the Duchess of Bourbon, a legitimated daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. Then threatened to spill the beans to the King, la Maintenon, the Dauphin and her husband, while he held her hand so firm in his, that it was nearly crushed. It did not take long, until he was not welcome at Meudon, the residence of the Dauphin, anymore either. Marie-Adélaïde’s health was quite robust, but by then it appeared as if that was changing. After the Dauphine's death, the royal family moved to Marly to avoid the spread of infection. After the nuptials and some celebrating, le Petit Dauphin, as the Duc de Bourgogne was called, was permitted to give his bride a peck on the lips and to accompany her to the bedchamber, where he was, ceremonially, allowed to place himself in the bridal bed for a moment, before being shooed out. She was not afraid of him, not in the least, and thus there was no restrain on her side. Dans un pays protestant, la reine, qui est catholique et de qui le roi accepte tout, déchaîne des révoltes. Victor Amadeus had first proposed Marie Adélaïde as a candidate for marriage with the Archduke Joseph, but Emperor Leopold I had declined because of their young age. En 1697, elle épouse Louis de France (1682 † 1712), duc de Bourgogne, puis dauphin de France. Upon her arrival in France, Louis XIV, who had come to greet her, met her in Montargis on 4 November 1696,[10] and was quite pleased with "the Princess". Thus he was not impressed as he learned of the Duchesse playing Lansquenet with some random gentlemen after a picnic. Please tell me what I must do to please you.” Those are the words, Madame, but the gaiety, the gentleness and grace, with which they were accompanied, cannot be put on to paper.”. It is impossible to see the king, or even to think of him, without a feeling of despair and without constant anxiety for his health. La Duchesse De Bourgogne - Une Princesse De Savoie À La Cour De Louis Xiv 1685-1712. Content may not be reproduced or distributed without permission of the author(s). but she died only a couple of months after her father-in-law. They thought it might be measles… but then the rash disappeared again. Duc de Bourgogne (Versailles, 1682-1712.) This worried Madame de Maintenon quite a bit. [11] As she was still a girl of 11 years, the marriage did not take place immediately. Lorsque le petit prince meurt de convulsions en avril 1705, le duc et la duchesse de Bourgogne sont unis dans la douleur. Who ought to serve her husband, no matter how boring he might be. One little anecdote created quite a sensation but is a perfect example of how common a phenomenon this was. No touching or other things until she turned fourteen. Shortly later, Maulevrier tried to pick a quarrel with Nangis to provoke him to make a scene in public, which would have caused great ado once the reason for it emerged. Emperor Leopold declined, due to the young age of Marie-Adélaïde. He wrote the following about this meeting to Madame de Maintenon: “She has the most graceful and perfect figure that I have ever seen; her dress and hair are like a picture; her eyes bright and very handsome, with admirable dark eyelashes; her complexion smooth, and as pink and white as heart could wish; and she has the most beautiful brown hair that you can imagine, and in great quantity; her mouth is red, her lips large, her teeth white, long, and very irregular; her hands are well shaped, but of the colour of her age. She met Louis XIV there for the first time on 4 November and the great Sun King was at once utterly taken with her. In case of Maulevrier and Nangis, things got even more heated. Fortuanetly for her, a friend of the Duc said the explosion might tear the Princesse into pieces and kept the Duc from firing them. Just as quickly as the pain vanished, the fever returned. Sweet natured and lively, always smiling and embracing. The bride was dressed in a gown of silver fabric, covered all over with rubies, and featuring a trail of 8 metres length. Her mother, who was in constant contact with her native France, prepared the little girl very well for what she had to expect at the Sun King’s court. Marie-Adélaïde departed from Savoy and crossed the French border on 15 October in 1696 without entourage. This went on for a long six weeks during which Marie-Adélaïde constantly feared impending doom. Elle est le dernier enfant de Charles Ier d’Angleterre et d’Henriette-Marie de Bourbon. She did that, her face being wrapped up, and played cards, before retiring again to have supper in bed. Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy was the granddaughter of Louis XIV’s brother Philippe. [3] As a female, she was not eligible to inherit the duchy of Savoy due to salic law. Both left at nightfall, to be at Marly in time for the King’s supper. Her husband was the eldest son of Le Grand Dauphin and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria.[12]. Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy was the granddaughter of Louis XIV’s brother Philippe. Elle fit la conquête du vieux roi Louis XIV, grand-père de son époux ainsi que de l'épouse secrète de celui-ci, Madame de Maintenon (qu'elle appelait familièrement "ma tante"). She was just returning from mass and he offered to escort her back to her rooms, something Monsieur Dangeau usually did, but he was not present that day. Louis XIV disagreed strongly with the idea, for it would mean his favourite would dance with all sorts of men. Louis XIV and his descendants: la duchesse de Ventadour (royal governess), the duc de Bretagne, the Grand Dauphin, Louis XIV and the duc de Bourgogne, 1710 attributed to Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746) Louis, duc de Bourgogne, puis dauphin de France, adolescent, d'après De Troy Rois et Reines d'Europe Louis XV subsequently named his fourth daughter Marie Adélaïde in his mother's honour.[20]. She was born in Turin on 6 December in 1685 to Victor-Amédée II, Duc de Savoie, and Anne-Marie d’Orléans. Taking the first opportunity, he confronted the Duchesse about Nangis. [18] Having been bled and given emetics, she died in Versailles at the age of 26. She had to rise again in the afternoon, because Louis insisted she should join him in the salons. Her eyes were large and black, surrounded by long eyelashes.[6]. Louis directed his anger at Vendôme now and Marie-Adélaïde finished him skilfully. Premier arrière petit-fils de Louis XIV, sa naissance entraîne des festivités pendant plusieurs jours. Le roi a souhaité que les fêtes soient superbes. Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne et Dauphine de France. Among her admirers were a Monsieur Nangis, very handsome, not too smart, but a great ladies’ man, and Monsieur Maulevrier, a nephew of Colbert, very ugly, but very skilled and ambitious. Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (6 December 1685 – 12 February 1712) was the wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy.She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans.Her betrothal to the Duke of Burgundy in June 1696 was part of the Treaty of Turin, signed on 29 August 1696.She was the mother of the future King Louis XV of France. At Fontainebleau, Marie Adélaïde caught a fever which escalated in measles. Louis XIV, the Dauphin and the Duc apparently never found out about it. Anne-Marie d’Orléans was a daughter of Monsieur, brother to Louis XIV, and his first wife Henriette d’Angleterre, sister of Charles II. Publication date 1909 Topics Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy, 1685-1712 Publisher New York, Charles Scribner's Sons Collection cornell; americana They decided she should be bled once more, enjoy a bath in boiling hot water and take an emetic. Louis XIV could be quite uncaring. Hardly anyone seemed to have judged her for it. More dangerous than gambling, playing tricks and teasing people, is probably flirting. Maulevrier stayed in Spain for a year and by the time he returned, his state of mind had changed from bordering on insanity to completely insane. She wrote in a letter to Anne-Marie d’Orléans: “Your Royal Highness, will hardly believe how pleased the king is. [7] Her father's dominions had been ravaged during the war. Later that evening, he attempted to sneak back in and was caught in the act by a chamber-woman, who, using profanities, showed him back out at once and reported the incident to the King. until 5 February, when she had a sudden attack of fever. Her papa had in mind to marry her to Austria, that is to the Archduke Joseph, the eldest son of Emperor Leopold I from his third wife. Welche Punkte es vorm Kauf Ihres Duc de bourgogne louis xiv zu beachten gibt! Louis XIV - Louis XIV - Final years: In the War of the Spanish Succession the anti-French alliance was reactivated by William of Orange before his death. The child, a short-lived boy, was given the title Duke of Brittany[16] before his death in 1705. [19], The couple was buried together at the Basilica of Saint Denis on 23 February 1712. Dans un pays protestant, la reine, qui est catholique et de qui le roi accepte tout, déchaîne des révoltes. Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie was certainly on of the most sparkling gems of Louis XIV’s Versailles and the mother of Louis XV. Louis XIV died in 1715, four days shy of his 77th birthday. Marie-Adélaïde asked for the prayers for the dying to bed read an hour later, but was told that it was not yet that serious and she should try to sleep instead. Her arrival had brought back the festivities and laughter, her death took all of it. She ran to him to embrace him and kiss his cheeks, jumped on his lap, rummaged in his important papers and yawned when he was too busy to pay her the attention she desired. [14] The influential Marie Adélaïde also brought about the disgrace of Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, the great military man of the era.