Bathilde d'Orléans
| Bathilde d'Orléans | |||||
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| Princess of Condé | |||||
Bathilde by an unknown artist
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| Born |
9 July 1750 Château de Saint-Cloud, France |
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| Died | 10 January 1822 (aged 71) Paris, France |
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| Burial | Royal Chapel, Dreux, France | ||||
| Spouse | Louis Henri, Prince of Condé | ||||
| Issue | Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien | ||||
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| House |
House of Bourbon House of Orléans |
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| Father | Louis Philippe d'Orléans | ||||
| Mother | Louise Henriette de Bourbon | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Signature | _at_the_baptism_of_Marie_Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Charlotte_of_France,_December_1778.png){kind=small} |
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| Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans |
Bathilde d'Orléans (Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde; 9 July 1750 – 10 January 1822) was a French princess of the blood of the House of Orléans. She was sister of Philippe Égalité, the mother of the executed Duke of Enghien and aunt of Louis Philippe I, King of the French. Married to the young Duke of Enghien, a distant cousin, she was always known as the Duchess of Bourbon following the birth of her son. She was known as Citoyenne Vérité during the French Revolution.
Balthilde was the Grand Mistress of the French Masonic Lodge of adoption, in parallel to her brother Philippe being the Grand Master of the male Freemasons in France, which also gave them an international position within the Freemasons: on 8 May 1776, she and her brother approved of the creation of a female lodge of adoption in Sweden.
Descended from both Louis XIV of France and his younger brother, Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans, Bathilde was born a princesse du sang and as such was addressed with the style of Serene Highness. The daughter of the Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres and his wife, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Bathilde was born at the Château de Saint-Cloud, some ten kilometers west of Paris, on 9 July 1750. She was known unofficially at court as Mademoiselle reflecting her rank as the most senior unmarried princess of the blood at the court. Her mother died in 1759 when Bathilde was just eight years old. Her father, pressured by his mistress, Madame de Montesson, sent her to a convent. During her time at the convent, she became a very spiritual person, a trait that would remain with her all her life.
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