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Madame

This was the style of the wife of Monsieur. Examples of this were:

  • Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605–1627), first wife of Gaston d'Orléans (Monsieur) and mother of la Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693).
  • Marguerite of Lorraine (1615–1672), second wife of Gaston.
  • Henrietta of England (1644–1670), the first wife of King Louis XIV's younger brother, Philippe, Duke of Orléans, (Monsieur).
  • Elisabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (1652–1722), the second wife of Philippe I, duc d'Orléans (Monsieur).
  • Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753–1810), wife of the Count of Provence, the future Louis XVIII.

  • Marguerite of Lorraine

  • Henrietta of England

  • Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate

  • Marie Joséphine of Savoy

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