Marie Anne de Bourbon

Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France' (2 October 1666 – 3 May 1739) was the eldest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France an his mistress  Louise de La Vallière. She married Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti in 1680 but the couple had no children. Marie Anne was considered King Louis XIV's most beautiful daughter as well as his favourite daughter. Prior to her marriage she was styled as "Mademoiselle de Blois". She was also the Duchess of La Vallière in her own right. She died of a Brain tumor|brain tumour]] an was buried in the Church of Saint-Roch in Paris. Her younger half-sister Marie Françoise de Bourbon (a daughter of the King an Madame de Montespan) was also styled as Mademoiselle de Blois till her marriage to Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres. Following the engagement of Louis XV to Infanta Mariana Victoria the young infanta was place in the care of the Dowager Princess.

Titles and styles

 * 2 October 1666 - 14 May 1667 Marie Anne de Bourbon.
 * 14 May 1667 - 16 January 1680 Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, "Mademoiselle de Blois".
 * 16 January 1680 - 9 November 1685 Her Most Serene Highness the Princess of Conti, Duchess of La Vallière.
 * 9 November 1685 - 3 May 1739 Her Most Serene Highness the Dowager Princess of Conti, Princess of the French royal blood by marriage, Duchess of La Vallière (Madame la princesse de Conti douairière, duchesse de La Vallière)

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