Princess Louise of France

Marie Louise of France (28 July 1728 – 19 February 1733) was a French princess, a fille de France. She was the daughter of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska. Biography Born at the Palace of Versailles, the third child of Louis XV of France and his queen Marie Leszczyńska, she was known as Madame Troisième until her baptism a few weeks before her death. Her birth was not greeted with much enthusiasm due to her gender; her father had been hoping for a son to call his Dauphin and thus have an heir to the throne. When it was clear that a girl was born, the anticipated celebrations for the expected Dauphin were cancelled and Madame Troisième only had a mass sung in the Chapel of Versailles in her honour.