Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy
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Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy (December 6,1685-February 12,1712) was the mother of King Louis XV of France.
She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his first wife Anne Marie of Orléans. Her maternal grandparents were Philippe I, duc d'Orléans and Henrietta Anne Stuart.
On December 7, 1697, Marie-Adélaïde married Louis, Duke of Burgundy. He was the eldest son of Louis, the Grand Dauphin and Maria Anna of Bavaria. He was also second-in-line heir to his paternal grandfather Louis XIV of France.
On 14 April, 1711, her father-in-law died. Her husband became Dauphin and she his Dauphine. Both she and her husband fell ill in early 1712 and died within six days of each other from measles. Her second son died the same year from the same disease. When she was dying, she was to Mme de Guiche: "Good bye, beautiful duchess. Today Dauphine and tomorrow nothing."
They had three children:
- Louis, Duke of Brittany (1704-1705)
- Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707-1712)
- Louis XV of France (1710-1774)ca:Maria Adelaida de Savoia
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