Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans
Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, was the daughter of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and Princess Maria Teresa d'Este. At the death of her brother, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, she became the wealthiest heiress in France prior to the French Revolution. She married Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the "regicide" Philippe Égalité, and was the mother of France's last king, Louis Philippe I. She was sister-in-law to Marie Thérèse Louise, Princess of Lamballe, and was the last member of the Bourbon-Penthièvre family.
Portrait by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
La famille du Duc de Penthièvre, ou La tasse de chocolat, painting by Jean-Baptiste Charpentier le Vieux (1768). From left to right, seated: Duc de Penthièvre; prince de Lamballe; Princesse de Lamballe, Comtesse de Toulouse; standing in background: Mlle de Penthièvre.
The Palais du Luxembourg where Marie-Adélaïde was imprisoned from November 1793 to July 1794.
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles. He was therefore a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. From birth he was known as the Duke of Penthièvre. He also possessed the following titles: Prince of Lamballe ; Prince of Carignano; Duke of Rambouillet; Duke of Aumale (1775); Duke of Gisors; Duke of Châteauvillain; Duke of Arc-en-Barrois; Duke of Amboise; Count of Eu; Count of Guingamp. He was the father in law of Philippe Égalité.
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier
Portrait of the Duke, by Jean-Marc Nattier, c. 1742-53
The Duke of Penthièvre, by Charles-André van Loo, 18th century
The Family of the Duke of Penthièvre called la tasse de chocolat, by Jean-Baptiste Charpentier, c. 1768