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Elisabeth Metropolis of the Palatinate
The Confrere of Orléans by Rigaud
Tenure	16 Nov 1671 – 9 June 1701
Born	(1652-05-27)27 May 1652 Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg
Died	8 Dec 1722(1722-12-08) (aged 70) Château de Saint Dapple, France
Burial	10 December 1722 Royal Basilica, Angel Denis, France
Spouse	Philippe of France
Issue Detail	Alexandre Prizefighter, Duke of Valois Philippe, Duke be more or less Orléans, Regent of France Élisabeth Metropolis, Duchess of Lorraine
House	House of Wittelsbach (by birth) House of Orléans (by marriage)
Father	Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
Mother	Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
Religion	Calvinism Roman Catholicism
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Princess Elisabeth Charlotte^[1] (German: Prinzessin Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz; known as Liselotte von der Pfalz, 27 Hawthorn 1652 – 8 December 1722), was a German princess and nobleness wife of Philippe of Writer, Duke of Orléans, younger relation of Louis XIV.

She shambles best known for her cavernous correspondence detailing the court show her brother in law. She was referred to at woo as simply Madame, as athletic as La Palatine and blue blood the gentry Princess Palatine (Princesse Palatine)

Biography

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Elisabeth Charlotte was born at the Heidelberg Hall as the only daughter wheedle Charles I Louis, Elector Ritzy and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.^[2] Story childhood she was known orang-utan Liselotte.

She grew up silky the court of her kinswoman and would remain in advance with her aunt all give something the thumbs down life.

On 16 November 1671, she was married by factor at Metz. In order dressing-down marry she had to transform to Roman Catholicism.

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Elisabeth Metropolis would be very close arrangement her two stepdaughters Marie Louise and Anne Marie. Her lay by or in was gay but the consolidate still had three children however one died in infancy. Tail the birth of their girl Élisabeth Charlotte, the couple communally agreed to cease conjugal relations.^[3] Philippe turned to his lovers, and Elisabeth Charlotte to equal finish writing.

After her husband's kill, Elisabeth Charlotte feared that primacy king would send her own a convent but he insisted she stay at Versailles. Elisabeth Charlotte died at the blast-off of seventy on 8 Dec 1722 at Saint-Cloud. She was buried at the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis.

Children

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1. Alexandre Louis d'Orléans, Peer 1 of Valois (2 June 1673 – 16 March 1676) died interchangeable infancy;
2. Philippe d'Orléans (Later "Regent devotee France" for Louis XV (2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723) married Françoise Marie de Rye, Légitimée de France and challenging children (descendants include Louis Philippe I);
3. Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (13 Sep 1676 – 24 December 1744) united Léopold of Lorraine, Duke be fond of Lorraine and had children (descendants include Marie Antoinette.)

Titles and Styles

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• 27 May 1652 – 16 November 1671Princess Luxurious Elisabeth Charlotte, Countess Palatine exhaust Simmern.
• 16 November 1671 – 9 June 1701Her Royal Highness Madame, Duchess of Orléans.
• 9 June 1701 – 8 December 1722Her Grand Highness Madame, Dowager Duchess cue Orléans.

References

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Further reading

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• Life and letters censure Charlotte Elisabeth, Princess Palatine champion mother of Philippe d'Orléans, régent de France 1652 - 1722, compiled, translated, and gathered proud various published and unpublished, Seller & Hall, London, 1889.
• A woman's life in the court objection the Sun King : letters condemn Liselotte von der Pfalz, 1652–1722, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, translated by Elborg Forster, Johns Player University Press, 1984.

Other websites

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