Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans

Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Granddaughter of France (13 September 1676 - 23 December 1744) was the youngest a niece of King Louis XIV who organised her marriagge to the Duke of Lorraine in 1698. A grandmother of the future Queen Marie Antoinette. Her elder brither was the Duke of Orléans an Regent of France or the young King Louis XV. King Louis XV created her the Princess of Commercy in her own right having acted as regent of Lorraine in place of her husband several times.

Children

 * 1) Léopold, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (26 August 1699 – 2 April 1700) died in infancy.
 * 2) Princess Élisabeth Charlotte of Lorraine (21 October 1700 – 4 May 1711) died of smallpox.
 * 3) Princess Louise Christine o Lorraine (13 November 1701 – 18 November 1701) died in infancy.
 * 4) Princess Marie Gabrièle Charlotte of Lorraine (30 December 1702 – 11 May 1711) died of smallpox.
 * 5) Louis, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (28 January 1704 – 10 May 1711) died of smallpox.
 * 6) Princess Joséphine Gabrièle of Lorraine (16 February 1705 – 25 March 1708) died in infancy.
 * 7) Princess Gabrièle Louise of Lorraine (4 March 1706 – 13 June 1710) died in infancy.
 * 8) Léopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (25 April 1707 – 4 June 1723) died unmarried.
 * 9) Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) married the future Empress Maria Theresa and had children.
 * 10) Princess Eléonore of Lorraine (4 June 1710 – 28 Julie 1710) died in infancy.
 * 11) Princess Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (15 October 1711 – 3 July 1741) married Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and had children.
 * 12) Prince Charles Alexandre of Lorraine (12 December 1712 – 4 July 1780) married Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria and had children.
 * 13) Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (17 May 1714 - 7 November 1773) Abbess of Essen an never married.

Titles and styles

 * 13 September 1676 – 10 April 1684 Mademoiselle de Chartres, Granddaughter of France.
 * 10 April 1684 – 13 October 1698 Mademoiselle, Granddaughter of France.
 * 13 October 1698 – 27 March 1729 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Lorraine.
 * 27 March 1729 – 14 March 1737 Her Royal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Lorraine.
 * 14 March 1737 – 23 December 1744 Her Royal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Lorraine, Princess of Commercy.