Wife of the Dauphin. Marie Émilie de Joly de Choin, daughter of Pierre de Joly de Choin, was a lady-in-waiting at the French court. She and Le Grand Dauphin were married secretly in 1695. The marriage was of the morganatic variety, due to the difference in their social status. She was pregnant at the time of the wedding. The son that was born was sent to the countryside and died in 1697 at age two, with no name. No other children were born of the marriage. Marie Émilie resided in the Palace of Meudon, where she imitated the morganatic marriage of Madame de Maintenon to King Louis XIV. She was widowed in 1711. The Dauphin's second wife died in Paris in April of 1732 and was buried in the cemetery of Saint Paul.
Wife of the Dauphin. Marie Émilie de Joly de Choin, daughter of Pierre de Joly de Choin, was a lady-in-waiting at the French court. She and Le Grand Dauphin were married secretly in 1695. The marriage was of the morganatic variety, due to the difference in their social status. She was pregnant at the time of the wedding. The son that was born was sent to the countryside and died in 1697 at age two, with no name. No other children were born of the marriage. Marie Émilie resided in the Palace of Meudon, where she imitated the morganatic marriage of Madame de Maintenon to King Louis XIV. She was widowed in 1711. The Dauphin's second wife died in Paris in April of 1732 and was buried in the cemetery of Saint Paul.
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