Louise Elizabeth (1727–1759)

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Louise Elizabeth (1727–1759)

Duchess of Parma. Name variations: Elizabeth de France or Elizabeth of France; Marie Louise of France; Marie Louise of Parma; (Span). Louisa Isabel. Born on August 14, 1727; died on December 6, 1759; daughter of Louis XV, king of France (r. 1715–1774), and Marie Leczinska (1703–1768); had twin sister Henriette (1727–1752); also sister of Louise Marie (1737–1787); Adelaide (1732–1800); Victoire (1733–1799), and Sophie (1734–1782); married Philip de Bourbon (1720–1765), duke of Parma (r. 1748–1765, son of Elizabeth Farnese ), on October 25, 1739; children: Maria Luisa Teresa of Parma (1751–1819); Isabella of Parma (1741–1763); Ferdinand (b. 1751), duke of Parma.

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