"You are wrong, cousin." Louis XV said to Pontiff, "Duke chartres has a bad temper and many bad habits. He is a prodigal son, and your daughter will not be happy. This matter should not be rushed, take your time! "
(Philippe Egalité le Régicide, page 25, by André Castelot, published by Jean Picollec Paris, 199 1).
In fact, this is not only a kind reminder, but Louis XV is also afraid that the Olian family, which has gained the financial resources of the Pontiev family, will become uncontrollable.
1768+65438 On February 7th, at her coming-of-age ceremony, Princess Pontiev was introduced to King Louis XV by her countess Menstrual Marsh, and the Crown Prince (later Louis XVI) and other members of the royal family were present. The next day, Princess Pontiev was baptized and given the official Christian name Louise Marie Adelaide, who is usually affectionately called "Marie Adelaide". The young princess soon became famous in the court because of her outstanding appearance and moral character.
1769 On April 5th, Mary Adelaide married the Duke of chartres at Versailles. The wedding ceremony was extremely luxurious, all the blood princes were present, and the marriage certificate of the couple was signed and witnessed by all the royal family members. After the ceremony, Louis XV held a grand wedding banquet, in which all members of the royal family, the blood prince and many guests attended.
The heiress of Pontiev's family brought the already extremely rich Orlean family a dowry of 600 Wan Li francs and an annual income of 24 Wan Li francs (later increased to 40 Wan Li francs a year), and this wealth will become even greater after her father's death. The couple have six children:
● The eldest daughter (177 1 year 10 month 10 day, died after birth).
Louis Philippe, the eldest son of Orleans (1773~ 1850)
-Duke of valois (since birth ~ 1785)
-Duke of chartres (1785~ 1793)
-Duke of Orleans (1793~ 1830)
● The second son, Louis Antoine Philippe of Orleans, Duke of Montpontier (1775~ 1807).
● The second daughter, francoise, is the monarch of Orleans (1777~ 1782). She died at the age of five and was a twin sister with her three daughters.
● Louise Marie Adelaide Eugénie of Orleans, the third daughter, is Princess chartres (1777~ 1847), who inherited the title of Princess of Orleans after the death of her twin sister.
● The third son, Louis Charles Alfonce Riohar of Orleans, and the Earl of beaujolais (1779~ 1808), the newlyweds only spent a few months in happiness, and the Duke of chartres, a leopard cannot change his spots, returned to the life of a prodigal son before marriage. 1772 In the summer, a few months after the stillbirth of Mary Adelaide's first child, Duke Chater and Countess Jean-Marie Adelaide began a secret love affair, but Philip's enthusiasm lasted only a few months, and their relationship officially ended in the spring of 1773. The affair did not affect the relationship between Countess Jean-Marie and the Duke and Duchess of chartres. She still lives in the palace with Marie-Adelaide and becomes the most trusted friend of Duke chartres and Marie-Adelaide. The duke and duchess appreciated her wisdom very much. /kloc-in the summer of 0/779, Countess Jean-Marie was appointed as the tutor of the twin daughters of the Duke and Duchess.
According to the practice of the French royal family and nobles, a boy should be "transformed into an adult" at the age of seven. 1782, Louis Philippe Jr. was nine years old and needed discipline and training urgently. At this time, Chardt earl thought of candidate is to let the countess. The extramarital affair nine years ago has now turned into a deep friendship between the two. Countess Jean became the tutor of all the children of the Duke and Duchess. She left the Palace in Paris with three students and moved into a mansion specially built for them by Bellechace Monastery in Paris.
Countess Jean-Marie is an outstanding teacher, but like her old lover, Duke Chardt, her political views advocating change made her an enemy of Queen Marie Antoinette and the old system. Mary Adelaide is a very conservative person in politics. She is closely related to her sister-in-law Mary Teresa Louise of Sava-Carlina, and Rambalai is the confidant of the Queen. Countess Jean-Marie gradually infiltrated her students with her political views and tried to alienate them from their mothers with different political views. Mary Adelaide strongly protested the education instilled in her children by former female officers, and their relationship deteriorated. 1790165438+1October 2, Louis Philippe Jr., who just turned 17, joined the Jacobin Club, and the friendship between Mary Adelaide and Countess Jean-Marie reached an irreparable level. At this time, the relationship between Mary Adelaide and her husband also fell into a trough, and the communication between husband and wife was only in the form of letters.
Baroness Olkissin described the Duchess of Orleans in her memoirs like this:
"(...) is always a melancholy look that nothing can cure. She laughs sometimes, but never. "
Mary Adelaide's father-in-law Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, died first in 1785, and her husband became the second Louis Philippe of the Duke of New Orleans, ranking first in blood and second only to the royal family in succession to the throne. As the wife of a blood-related maharaja, Mary Adelaide's address became "Sonaltsse sé ré nisime"-a title that her illegitimate family could never get.