Anne Henriette de Bourbon
Anne Henriette of France ("Madame Seconde") (born August 14, 1727 in Versailles ; † February 10, 1752 ibid) was Princess of France.
Life
Princess Anne Henriette of France and her twin sister Louise Elisabeth of France were born on August 14, 1727 as the first children of King Louis XV. Born of France and his Polish wife Maria Leszczyńska in Versailles . Anne Henriette was the younger sister and was therefore referred to as "Madame Seconde". From 1735 Marie Isabelle de Rohan was responsible for her education and that of her younger siblings.
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When her sister Louise Elisabeth traveled to Spain in 1739 to become the wife of Philip of Spain , Anne Henriette stayed in Versailles as Madame Royale . The naturally reserved girl suffered from the loss of her favorite sister, with whom she had spent most of her time until then, and withdrew more and more. Above all, she devoted herself to music . In the following years she perfected her playing the viola . Her teacher was Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Forqueray , one of the most famous gambists in France in the 18th century, whose father Antoine Forqueray was already active as a gambist with Louis XIV . Anne Henriette's passion for music was captured by the court painter Jean-Marc Nattier in his portrait of Madame Henriette, who made music.
In contrast to her twin sister, Anne Henriette was never married, although she had a crush on the Duke of Orléans for a while and met him frequently. However, her father did not want too close a connection to the House of Orléans . Except for Louise Elisabeth, he married none of his daughters because he wanted her with him.
The twin sisters were briefly estranged when Louise Elisabeth befriended her father's mistress, Madame de Pompadour , on her first visit to Versailles in 1748 , thus drawing the resentment of her mother and her other siblings. The Queen of France and her children at the court of Versailles formed a party that opposed the power of the mistress. At the beginning of 1752 the princess fell ill with smallpox and died on February 10, 1752 at the age of 24. She was buried in the Saint-Denis basilica . In 1760 her twin sister was buried at her side.
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| SURNAME | Bourbon, Anne Henriette de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | France, Anne Henriette von; Madame Seconde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of France, daughter of King Louis XV. from France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1727 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1752 |
| Place of death | Versailles |