Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (20 October 1700 - 19 January 1761) was the third daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans (Regent of France for King Louis XV) an his wife Marie Françoise de Bourbon (herself an illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France by Madame de Montespan. Forced to marry the Hereditary Prince of Modena in 1720 and moved to Modena having ten children with her husband. Bored in Modena she returned to France where she lived in Versailles at the court of King Louis XV of France, she even presented Madame de Pompadour to court in 1745 after which she set about organising marriages for her two daughters the Princesses Maria Teresa Felicitas, and Maria Fortunata. Exiled from Versailles, she died in Paris in 1760 and was buried within the Church of Val-de-Grâce which had been founded by her ancestor Anne of Austria.

Children

 * 1) Alfonso d'Este (18 November 1723 – 16 June 1725) died in infancy.
 * 2) Francesco Constantino d'Este (22 November 1724 – 16 June 1725) died in infancy.
 * 3) Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (6 October 1726 – 30 April 1754) married Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and had children.
 * 4) Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena (22 November 1727 – 14 October 1803) married Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa and had children.
 * 5) Matilde d'Este (7 February 1729 – 14 November 1803) died unmarried.
 * 6) Beatrice d'Este (14 July 1730 – 12 July 1731) died in infancy.
 * 7) Beatrice d'Este (24 November 1731 – 3 April 1736) died in infancy.
 * 8) Maria Fortunata d'Este (24 November 1731 – 21 September 1803) married Louis François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, but had no children.
 * 9) Benedetto Filippo d'Este (30 September 1736 – 16 September 1751) never married.
 * 10) Maria Elisabetta Ernestina d'Este (12 February 1741 – 4 August 1774) married Carlo Salomone, Count of Serravalle.

Titles and styles

 * 20 October 1700 - 11 February 1720 Her Most Serene Highness Madmoiselle de Valois, Princess of the French royal blood.
 * 11 February 1720 - 26 October 1737 Her Most Serene Highness The Hereditary Princess of Modena and Reggio.
 * 26 October 1737 - 19 January 1761 Her Royal Highness The Duchess o Modena and Reggio.