Princess Sophie-Philippine of France

Infobox Person
name = Princess Sophie Philippine Élisabeth Justine of France

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birth_date = birth date|1734|7|27|mf=y
birth_place = Palace of Versailles, France
death_date = March 2, 1782
death_place = Palace of Versailles, France
parents = Louis XV of France and Maria Leszczyńska

Sophie Philippine Élisabeth Justine (27 July 1734 - 2 March 1782) was a French princess. She was the sixth daughter and eighth child of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska. As the daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France. She was later known as Madame Sophie.

Sophie is less well known than many of her sisters. Her birth at Versailles was relatively unremarked. Unlike the older children of Louis XV, she was not raised at Versailles, but sent to live at the Abbey of Fontevraud with her older sister Victoire and younger sisters Félicité (who died young) and Louise.

She had a shy, reserved nature, and was considered ugly and uninteresting. She did not exercise any influence at the court, but let herself be directed by her older sister Adélaïde, following her in her antipathy against her father's mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and then Madame du Barry.

She was one of the four royal sisters to survive their parents. She was buried in the royal tomb at the Abbey of Saint-Denis which was plundered and destroyed at the time of the French Revolution.

Her nephews included (among others) Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Louis XVI of France, Louis XVIII of France, Charles X of France. Her nieces included Madame Élisabeth and Queen Maria Louisa of Spain.

In 2006, she was played by Scottish actress Shirley Henderson in the movie "Marie Antoinette."

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Sophie of France
2= 2. Louis XV of France
3= 3. Maria Leszczyńska
4= 4. Louis, Dauphin of France and Duke of Burgundy
5= 5. Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy
6= 6. Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland
7= 7. Countess Katarzyna Opalińska
8= 8. Louis, Dauphin of France
9= 9. Maria Anna of Bavaria
10= 10. Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
11= 11. Anne Marie of Orléans
12= 12. Rafał Leszczyński, Duke of Lesno
13= 13. Anna Jabłonowska
14= 14. Count Jan Karol Opaliński
15= 15. Countess Zofia Czarnkowska
16= 16. Louis XIV of France
17= 17. Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain
18= 18. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
19= 19. Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
20= 20. Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
21= 21. Princess Marie Jeanne of Savoy-Nemours
22= 22. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
23= 23. Princess Henrietta Anne of England
24= 24. Bogusław Leszczyński
25= 25. Countess Anna von Denhoff
26= 26. Prince Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski
27= 27. Countess Marianna Kazanowska
28= 28. Count Krzystof Opaliński
29= 29. Countess Teresa Konstancya Czarnkowska
30= 30. Count Adam-Uryel Czarnkowski
31= 31. Countess Teresa Zaleska

References

*"This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article of the French Wikipedia on 3 November 2006"