[15]. Vive, charmante et attachante, la duchesse Marie Adélaïde de … He locked himself in his room and only consumed milk, acting the weak sick man. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans. Lansquenet was a game dating back to the Thirty Years’ War and named after the French spelling of the German word Landsknecht. She was born in Turin on 6 December in 1685 to Victor-Amédée II, Duc de Savoie, and Anne-Marie d’Orléans. [4], Marie Adelaide was tiny, even described as "doll-sized." His heir, the last son of the duke de Bourgogne, was a five-year-old child who was not expected to live. • Fraser, Antonia (2006). She had to go wherever he went, even when she was not feeling well or pregnant. The Duchesse visited him often and stayed for quite a while. While in the room below her, her husband was suffering of a fever which would reunite them again a couple of days later. The Dauphine was the subject of a statue held at the Louvre in which she posed as the Roman goddess Diana which was crafted by Antoine Coysevox in 1710. Le marié a quinze ans et la duchesse douze. Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Duchesse de Bourbon et Princesse de Condé, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette. A rose of Savoy; Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, duchesse de Bourgogne, mother of Louis XV by Williams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel), 1870-1925. They arranged a series of bombs along the avenue that led from Marly to the Perspective, where the Princesse d’Harcourt lodged. Especially for a future Queen of France, who ought to be the embodiment of virtue and grace. He smiled more, laughed more, dressed better and even wore some jewels from time to time. Madame du Lude, dame d'honneur de la duchesse de Bourgogne, servant une collation au duc et à la duchesse de Bourgogne (Versailles) | Grand Ladies. © partylike1660.com 2015-2020. Le duc de Bretagne naît le 25 juin 1704. She died of measles in 1712, followed by her husband a week later. Madame de Maintenon was constantly afraid that, due to the youthful spirit of the Duchesse, she might say or do something to compromise her husband. Then she made me sit down, having noticed at once that I cannot stand, and, almost seating herself on my lap, she said in a coaxing voice, “Mamma told me to give you a thousand messages from her, and to ask for your friendship for myself. Instead, three days a week, she was a pupil at the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, the girls' school Madame de Maintenon had founded in 1684 in Saint-Cyr, in the vicinity of Versailles. (The marriage was not consummated until two years later.) He started to bombard Marie-Adélaïde with threatening letters and the whole thing only came to an end, because he, in a fit of insanity, jumped out of a window and did not survive. Allrights reserved. It was probably the first and only time he ignored etiquette. Marie-Adélaïde said the pain was worse than what she suffered during childbirth. While she tried, the doctors, seven of them, had a chat about what to do next. London: Anchor Books. In 1708 his desire for her to accompany him probably caused a miscarriage. Maulevrier whispered to her what he had found out on the way and talked bad of his rival. Marie-Adélaïde greeted her warmly and addressed her with a slightly improper but very endearing ma tante. Her betrothal at the age of 11 to Louis XIV’s grandson, the Duc de Bourgogne, in 1696, represented an effort by the king to “detach Savoy from the League of Augsburg” and was part of the Treaty of Turin, signed that same year, by which Victor Amadeus agreed to support Louis XIV in the Nine Years’ War (De Marly 95). Marie-Adélaïde simply said she did not care if the man she dances with, is a King, a prince of the blood, a nobleman, a soldier or a nobody. This print is a wonderful illustration of late Louis XIV style. Madame de Maintenon wrote on 28 December 1711: “Our dear princess has been tortured for several days by abscesses in her teeth; but she is rather better to-day.” And on 11 January: “A few days ago she had a feverish attack; the courtiers were dismayed, and talked of the irreparable loss which her death would cause.” Versailles had a very deadly measles epidemic that winter. The legitimate grandchildren of Louis XIV (in upper medallion) and children of Louis, le Grand Dauphin (in lower medallion): Philippe duc d'Anjou, Charles duc de Berry, and Louis duc de Bourgogne (Petit Dauphin) with his wife Marie-Adelaide de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne, 1697 engraving, French school. Neither of it helped and only weakened her further… and so, on 12 February, a Friday, after several hours of unconsciousness, Marie-Adélaïde died at 8 o’clock in the evening. Not even the death of his brother had caused him such extended grief. Ils eurent trois enfants. Il veut renouer avec les beaux jours de la Cour. supra Andrea Merlotti, « la courte enfance de la duchesse de Bourgogne (1685-1696) ». Last update: 12-18-2020. Les 11 et 14 décembre 1697, Louis XIV fait donner un bal dans la galerie des Glaces à l’occasion du mariage de l'aîné de ses petits-fils, le duc de Bourgogne, avec la fille aînée du duc de Savoie Victor-Amédée II, Marie-Adélaïde. It was a constant coming and going at Meudon. One was tempted to think her wholly devoted to the people with whom she happened to be for the moment.”