Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, known as "La Grande Mademoiselle," was a wealthy French princess and prominent Fronde-era noblewoman at the court of Louis XIV.

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instanceOf Duchess of Montpensier
French princess
Fronde-era noble
memoirist
noblewoman
alsoKnownAs La Grande Mademoiselle
associatedPlace Château de Saint-Fargeau
Paris, France
linked to: Paris
birthDate 1627-05-29
birthPlace Louvre Palace, Paris, France
linked to: Louvre Palace
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis
children none
country France
court court of Louis XIV
linked to: Court of Louis XIV
deathDate 1693-04-05
deathPlace Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, France
era reign of Louis XIV of France
father Gaston, Duke of Orléans
fullName Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans
genre memoirs
grandfather Henry IV of France
grandmother Marie de’ Medici
heldTitleFrom Duchess of Montpensier, 1627
house House of Bourbon
imprisonedBy Louis XIV of France
knownFor extensive personal memoirs
great personal wealth and estates
political involvement in the Fronde
languageOfWork French
marriageType morganatic marriage
marriageYear 1681
mother Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier
nobleFamily House of Orléans
notableEvent ordered the cannons of the Bastille to be fired on royal troops at the Battle of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in 1652
notableWork Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier
participatedIn the Fronde
linked to: Fronde
placeOfImprisonment Château de Saint-Fargeau
politicalRole leader among the aristocratic opposition during the Fronde
reignAsDuchessFrom 1627
reignAsDuchessTo 1693
relatedTo Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII

Louis XIV of France
religion Roman Catholicism
socialStatus princesse du sang
spouse Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Duke of Lauzun
style Her Serene Highness
title Duchess of Montpensier
Princess of the Blood
wealthStatus one of the wealthiest women in France of her time

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Gaston, Duke of Orléans child Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
Gaston, Duke of Orléans parentOfHeir Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
Duchess of Montpensier notableHolder Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
linked to: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans sibling Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
Prince of Dombes titleHolder Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier
linked to: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
House of Bourbon-Montpensier notableMember Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
linked to: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier