Marie Louise of France
Portrait byPierre Gobert, 1733
Born	(1728-07-28)28 July 1728 Palace of Versailles,Versallies,Kingdom of France
Died	19 February 1733(1733-02-19) (aged 4) Palace of Versailles, Versailles, Kingdom of France
Burial	Basilica of Saint-Denis,Paris, France
House	Bourbon
Father	Louis XV
Mother	Marie Leszczyńska

Marie Louise of France (28 July 1728 – 19 February 1733) was a French princess, afille de France. She was the daughter of KingLouis XV and QueenMarie Leszczyńska.

Born at thePalace of Versailles, the third child ofLouis XV and his queen,Marie Leszczyńska, she was known asMadame Troisième until herbaptism a few weeks before her death.

Her birth was not greeted with much enthusiasm due to her gender; her father had been hoping for a son to call hisDauphin and thus have an heir to the throne. When it was clear that a girl was born, the anticipated celebrations for the expected Dauphin were cancelled and Madame Troisième only had a mass sung in the Chapel of Versailles in her honour.

She grew up at Versailles with her older twin sistersMadame Première andMadame Seconde. The following year, 1729, the three children were joined by the Dauphin of FranceLouis.

The royal family were again joined by another son in 1730,Philippe, Duke of Anjou. In the winter of 1733, Madame Troisième caught acold; an epidemic occurred at Versailles at the same time. The child was put in the care of theGascon doctor Monsieur Bouillac; the doctor administeredemetics and had the childbled. Madame Troisième was quickly baptised at Versailles and given the names of her parentsMarie and the feminine form of Louis, "Louise". She died at Versailles, exhausted. Barrister Barbier noted in his memoirs that both her parents Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska were "devastated" over her death as she was the first of their children to die. She was buried at the RoyalBasilica of Saint-Denis.

Her portrait was painted byPierre Gobert around 1730. In 1734 a posthumous portrait was painted byCharles-Joseph Natoire who represented her with her sister, the futureMadame Adélaïde.

She has been called Louise over time.

• 1728 births
• 1733 deaths
• 18th-century French women
• Royalty from Versailles
• French people of Polish descent
• Princesses of France (Bourbon)
• Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis
• Children of Louis XV
• French royalty who died as children
• Daughters of kings

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