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Louis, Grand Dauphin

Louis of France
Dauphin of France
Hyacinthe Rigaud - Louis de France, Dauphin (1661-1711), dit le Grand Dauphin - Google Art Project.jpg
Born (1661-11-01)1 November 1661
Château de Fontainebleau, France
Died 14 April 1711(1711-04-14) (aged 49)
Château de Meudon, France
Burial 28 April 1711
Royal Basilica of Saint Denis, France
Spouse Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
Marie Émilie de Joly de Choin
Issue
Detail
Full name
Louis de France
House House of Bourbon
Father Louis XIV of France
Mother Maria Theresa of Spain
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Full name
Louis de France

Louis of France (1 November 1661 – 14 April 1711) was the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France, and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. As the heir apparent to the French throne, he was styled Dauphin. He became known as Le Grand Dauphin after the birth of his own son, Le Petit Dauphin. As he died before his father, he never became king. He was the grandfather of his father's successor, Louis XV.

Louis was born on 1 November 1661 at the Château de Fontainebleau, the eldest son of the young French King, Louis XIV of France, and his Spanish wife, Maria Theresa of Spain . As a Fils de France ("Son of France") he was entitled to the style of Royal Highness. He was baptised on 24 March 1662 at the chapel of the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and given his father's name of Louis. At the ceremony, Cardinal de Vendôme and the Princess of Conti acted as proxies for the godparents, Pope Clement IX and Queen Henrietta Maria of England. The latter was Louis's grand-aunt. For this ceremony, Jean-Baptiste Lully composed the motet Plaude Laetare Gallia.

When Louis reached the age of seven, he was removed from the care of women and placed in the society of men. He received Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, as his governor and was tutored by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, the great French preacher and orator, without positive result:


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