Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans

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Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans
Francoise Madeleine d'Orleans (1648-1664) Duchess of Savoy, French school.jpg
Duchess of Savoy
Consort 4 March 1663 – 14 January 1664
Born (1648-10-13)13 October 1648
Saint Germain en Laye, France
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Royal Palace of Turin, Savoy
Burial Turin Cathedral
Spouse Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
Father Gaston d'Orléans
Mother Marguerite of Lorraine

Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (13 October 1648 – 14 January 1664) was born a Princess of France and was the Duchess of Savoy as the first wife of Charles Emmanuel II.[1] She was a first cousin of Louis XIV as well of her husband. She was the shortest Savoyard consort dying at the age of fifteen, childless.

Biography

Orléans was born at the Château de Saint Germain en Laye outside Paris in 1648. She was the youngest surviving daughter of Gaston d'Orléans and his second wife Marguerite of Lorraine. From birth, she was styled Mademoiselle de Valois, derived from one of her father's subsidiary titles. She was the favourite sister of La Grande Mademoiselle, the famous heiress.[2] She grew up in the company of her sisters and Mademoiselle de La Vallière, future mistress of Louis XIV. She resided at the Château de Blois. Her father died in 1660 and her mother remained unmarried.

As French court etiquette dictated, she held the status of a Granddaughter of France as a male line descendant of the late king Henry IV of France. She was styled as a petite-fille de France.

Under the influence of her paternal aunt Christine Marie, Dowager Duchess of Savoy, she was engaged to her first cousin Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy.[1][3] Christine Marie had chosen her as she had wanted to maintain her power and influence in government having previously been regent for her son since 1637. The match was approved of by Cardinal Mazarin who had previously rejected Marie Jeanne of Savoy, another candidate for Charles Emmanuel II.[3] Orléans proved suitably docile and was chosen over Marie Jeanne.[4]

Orléans married the Duke of Savoy by proxy at the Palais du Louvre on 4 March 1663. The couple met for the first time at Annecy on 3 April 1663 where they were married officially.[5][3] The couple travelled to Turin, capital of Savoy, where they arrived on 15 June 1663. She was known as Francesca Maddalena d'Orléans in her adopted Savoy.

The duchess soon died on 14 Jan 1664 at the Royal Palace of Turin, leaving her husband without an heir.[6] She was buried at Turin Cathedral where she rests today. Her husband, inconsolable at her death, ordered a lavish funeral. After Orléans' death, Louis XIV tried to engage La Grande Mademoiselle to Charles Emmanuel II who refused the match.[1] He later married again to Marie Jeanne of Savoy by whom he had a son.[7]

Ancestors

Family of Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Françoise d'Alençon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Henry IV of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Henry II of Navarre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Jeanne III of Navarre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Marguerite of Navarre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Gaston d'Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Eleonora di Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Marie de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Archduchess Joanna of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Christina of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Henry II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Claude of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Catherine de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Marguerite of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Johann VII of Salm, Count of Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Paul of Salm, Count of Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Claude de Stainville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Christina of Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Tanneguy Le Veneur, comte de Tillières
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Marie Le Veneur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Madeleine Hélie de Pompadour
 
 
 
 
 
 

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Arms of Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans while Duchess of Savoy

Titles and Styles

  • 13 October 1648 – 4 March 1663 Her Royal Highness Mademoiselle de Valois
  • 4 March 1663 – 14 January 1664 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Savoy

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fraser 2006, p. 58.
  2. Sackville-West 1959, p. 354.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Oresko 2004, p. 20.
  4. Williams 1909, p. 7.
  5. Sackville-West 1959, p. 355.
  6. Oresko 2004, p. 21.
  7. Oresko 2004, p. 18.

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Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans
Born: 13 October 1648 Died: 14 January 1664
Italian royalty
Preceded by
Vacant
Title last held by
Christine of France
Duchess of Savoy
4 March 1663 – 14 January 1664
Succeeded by
Vacant
Title next held by
Marie Jeanne of Savoy
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Vacant
Title last held by
Christine of France
— TITULAR —
Queen consort of Cyprus
4 March 1663 – 14 January 1664
Reason for succession failure:
Kingdom disestablished
Succeeded by
Marie Jeanne of Savoy