More dangerous than gambling, playing tricks and teasing people, is probably flirting. Titillating tidbits from the court of the Sun King. His heir, the last son of the duke de Bourgogne, was a five-year-old child who was not expected to live. The Duchess of Bourbon wanted her daughter Mademoiselle de Bourbon to wed Charles, Duke of Berry, youngest son of the Grand Dauphin. She was born in Turin on 6 December in 1685 to Victor-Amédée II, Duc de Savoie, and Anne-Marie d’Orléans. The court watched all amused how much she cared for the health of the gentleman. 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. Fêtes and comedies returned as did afternoon amusements. The bride was dressed in a gown of silver fabric, covered all over with rubies, and featuring a trail of 8 metres length. Le mariage du « Petit Dauphin » Né à Versailles le 6 août 1682, quelques semaines seulement après l’installation de la Cour, Louis de France est le petit-fils de Louis XIV. We are still stunned by our loss, and every day we feel it more intensely. Louis XIV did not. Louis XIV, lodging in rooms above those of his soon, carried on to do business as usual. Dans un pays protestant, la reine, qui est catholique et de qui le roi accepte tout, déchaîne des révoltes. A rose of Savoy; Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, duchesse de Bourgogne, mother of Louis XV by Williams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel), 1870-1925. He visited his son several times a day, held his councils and worked with his ministers. Last update: 12-18-2020. 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 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 On 18 January, a Monday, Louis XIV went to Marly and as always, insisted Marie-Adélaïde should go with him. Saint-Simon puts it best, writing: “With her, departed joy, pleasure, and every kind of grace; and darkness settled over all the Court. Elle est le dernier enfant de Charles Ier d’Angleterre et d’Henriette-Marie de Bourbon. Son enfance n’est pas des plus heureuses : elle voit le jour en pleine guerre civile. Not even the death of his brother had caused him such extended grief. Content may not be reproduced or distributed without permission of the author(s). Il était l'héritier en seconde ligne de son grand-père paternel Louis XIV m… La Duchesse De Bourgogne - Une Princesse De Savoie À La Cour De Louis Xiv 1685-1712. duchesse de Berry in France during the years 1832 and 1833. Madame, her step-grandma, was not so much of a fan. The new Duchess of Burgundy had a close relationship with the king and with Madame de Maintenon. All three were named Louis and only one reached adulthood, the future Louis XV. Marie-Adélaïde could be quite indiscreet… she jested in public about how pious her husband was… but she probably thought not much of it and meant no harm, after all she was of the generation that made fun of everything, as she said herself. 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". supra Andrea Merlotti, « la courte enfance de la duchesse de Bourgogne (1685-1696) ». He loved Marie-Adélaïde and mourned her like he had once mourned his mother. She was unconscious for most of the day and her doctors had no clue why. 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. Her great enemy was the Duchess of Bourbon, a legitimated daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. Princesses, perfect or not so perfect, all share a fate. Louis XV subsequently named his fourth daughter Marie Adélaïde in his mother's honour.[20]. While Maulevrier’s illness was feigned and not real at all, something else was. Little Marie-Adélaïde was rather fond of her grandmother and visited her frequently. 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…. Her husband was the eldest son of Le Grand Dauphin and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria.[12]. A rose of Savoy; Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, duchesse de Bourgogne, mother of Louis XV by Williams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel), 1870-1925. He locked himself in his room and only consumed milk, acting the weak sick man. She also had bad teeth and abscesses formed frequently, which put her in a lot of pain. 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It did not take long, until he was not welcome at Meudon, the residence of the Dauphin, anymore either. LA MORT DE LA DUCHESSE ADELAIDE DE BOURGOGNE. She had to rise again in the afternoon, because Louis insisted she should join him in the salons. Anne-Marie d’Orléans was a daughter of Monsieur, brother to Louis XIV, and his first wife Henriette … Excerpt from La Duchesse de Bourgogne Et l'Alliance Savoyarde Sous Louis XIV: Les Années Heureuses Et la Rupture de l'Alliance Droits de traduction et de reproduction réservés pour tous les pays y compris la Suède, la Norvège et la Hollande. Something else that worried Madame de Maintenon was that the Duc seemed way more in love with the Duchesse, than the Duchesse with him. 