Louise Élisabeth of France

Aug 14, 1727 - Dec 6, 1759

Marie Louise Élisabeth of France was a French princess. She was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and Maria Leszczyńska; and the elder twin of Anne Henriette de France. She married Infante Philip; the younger son of Philip V of Spain who inherited the Duchy of Parma from his mother in 1748. Thereafter, she founded the House of Bourbon-Parma. In secondary sources she is referred to also as "Louise Élisabeth of France". She functioned as the de facto ruler of the Duchy of Parma between 1748 and 1759.
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