Duchess Of Louvois Marie Adlade

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French royalty, the fourth daughter and sixth child of King Louis XV and his consort, Marie Leszczyńska. As the daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France. She was referred to as Madame Adélaïde from 1737 to 1755 and from 1759 to her death, and simply as Madame from 1755 to 1759. Originally known as Madame Quatrième ("Madame the Fourth"), until the death of her older sister Louise Marie in 1733, she became Madame Troisième, ("Madame the Third"). Adélaïde also possessed the Duchy of Louvois with her sister Madame Sophie from 1777, which had been created for them by their nephew Louis XVI, in their own right. She became the head of the group of the three unmarried, younger sisters who survived into adulthood; the others were Madame Victoire and Madame Sophie. They all found solace in music. She died on 27 February 1800, aged 67, in Triest, Italy. Link to Wikipedia biography