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Marie d'Orléans (1625–1707) was the daughter of Henry II of Orléans, duke of Longueville. After the death of her brother Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans-Longueville in 1694 she succeeded him as Princess of Neuchâtel.
Through her marriage with Henri II, Duke of Nemours, she became Duchess of Nemours. She is a famous personage. At an early age she was involved in the first Fronde, which was directed by her father and her stepmother Anne Genevieve de Bourbon-Conde, the celebrated duchesse de Longueville. She married the Duke of Nemours in 1657, and when he died in 1659, leaving her childless, the rest of her life was mainly spent in contesting her inheritance with her stepmother.
She left some interesting Memoires, which are published by C. B. Petitot in the Collection complete des memoires (1819–1829).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Marie de NemoursOrléans-LonguevilleBorn: 1625 Died: 16 June 1707Regnal titles Preceded by
John Louis CharlesPrincess of Neuchâtel
1694 — 1707Succeeded by
Frederick ICategories:- 1625 births
- 1707 deaths
- Princes of Neuchâtel
- Counts of Dreux
- French Suo jure nobility
- House of Savoy
- People from Paris
- Duchesses of Aumale
- Duchesses of Nemours
- French nobility
- French duchesses
- 17th-century French people
- 18th-century French people
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