Louis Alexandre de Bourbon was the son and heir of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, great-grandson of Louis XIV by the king's legitimised son, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon. He was known as the Prince of Lam
Portrait of Marie Thérése, by Joseph Duplessis (c. 1775)
Marie-Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Savoy-Carignano cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre
Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe
…it was a titre de courtoisie. His mother died in childbirth in 1754 at the age of twenty-seven. His father chose his bride, the Italian born Princess Maria Teresa Louisa of Savoy. The wedding celebration lasted from 17 January 1767, until 27 January with feasts in Turin and Nangis. Prior to the wedding, Louis Alexandre, eager…
Portrait by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Portrait of Marie Thérèse in 1779, by Marie-Victoire Lemoine
Portrait of Marie Thérèse in 1788, by Anton Hickel at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna