Marie Therese de Grandelumiere

Marie Therese de Grandelumiere (21st May 1737 - 10th May 1763) is the third surviving daughter of Louis XIV de Grandelumiere, King-Emperor of Grandelumiere, and Marie Catherine d'Espagne, his Queen-Empress Consort. Married to Louis Etienne de Blois de Soissons in 1753, upon his ascension to the title Prince de Conde in 1757, she assumed the title Princesse de Conde.
Considered one of the more attractive daughters of Louis XIV, her beauty, although famed, was often masked behind her modest and humble demeanor. This serene and tranquil nature was in part demanded from her due to her membership of the Prince de Conde's circle, often referred to as "Les Croisés de Condé". Blessed with a talent for music, along with a thirst for knowledge, she accomplishes this by studying often.
Born in Chateau d'Argenteuil in 1737, although diffident in public, she concealed a temper which often unleashed in private, upon those she disliked. Having a serious temperament in public, which was accompanied by a quiet and sober nature. Notable for keeping only to her husband's circle, she grew increasingly pious through her involvement in the group.
== Early Life ==
=== Birth ===
On the 21st of May, 1737, Marie Therese de Grandelumiere was born the third surviving daughter of the then Dauphin and Dauphine de Grandelumiere, Louis Raphael de Grandelumiere, and his wife, Marie Catherine d'Espagne, in Chateau d'Argenteuil, Paris, Grandelumiere. She was the ninth child and third daughter of the Dauphin and Dauphine, and furthermore being a granddaughter of the Queen-Empress Marie IV Sophie.Category:Imperial Court
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