Princess Sophie of France

Sophie from France, Fille de France (full name: Sophie Philippine Élisabeth Justine; * July 27, 1734 in Versailles, † March 2, 1782 ibid ) was a French princess and Princess of Navarre. She was the sixth daughter and eighth child of Louis XV. of France and his wife Queen Mary Leszczyńska. First known as Madame Cinquième, it was later known as Madame Sophie.

Life

Sophie is less well known than their siblings Victoire, Louise Marie and the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand. Your birth in the Palace of Versailles remained relatively unnoticed by the public. In contrast to the older children of Louis XV. did not grow them in Versailles, but with her older sister Madame Victoire and the younger sisters Madame Thérèse ( died young ) and Madame Louise at the Abbey of Fontevraud. She had a shy, reserved nature and was considered ugly and uninteresting. It was narrated that she had been afraid of the thunder. Her father called her " Graille ". Sophie had no effect on the farm, but followed her older sister Madame Adelaide in their distaste for her father's mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry.

She was one of four royal sisters who survived infancy. When her mother died on June 24, 1768, their children were severely affected. Her father died six years later on May 10, 1774th

Reign of her nephew

During the reign of her nephew Louis XVI. (1774-1792) were she and her sisters keep their apartments at Versailles, and often they remained at the Château de Bellevue - made ​​famous by her father's lover. In 1776, Louis XVI did. Sophie and her sister Adelaide Duchesses of Louvois. The title of Duke both had held for life.

She was buried in the royal tomb in the Basilica of Saint Denis Royale, which was looted and destroyed during the French Revolution.

Relationship

In Sophie's nephew are Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma, Louis XVI. of France, Louis XVIII. of France and Charles X of France, under her nieces Madame Elisabeth and Queen Maria Louisa of Spain. Her niece, Madame Sophie, the youngest daughter of Louis and Marie Antoinette, was named after her.

Pedigree

Louis de Bourbon, dauphin de Viennois (1661-1711)

Maria Anna of Bavaria (1660-1690)

Victor Amadeus II (1666-1732)

Anne Marie d' Orléans (1669-1728)

January Opaliński Karol (1642-1695)

Zofia Czarnkowska Opalinska (1660-1701)

Rafał Leszczynski (1650-1703)

Anna Leszczyńska (1660-1727)

Louis of Burgundy

Maria Adelaide of Savoy (1685-1712)

Stanislaus Leszczynski (1677-1766)

Catherine Opalinska (1680-1747)

Louis XV. (1710-1774)

Maria Leszczynska (1703-1768)

Madame Sophie of France (1734-1782)

Reception

In the film, Marie Antoinette, she was played by the Scottish actress Shirley Henderson.