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Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans

Paris, 9 Dec 1709 – Paris, 16 Jun 1742

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Facts and their sources

  • Born9 Dec 1709, Parisnot verified1 source
  • TitleQueen Consort of Spainnot verified1 source
  • TitleQueen Consort of Spain, 1724not verified1 source
  • Died16 Jun 1742, Parisnot verified1 source
  • MotherFrançoise Marie de Bourbonnot verified1 source
  • FatherPhilippe II, Duke of Orléansnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 9 Dec 1709

    Born in Paris

  2. 1724

    Queen Consort of Spain

  3. 16 Jun 1742

    Dies in Paris, aged 32

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During her lifetime

She lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Paris.

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The 1700s · Louise is born in Paris

In the news1709–1710

The Great Winter of 1709

The Great Winter of 1709 brought extreme cold and severe famine to France, marking one of the century's worst economic crises.

Getting around

Common modes of personal travel

While the wealthy used carriages, ordinary people frequently traveled on foot or relied on pack animals like mules for longer journeys between towns.

At the table

Famine food made of fern

During the 1709 famine, bread became so expensive that people made desperate loaves out of fern, which turned their skin yellow and left them too weak to stand.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Origin of the term Grisette

The term grisette described poor working-class women, named after the simple gray woolen cloth used to make their dresses.

Music

The Pocket-Sized Teacher's Violin

To make professional dance lessons convenient at home, masters used the pochette, a small, boat-shaped violin that could be easily carried in a pocket or sachet.

Daily life

Limited and irregular primary education

Primary schooling was rare, especially for girls, and often conducted irregularly by the local priest or his vicar. Education was limited to the basics of reading, writing, and the catechism.