. Portraits de Louis, duc de Bourgogne et de M. A. de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne dans deux bordures ovales posées sur une console : [estampe] -- -- images Prince Louis de France, Duc de Bourgogne (1682 - 1712), Dauphin de France et Prince de Viane en 1711, à la mort de son père le Grand Dauphin. faits historiques inconnus sur partie des règnes de Louisxiv et de Louis xv , Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1806, t. i, p. 75. Her porters were in the know, dropped the chair and fled at once, while the Princess was left struggling and shrieking inside. [8] The Treaty of Turin was negotiated under the influence of the Maréchal de Tessé, who suggested that Marie Adelaïde be sent to France to perfect her education before marrying the French prince.[9]. Thus Louis XIV did not travel to Meudon to see his son that afternoon and drove to Marly instead. The court watched all amused how much she cared for the health of the gentleman. Marie-Adélaïde was only around ten years old as the negations for a possible match started. Duc de Bourgogne, il est en seconde position sur la liste des héritiers présomptifs de la couronne, d’où la nécessité de l’unir à une prétendante qui satisfait aux intérêts de la France. Vendôme was about to seat himself as he was send away again. - Lieutenant Colonel Henri Carré / Livres anciens (Autre) Occasion dès 55,50 € Ils eurent trois enfants. Ashe Theme by Royal-Flush - 2020 ©. Saint-Simon wrote about her: “She was kind to everybody, even to the least influential and the most unimportant, without any appearance of conscious effort. The Duc de Bourgogne, assured it was nothing serious as well, nevertheless travelled to Meudon, with his wife, to spent the day at the bedside of his father. The death of Philippe de France, Duc d’Orléans. Erfahrungsberichte zu Duc de bourgogne louis xiv analysiert. LA MORT DE LA DUCHESSE ADELAIDE DE BOURGOGNE. Elle est le dernier enfant de Charles Ier d’Angleterre et d’Henriette-Marie de Bourbon. LA DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE ET L'ALLIANCE SAVOYARDE SOUS LOUIS XIV Ud) L'ENFANCE ET LES FIANÇAILLES Aux Archives d'État de Turin, qui n'ont pas été bouleversées par les révolutions et qui sont admirablement classées (2), il existe un fonds spécial qui a pour désignation : Matrimonii della Real Casa. She was only sixteen and the birth so difficult, that she received the Last Rites because it was feared she could die any moment. The mourning court traveled to Fontainebleau in February 1712. His body was borne, amid the jeers of the populace, to the Saint-Denis basilica. She had one on 1705 and Madame de Maintenon noted in a letter: “The Duchesse de Bourgogne is not well; the doctors prescribe a number of remedies which require much more patience than she is able to give. Madame de Maintenon was not at all fond of gambling and Louis XIV was not too fond of it anymore either. Marie-Adélaïde was beautiful and had a fair share of ardent admirers… much to the displeasure of Madame de Maintenon, who always kept an eye on her…. Although he was not the ultimate favourite general anymore, he still belong to the lucky few to have access to Marly. Son enfance n’est pas des plus heureuses : elle voit le jour en pleine guerre civile. Welche Punkte es vorm Kauf Ihres Duc de bourgogne louis xiv zu beachten gibt! Marie-Adélaïde, tender eleven years old, should be send to France in order to be educated for her future role at court… and that was quite the major role, for Marie-Adélaïde’s groom was the oldest son of the Dauphin, which meant she would be Queen of France one day. Ses grands-parents maternels étaient Ferdinand-Marie, électeur de Bavière et Henriette-Adélaïde de Savoie, fille de Victor-Amédée Ier, le duc de Savoie. The Sun King did not wish too much ado in regards of celebrations, only two balls, an opera and a firework. As Monsieur died in 1701, she was beside herself with grief for a long time. If Louis wanted to go the Marly, Marie-Adélaïde had to go with him. She remained in bed on 7 February and by 6 o’clock in the evening, she was in so much pain that she had to ask the King to postpone his planned visit. Le marié a quinze ans et la duchesse douze. She taught her the who is who, the who to avoid, to whom she should be especially kind to, what the King enjoyed and what he did not enjoy, what her grandpa, Monsieur, liked and how she could please both.