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Anne Marie d'Orléans

Saint-Cloud, 27 Aug 1669 – Villa della Regina, 26 Aug 1728

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A life in time

  1. 27 Aug 1669

    Born in Saint-Cloud

  2. 1685–1705

    6 children are born

  3. 26 Aug 1728

    Dies in Villa della Regina, aged 58

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 6

During her lifetime

She lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Saint-Cloud.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1660s · Anne is born in Saint-Cloud

In the news1660

Pyrenees Earthquake (1660)

A major earthquake struck the Pyrenees in 1660, destroying 20 houses in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and causing the collapse of the bell tower of Saint-Michel church in Bordeaux.

Getting around

First organized public transport in Paris

In 1662, King Louis XIV authorized the first organized public transport in Paris using carriages called carrosses à cinq sols, which cost five sols per ride.

In the news1666

Sale of judicial offices in 1666

Duke Charles Emmanuel II reformed administrative and tax systems in 1666 by allowing the sale of major judicial offices to the highest bidder to support ducal finances.

Daily life

Children were sent to school

Household rules expected servants to wake and feed children and ensure they went off to school.

What people wore

Sunday best for villagers

Ordinary villagers often wore the same daily clothes, while the wealthier among them changed into better garments specifically for Sundays and feast days.

Music

Everyday musical tools and maintenance

Portable violins called pochettes were used by dance masters to teach dance lessons in homes. Harpsichords in palaces required regular maintenance, where staff spent one-third of their time just removing wax drippings from candles.

At the table

Meat and Drink Habits of Families

Ordinary families rarely ate fresh meat and instead relied on salted pork to flavor their vegetable soups. Drinking water was often considered unsafe, so people frequently consumed piquette, a thin beverage made from the remnants of grapes or fruit, or local cider.