Marie Leszczyńska
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Marie Leczinska was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanislaus I Leszczyński, the deposed King of Poland,
Portrait by Charles-André van Loo, 1747
Marie Leszczyńska on a coin
Maria Leszczyńska pictured in 1725; the year she became queen of France (portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo)
Portrait by Alexis Simon Belle
Louis, Dauphin of France was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As the son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of F
Marie Leszczyńska
…trips but had to stay at Versailles. A year later, to the King's disappointment, another daughter, Marie Louise, was born. The long-awaited dauphin, Louis, was born on 4 September 1729 to the relief of a country whose royal family had had a history of failing to establish a secure male line of succession…
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Portrait by Anne-Baptiste Nivelon [fr], 1764
Louis with his mother Maria Leszczynska, c. 1730
Louis de France at the age of 9 in a study with a globe and a fortification treatise, by Louis Tocqué
Masked ball at Versailles for the wedding of Louis, Dauphin of France, to María Teresa Rafaela of Spain, 1745.