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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

1627 - 1693

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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, (French pronunciation: [an maʁi lwiz dɔʁleɑ̃], 29 May 1627 – 5 April 1693) known as La Grande Mademoiselle ([la ɡʁɑ̃d madmwazɛl], lit. 'The Great Miss'), was the only daughter of Gaston d'Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier. One of the greatest heiresses in history, she died unmarried and childless, leaving her vast fortune to her cousin Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. After a string of proposals from various members of European ruling families, including Charles II of England, Afonso VI of Portugal, and Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy, she eventually fell in love with the courtier Antoine Nompar de Caumont and scandalised the court of France when she asked Louis XIV for permission to marry him, as such a union was viewed as a mésalliance. She is best remembered for her role in the Fronde, for bringing the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully to the king's court, and for her Mémoires. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier is the 3,283rd most popular politician (down from 2,914th in 2019), the 1,001st most popular biography from France (down from 958th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular French Politician.

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, was a French noblewoman and one of the last surviving members of the House of Valois. She is most famous for being a member of the royal court of King Louis XIV.

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Among politicians, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier ranks 3,283 out of 19,576. Before her are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Amenemhat I, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Ajax the Lesser, and Felipe González. After her are Yitzhak Navon, Chryseis, Telamon, Charles Martel of Anjou, Nectanebo I, and Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1627, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier ranks 5. Before her are Robert Boyle, Turhan Hatice Sultan, Shivaji, and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet. After her are John Ray, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Aşub Sultan, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Willem van Aelst, Petro Doroshenko, and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1693, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier ranks 4. Before her are Mehmed IV, Madame de La Fayette, and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. After her are Ihara Saikaku, Willem Kalf, Nicolaes Maes, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, John de Britto, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Elisabeth Hevelius, and Johann Caspar Kerll.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier ranks 1,001 out of 6,770. Before her are Joan II of Navarre (1311), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Jacques Cassini (1677), Pierre Janet (1859), and Claude Jade (1948). After her are Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Fromental Halévy (1799), Eugène Scribe (1791), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), and Jacques Perrin (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier ranks 233. Before her are Childebert III (678), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Joseph Babinski (1857), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), and Joan II of Navarre (1311). After her are Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Chilperic I (539), Louis Desaix (1768), Victoire of France (1733), and Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438).

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