Mesdames de France

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Mesdames de France were the unmarried daughters of King Louis XV of France, notable 18th-century royal princesses who played influential roles at the French court.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Filles de France 1
Mesdames de France canonical 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of French royal princesses ⓘ
associatedEvent decline of the prestige of the Bourbon monarchy in the late 18th century ⓘ
associatedPlace Choisy-le-Roi ⓘ
Fontainebleau ⓘ
century 18th century ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
courtCulture embodied conservative and devout tendencies at court ⓘ
courtRole influential figures at the court of Versailles ⓘ
culturalRole patronesses of arts and religious institutions ⓘ
dynasticAffiliation French branch of the House of Bourbon ⓘ
education received princely education appropriate to royal daughters ⓘ
era Ancien Régime ⓘ
father Louis XV of France ⓘ
grandfather Louis XIV of France ⓘ
historicalContext lived in the decades preceding the French Revolution ⓘ
historicalReputation remembered for piety and political conservatism ⓘ
house House of Bourbon ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
maritalStatus mostly remained unmarried ⓘ
meaningOfName Ladies of France ⓘ
member Madame Adélaïde de France ⓘ
Madame Henriette de France ⓘ
Madame Louise Marie de France ⓘ
Madame Louise de France ⓘ
linked to: Louise of France

Madame Marie Louise Élisabeth de France ⓘ
Madame Philippine Élisabeth de France ⓘ
Madame Sophie de France ⓘ
Madame Victoire de France ⓘ
Madame Élisabeth de France (daughter of Louis XV) ⓘ
mother Marie Leszczyńska ⓘ
notableMembers Madame Adélaïde de France ⓘ
Madame Victoire de France ⓘ
politicalInfluence exerted influence on court factions under Louis XV ⓘ
opposed some policies associated with Madame de Pompadour ⓘ
were involved in court opposition to the Jesuits’ suppression ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Palace of Versailles ⓘ
siblingRelation sisters of Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XV) ⓘ
socialStatus princesses of the blood ⓘ
title Filles de France ⓘ
linked to: Mesdames de France

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Château de Bellevue → ownedBy → Mesdames de France ⓘ
Mesdames de France → title → Filles de France ⓘ
linked to: Mesdames de France