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Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
The Duchess of Orléans by Rigaud.jpg
Liselotte by Rigaud
Duchess of Orléans
Tenure 16 November 1671 – 9 June 1701
Born (1652-05-27)27 May 1652
Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg
Died 8 December 1722(1722-12-08) (aged 70)
Château de Saint Cloud, France
Burial 10 December 1722
Royal Basilica of Saint Denis, France
Spouse Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Issue
Detail		 Alexandre Louis, Duke of Valois
Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France
Élisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Lorraine
Full name
Elisabeth Charlotte
Father Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
Mother Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
Religion Calvinism
Roman Catholicism
Signature Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate's signature

Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (27 May 1652 - 8 December 1722) was a German princess and the wife of Philippe, Duke of Orléans, younger brother of Louis XIV. She is best known for her vast correspondence detailing the court of her brother in law. She was referred to at court as simply Madame, as well as La Palatine and the Princess Palatine.

Children

  1. Alexandre Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Valois (2 June 1673 – 16 March 1676) died in infancy;
  2. Philippe d'Orléans (2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723) married Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France and had children (descendants include Louis Philippe I);
  3. Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (13 September 1676 – 24 December 1744) married Léopold of Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine and had children (descendants include Marie Antoinette.)

Titles and Styles

  • 27 May 1652 – 16 November 1671 Princess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte, Countess Palatine of Simmern.
  • 16 November 1671 – 9 June 1701 Her Royal Highness Madame, Duchess of Orléans.
  • 9 June 1701 – 8 December 1722 Her Royal Highness Madame, Dowager Duchess of Orléans.

Images for kids

  • Engraving of Liselotte of the Palatinate as an infant after Vaillant

    Liselotte as a child of about 4 or 5 years, copper engraving by Johann Schweizer after Wallerant Vaillant. Austrian National Library, Vienna

  • Heidelberger Schloss von Gerrit Berckheyde 1670

    Heidelberg Castle by Gerrit Berckheyde, 1670

  • Liselotte von der Pfalz 1670 rem

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, ca. 1670–71. Currently at Reiss Engelhorn Museum, Mannheim.

  • The Palais Royal in 1680 by a member of the Perelle family

    View of the Palais Royal, 1680.

  • View of the estate of Saint Cloud by Étienne Allegrain

    View of the Château de Saint-Cloud, ca. 1675.

  • Madame, Duchess of Orléans (Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate) in hunting dress – Elle (1673)

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, in hunting dress, by Elle the Elder, c. 1683; Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin.

  • Mignard, after - Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orléans, and her children - Versailles

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans with her two surviving children. Copy by Jean-Gilbert Murat (1837) after an original by Pierre Mignard from ca. 1678–1679.

  • Liselotte, Duchess of Orléans in 1675 by Mignard

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, by Pierre Mignard, 1675.

  • Mignard - Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine - Historisches Museum der Pfalz

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, by Pierre Mignard, 1678.

  • 1680 portrait of the Duchess of Orléans (Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate) being attended to by a slave by François de Troy

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, with a moorish page, by François de Troy, 1680.

  • Princess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte then Duchess of Orléans in 1700 by Andre Bouys

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, by André Bouys, 1700.

  • Louis XIV 1714

    Louis XIV receives the later King of Poland and Elector of Saxony Augustus III, by Louis de Silvestre, 1714. The lady between Augustus (in red) and the King is Liselotte.

  • Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate from the workshop of Rigaud

    Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans. Posthumous portrait from the workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1723.

  • Arms of Élisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Princess Palatine as Duchess of Orléans

    Arms of alliance of Liselotte as Duchess of Orléans (Bourbon-Wittelsbach).

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