Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans

Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon
Duchess of Orléans
BornLouise-Marie-Adelaïde de Bourbon
13 March 1753
Hôtel de Toulouse, Paris, France
Died23 June 1821(1821-06-23) (aged 68)
Château d'Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1769; died 1793)
Issue
Detail
Louis Philippe I, King of the French
Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier
Françoise d'Orléans
Adélaïde d'Orléans
Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais
HouseBourbon
FatherLouis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
MotherPrincess Maria Teresa d'Este

Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (13 March 1753 23 June 1821), was the daughter of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and Princess Maria Teresa d'Este. At the death of her brother, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, she became the wealthiest heiress in France prior to the French Revolution. She married Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the "regicide" Philippe Égalité, and was the mother of France's last king, Louis Philippe I. She was sister-in-law to Marie Thérèse Louise, Princess of Lamballe, and was the last member of the Bourbon-Penthièvre family.