Princess, Duchess. Louise Henriette de Bourbon, daughter of Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, and Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, was born in Paris. She was the great-granddaughter of King Louis XIV of France. On December 17, 1743, she married Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres, at the Palace of Versailles. The marriage produced three children. The first was a daughter who died shortly after birth. The second, Louis Philippe d'Orléans, was known as Philippe Égalité during the French Revolution and was executed in 1793. Her third child, Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans, married Louis Henri II, Prince of Condé. However, none of her children were acknowledged by her father-in-law due to her scandalous behavior, with extramarital affairs. After her father-in-law's death in 1752, her husband became the Duke of Orléans. In 1759, at the age of thirty-two, the Duchess of Orléans died at the Palais Royal.
Princess, Duchess. Louise Henriette de Bourbon, daughter of Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, and Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, was born in Paris. She was the great-granddaughter of King Louis XIV of France. On December 17, 1743, she married Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres, at the Palace of Versailles. The marriage produced three children. The first was a daughter who died shortly after birth. The second, Louis Philippe d'Orléans, was known as Philippe Égalité during the French Revolution and was executed in 1793. Her third child, Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans, married Louis Henri II, Prince of Condé. However, none of her children were acknowledged by her father-in-law due to her scandalous behavior, with extramarital affairs. After her father-in-law's death in 1752, her husband became the Duke of Orléans. In 1759, at the age of thirty-two, the Duchess of Orléans died at the Palais Royal.
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