Beschreibung
Erhaltung: ss / vz | Abkürzungen
Katalognummer: Anne Marie Louise dOrléans
Durchmesser: 21,00 mm
weight 2,21gr. | silver Ø 21mm.
obv. Bust of Anne right, surrounded by the legend
ANMALOVDEBOVRBON
rev. Crowned arms of Orléans deviding 1668, A below,
surrounded by the legend PRINC + SOVVDE + DOMBES
Anne Marie Louise dOrléans was born at the Palais du Louvre in Paris on 29 May 1627. Her father was Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII. Her mother, 21-year-old Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, was the only surviving member of the Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon. When she died five days after giving birth, she left the newborn Anne Marie, the new Duchess of Montpensier, heiress to an immense fortune which included five duchies, the Dauphinate of Auvergne, and the sovereign Principality of Dombes, found in the historical province of Burgundy. Cardinal Richelieu was her godfather. As the eldest daughter of Monsieur (Gaston dOrléans), Anne Marie Louise was officially known as Mademoiselle from the time of her birth, and, because she was the granddaughter of a King of France, Henry IV, her uncle Louis XIII created for her the new title of petite-fille de France (Granddaughter of France). Mademoiselle was moved from the Louvre to the Palais des Tuileries and placed under the care of Madame de Saint Georges, the governess of royal children, who taught her how to read and write. At the birth of the future Louis XIV in September 1638, the determined Mademoiselle decided that she would marry him, calling him her little husband to the amusement of Louis XIII. Richelieu subsequently reprimanded her for her remarks. Her father on the other hand wanted her to marry Louis, Count of Soissons, a descendant of Charles, Duke of Vendôme, one of his old co-conspirators. The marriage never materialised. When the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III died in May 1646, Mademoiselle considered marriage to Ferdinand, but Queen Anne, under the influence of Mazarin, ignored Mademoiselles pleas. Queen Anne suggested her brother, Cardinal Ferdinand of Austria, but Mademoiselle declined. The wealthiest single princess of Europe was left without suitable marriage prospects. One of the greatest heiresses in history, she died unmarried and childless on 5 April 1693 at the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris, leaving her vast fortune to her cousin Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. KM.41 | Boudeau 1095 | cf. Poey dAvant 5228
Duplessy 3009 | Divo 238 | Cammarano 50
vf/xf
