Princess Henriette of France
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Henriette by Jean-Marc Nattier
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14 August 1727 Palace of Versailles, France |
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| Died | 10 February 1752 (aged 24) Palace of Versailles, France |
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| Burial | Basilica of Saint Denis, France | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Louis XV of France | ||||
| Mother | Marie Leszczyńska | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Anne Henriette de France |
Anne Henriette de France(14 August 1727 – 10 February 1752) was the twin sister of Louise Élisabeth de France, the eldest child of King Louis XV of France and of his queen consort Marie Leszczyńska.
The twins were born at the Palace of Versailles on 14 August 1727. She was the younger of the twins and as a result was known at the court of her father as Madame Seconde. As the daughter of the king, she was a fille de France. In her later life she was known as Madame Henriette.
While her younger sisters were sent to be raised at the Abbey of Fontevraud in 1738, Henriette was raised in Versailles. She was put in the care of Marie Isabelle de Rohan, duchesse de Tallard. She spent her childhood at Versailles with her sisters Louise-Élisabeth and Adélaïde and their younger brother, the Dauphin of France.
Her twin sister moved to Spain in 1739 to marry the Infante Philip, a younger son of King Philip V. Henriette was despondent about being separated from her twin, and she withdrew further into her music. Henriette fell in love with her cousin, Louis Philippe, duc de Chartres, the heir to the House of Orléans, and the two wished to marry. The King initially liked the idea, but changed his mind. Like her younger sisters, Henriette never married.
Henriette was passionate about music, as Jean-Marc Nattier's portrait shows. She studied the viola da gamba with Jean-Baptiste Forqueray.
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