Marie Adélaïde of Savoy

6 December 1685 — 12 February 1712

Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy was the wife of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans. Her betrothal to the Duke of Burgundy in June 1696 was part of the Treaty of Turin, signed on 29 August 1696. She was the mother of the future King Louis XV. Styled as Duchess of Burgundy after her marriage, she became Dauphine of France upon the death of her father-in-law, Louis, Grand Dauphin, in 1711. She died of measles in 1712, followed by her husband a week later.

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