Maria Anna of Bavaria (Dauphine of France)
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Marie-Anne Christine Victoire de Bavière |
Maria Anna of Bavaria (
28 November 1660,
Munich -
20 April 1690,
Versailles) was also known as
Dauphine Victoire. Her full birth name was
Maria Anna Christine Victoria von Wittelsbach.
She was the eldest daughter of
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and his wife
Adelaide Henriette of Savoy. Her maternal grandparents were
Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy and Christine Marie of France. Christine Marie was the second daughter of
Henry IV of France and
Marie de' Medici.
She married
Louis, the Grand Dauphin, son and heir apparent of
Louis XIV of France, on
7 March 1680 in
Chalons-sur-Marne. He predeceased his father.
She became mother to
Louis, Duke of Burgundy,
Philip V of Spain and
Charles de Bourbon, Duc de Berry. Louis, Duke of Burgundy, her first son, was father to
Louis XV of France.
