17th Cent. Marie Louise d'Orléans, Queen Consort of Spain.

Princess Marie Louise d'Orléans was born on 26 March 1662, at Palais-Royal, in Paris, France. She was the daughter of Princess Henrietta Anne of England, Duchesse d'Orléans (26 June 1644 - 30 June 1670) and Philippe de France, Duc d'Orléans (21 September 1640 - 9 June 1701). Her maternal grandparents were Henrietta Maria of France, Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (25 November 1609 - 10 September 1669) and Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (19 November 1600 - 30 January 1649). Her paternal grandparents were Anne of Austria, Queen Consort of France and Navarre (22 September 1601 - 20 January 1666) and Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre (27 September 1601 - 14 May 1643). Marie Louise's parents were married on 31 March 1661, in the Chapel of the Palais-Royal, in Paris, France. Her siblings included: Philippe Charles d'Orléans (6 July 1664 - 8 December 1666) and Anne Marie d'Orléans (27 August 1669 - 26 August 1728). Her mother, Henrietta Anne died on 30 June 1670, at the Château de Saint-Cloud, near Paris. Her father, Phillippe de France married his second wife, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (27 May 1652 - 8 December 1722) by proxy on 16 November, 1671 at Metz. Their children were: Alexandre Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Valois (2 June 1673 - 16 March 1676), Philippe II, Duc de Orléans (2 August 1674 - 2 December 1723) and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (13 September 1676 - 24 December 1744). Marie Louise d'Orléans married Carlos II, King of Spain (6 November 1661 - 1 November 1700) on 19 November 1679, in Quintanapalla, near Burgos, Spain. He was the son of Mariana of Austria (24 December 1634 - 16 May 1696) and Felipe IV, King of Spain and Portugal (8 April 1605 - 17 September 1665). They had no children. Marie Louise fell ill on 11 February 1689. Marie Louise d'Orléans died on 12 February 1689, in Madrid, Spain. Carlos II married his second wife, Maria Anna of the Palatinate-Neuburg on 14 May 1690, in San Diego, near Valladolid. Carlos II died on 1 November 1700, at Royal Alcazar, in Madrid, Spain. He was interred in the El Escorial, Spain. He was succeeded by Felipe V.