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. In early April 1711, her father-in-law Le Grand Dauphin caught smallpox and died on 14 April at the Château de Meudon. The Duchesse recovered, slowly but surely, and contrary to what was considered proper for noble women, she actually raised the child herself. Louis directed his anger at Vendôme now and Marie-Adélaïde finished him skilfully. Duchesse De Bourgogne is a Sour - Flanders Red Ale style beer brewed by Brouwerij Verhaeghe in Vichte, Belgium. As they arrived, her face was swollen and she retired to bed at once. Le roi a … 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. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. And as the years passed, the little girl became more and more beautiful. Louis XIV, extremely pleased with her, sought to please her in return and arranged for all sorts of entertaining distractions. Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon were plunged into sadness. Il veut renouer avec les beaux jours de la Cour. Your email address will not be published. 2 Cf. Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne puis dauphine de France : une princesse musicienne et mécène à la cour de Louis XIV (Jean-Philippe Goujon) « Que Mme la duchesse de Bourgogne fasse sa volonté depuis le matin jusqu’au soir ». She wrote in a letter to Anne-Marie d’Orléans: “Your Royal Highness, will hardly believe how pleased the king is. During a court ball the Duchesse de Bourgogne was engaged in a conversation with Louis XIV himself when a maid of hers snug in under the Duchesse's elaborate ball gown and performed an enema right on the spot! Duc de Bourgogne (Versailles, 1682-1712.) 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. 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. 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. Marie-Adélaïde was already Louis’ favourite as it was finally time for the wedding to go ahead. Shortly after, the Duc de Bourgogne placed petards under the chair of the Princesse d’Harcourt on which she used to sit at the cart-table. LOUIS XIV, SA VIE LOUIS DE BOURGOGNE . The doctors remained clueless, but said it might be the best if she confessed, just in case. 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. Fortuanetly for her, a friend of the Duc said the explosion might tear the Princesse into pieces and kept the Duc from firing them. 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. 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. Unknown to the other, the Duchesse exchanged looks and words with both as well as secret missives. Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne et Dauphine de France. The child, a short-lived boy, was given the title Duke of Brittany[16] before his death in 1705. Dauphin de France (1711-1712). It was all the same to her, as long as she could dance with someone. [13] She also maintained an ongoing correspondence with her parents and grandmother back in Savoy. One was tempted to think her wholly devoted to the people with whom she happened to be for the moment.”. She thought Marie-Adélaïde was only acting and her affections trained and not honest. The disasters of the war were so great that, in 1709, France came close to losing all the advantages gained over the preceding century. La Duchesse De Bourgogne Et L'Alliance Savoyarde Sous Louis XIV / Par Le Comte D'Haussonville. But with no evil spirit. ISBN 0-7538-2293-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Madame de Maintenon was not at all fond of gambling and Louis XIV was not too fond of it anymore either. Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife, Anne of Austria.His older brother was the "Sun King", Louis XIV.Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston in 1660. Louis of France, Duke of Brittany (25 June 1704 – 13 April 1705) died of convulsions; This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 17:30. Fils aîné du Grand Dauphin et de Marie-Anne de Bavière. She did that, her face being wrapped up, and played cards, before retiring again to have supper in bed. She used her influence over the aging king to prevent her political enemies from furthering their causes. supra Andrea Merlotti, « la courte enfance de la duchesse de Bourgogne (1685-1696) ». 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. Nobody had expected it, especially not Marie-Adélaïde, who judging by Louis XIV’s advanced age, would be the new Queen of France in a couple of years…. His body was borne, amid the jeers of the populace, to the Saint-Denis basilica. 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. It was a constant coming and going at Meudon. 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. Le duc de Bretagne naît le 25 juin 1704. The people around the Duc de Vendôme spread all sorts of things about her husband and the King believed them. Her birth nearly cost her sixteen-year-old mother her life. For her, she was pretty much a spoiled child without manners and respect. [17] Upon the death of Le Grand Dauphin, Marie Adélaïde's husband became Dauphin of France and she Dauphine of France. However, Monsieur Fagon does not think much of the tumour of which she is so proud, for she likes to give big names to her maladies.” Another malady followed in 1708, which Madame de Maintenon blames on exhaustion after the festivities of the carnival. 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. Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy was the granddaughter of Louis XIV’s brother Philippe. It made people aware that the little pretty Princesse was more than they thought she was. The only child to survive the epidemic was the future Louis XV who was locked inside his apartments with his governess Madame de Ventadour to avoid being bled to death by doctors like his elder brother had been. The rest of the court was also in the know and watched the screaming Princesse in her struggle from a distance, highly amused. It was gone by the morning and Marie-Adélaïde went about her daily duties. Her youngest son, the only child to survive beyond childhood, later became King Louis XV of France. 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. Nangis however was smart enough to not let himself be provoked. 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. The friend’s of the Duchesse came for the rescue. They thought it might be measles… but then the rash disappeared again. London: Anchor Books. 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. She was not afraid of him, not in the least, and thus there was no restrain on her side. 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. 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. Louis XIV died in 1715, four days shy of his 77th birthday. - Lieutenant Colonel Henri Carré / Livres anciens (Autre) Occasion dès 55,50 € One day, as Marie-Adélaïde sat down with her father-in-law, whose clique was the source of the lies, the Dauphin invited Vendôme to join them. She liked him, was affectionate with him, but it did not quite seem that she loved him as much as he loved her. 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. At some point, he, being all sure of the Duchesse’s affections, found out he had a rival. As the Duc returned from a failed military campaign and all blame was put on him by an intrigue aiming to discredit him, Marie-Adélaïde, in love with him or not, was steadfast at his side. Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (6 December 1685 – 12 February 1712) was the wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy. [5] As children, she and her sister Maria Luisa frequented the Vigno di Madama outside Turin, and paid weekly visits to their grandmother at the Palazzo Madama in Turin. - Lieutenant Colonel Henri Carré / Livres anciens (Autre) Occasion dès 55,50 € The Duchesse was also extremely fond of card games, especially of lansquenet. She was only sixteen and the birth so difficult, that she received the Last Rites because it was feared she could die any moment. Henriette-Anne d’Angleterre, appelée couramment Henriette, naît le 16 juin 1644. Liselotte could not at all understand why everyone loved Marie-Adélaïde so much. 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. If Louis wanted to go the Marly, Marie-Adélaïde had to go with him. Publication date 1909 Topics Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy, 1685-1712 Publisher New York, Charles Scribner's Sons Collection cornell; americana 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. 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. 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. The event took place after the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick which ended the Nine Years' War. [3] As a female, she was not eligible to inherit the duchy of Savoy due to salic law. Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy was the granddaughter of Louis XIV’s brother Philippe. They decided she should be bled once more, enjoy a bath in boiling hot water and take an emetic. A fine scolding followed the next day and Louis was reminded, that he may kiss his wife, now and then, when the situation was fitting, but that was all. Marie Adélaïde bore two more children in 1707 and 1710. Madame de Maintenon wrote to Madame des Ursins the very day: “The Dauphine has a fixed pain between the ear and the top of the jaw, just below the temple: the affected part is so small that you could cover it with a finger-nail; she has convulsions and cries like a woman in travail, and at about the same intervals. La Duchesse De Bourgogne - Une Princesse De Savoie À La Cour De Louis Xiv 1685-1712. Les doctrines et les réformes de droit public en réaction contre l'absolutisme de Louis XIV dans l'entourage du duc de Bourgogne by George Tréca ( ) L'Intendance de Flandre wallonne en 1698 : édition critique du mémoire rédigé "pour l'instruction du duc de Bourgogne by Louis Trénard ( Book ) Le roi a souhaité que les fêtes soient superbes. Lansquenet was a game dating back to the Thirty Years’ War and named after the French spelling of the German word Landsknecht. Thus he was not impressed as he learned of the Duchesse playing Lansquenet with some random gentlemen after a picnic. This worried Madame de Maintenon quite a bit. En 1697, elle épouse Louis de France (1682 † 1712), duc de Bourgogne, puis dauphin de France. Yesterday he did me the honour to say that he will have to be careful in what he says or people will think that he is exaggerating… She has a natural courtesy which makes it impossible for her to say anything unkind.