Adélaïde of France (1732–1800)

Marie Adélaïde
Duchess of Louvois
Madame Adélaïde in 1750
Born	(1732-03-23)23 March 1732 Palace of Versailles, France
Died	27 February 1800(1800-02-27) (aged 67) Triest, Italy
Burial	20 January 1817 Basilica of Saint-Denis
Full name Marie Adélaïde de France
House	Bourbon
Father	Louis XV of France
Mother	Marie Leszczyńska
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature
Coat of arms of a princess of France

Marie Adélaïde de France, (23 March 1732 in Versailles – 27 February 1800 in Trieste), was a French princess, the fourth daughter and sixth child of King Louis XV of France and his consort, Marie Leszczyńska.

As the legitimate daughter of the king, she was a fille de France. She was referred to as Madame Quatrième ("Madame the Fourth"), until the death of her older sister Marie Louise in 1733, as Madame Troisième, ("Madame the Third"); as Madame Adélaïde from 1737 to 1755; as Madame from 1755 to 1759; and then as Madame Adélaïde again from 1759 until her death.

Adélaïde possessed the Duchy of Louvois with her sister Madame Sophie from 1777 until 1792, which had been created for them by their nephew Louis XVI, in their own right.

She was named after her paternal grandmother, Marie Adelaide, Dauphine of France.

Madame Adélaïde was raised at the Palace of Versailles with her older sisters, Madame Louise Elisabeth, Madame Henriette and Madame Marie Louise, along with her brother Louis, Dauphin of France.

Her younger sisters was raised at the Abbaye de Fontevraud from 1738 onward, because the cost of raising them in Versailles with all the status they were entitled to was deemed too expensive by Cardinal Fleury, Louis XV's chief minister. Adélaïde was originally expected to join her younger sisters to Fontevraud, but she was allowed to stay with her brother and her three elder siblings in Versailles after a personal plea to her father.