Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, 6th Duchess of Montpensier

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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans
La Grande Mademoiselle
School of Pierre Mignard.
6th Duchess of Montpensier
Reign 4 June 1627 – 5 April 1693
Predecessor Marie de Bourbon
Successor Philippe of France
Sovereign Prince of the Dombes
Reign 4 June 1627 – 5 April 1693
Predecessor Louis Auguste de Bourbon
Successor Marie de Bourbon
Born (1627-05-29)29 May 1627
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
Died 5 April 1693(1693-04-05) (aged 65)
Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, France
Spouse Antonin Nompar de Caumont, Marquis of Puyguilhem (in secret)
Issue no issue
Full name
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans
Father Gaston of France, Duke of Orléans
Mother Marie, Duchess of Montpensier
Burial 19 April 1693
Royal Basilica, Saint Denis, France
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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, "Granddaughter of France" (29 May 1627 – 5 April 1693) known as La Grande Mademoiselle, was the eldest daughter of Gaston d'Orléans, an his first wife Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier. Mademoiselle's mother died in childbirth and Anne Marie Louise inherited her vast fortune including her title of 6th Duke of Montpensier which Anne Marie Louise held in her own right till her death in 1693. As she never married and had no children, her cousin Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans inherited her fortune.


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