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Louise Élisabeth of France

Louise Élisabeth
Portræt af Louise-Elisabeth de France, Louis XV's datter "Mme Infante", hertuginde af Parma (1749) by Jean-Marc Nattier.jpg
Duchess consort of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
Tenure 18 October 1748 – 6 December 1759
Born (1727-08-14)14 August 1727
Palace of Versailles, France
Died 6 December 1759(1759-12-06) (aged 32)
Palace of Versailles, France
Burial Royal Basilica of Saint Denis
Spouse Philip, Duke of Parma
Issue Isabella, Archduchess of Austria
Ferdinand, Duke of Parma
Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain
Full name
Marie Louise Élisabeth de France
House Bourbon
Father Louis XV of France
Mother Maria Leszczyńska
Signature
Full name
Marie Louise Élisabeth de France
Styles of
Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Parma as consort
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Madame

Louise Élisabeth de France (Marie Louise Élisabeth; 14 August 1727 – 6 December 1759) was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczyńska, and the elder twin sister of Anne Henriette de France. As the daughter of the king, she was a fille de France. She married Infante Philip, younger son of Philip V of Spain, and later became Duchess of Parma. In secondary sources she is referred to also as "Louise Élisabeth of France".

Marie Louise Élisabeth de France and her twin sister Henriette de France were born at the Palace of Versailles on 14 August 1727 to Louis XV of France and his wife, the Polish born queen, Maria Leszczyńska as their eldest child. With her younger twin, she was baptised at Versailles on 27 April 1737 with the names of her parents. Louise Elisabeth was known at court as Madame Royale, Madame Première, Madame Élisabeth, and also as Babette within her family circle.

She was put in the care of Marie Isabelle de Rohan, duchesse de Tallard.

Élisabeth was raised at Versailles with her twin sister, Henriette, their younger sisters Marie-Louise, Marie Adélaïde, and their brother, the Dauphin. Her other sisters, Victoire, Sophie, Therese and Louise-Marie were sent to be raised in the Abbey of Fontevraud. She and her brother were the only ones who got married, and only Adélaïde and Victoire lived to see the fall of the Ancien Régime under the reign of their nephew, Louis XVI.


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