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Louise was the eldest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, a French monarch crowned in 1830, and his wife Maria Amalia, Princess of Bourbon and Naples-Sicily.
She married King Leopold I of the Belgians, son of Duke Francis I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Auguste Reuß zu Ebersdorf, on 9 August 1832 in Compiègne, France. She bore four children, of whom the eldest, Louis Philippe of Belgium, died when he was just under a year old.
Louise died of tuberculosis on 11 October 1850, aged 38, in Ostend, Belgium, at the summer residence of the royal family. The summer residence is now used as the Historical Museum of the City of Ostend (Langestraat 69). Louise's death room has been preserved and can be visited. She was buried on 13 October 1850 in the Church of Our Lady in Brussels.
progeny
Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833-1834)
Leopold II (1835–1909), King of the Belgians
Philip (1837–1905), Count of Flanders
Charlotte (1840–1927) 8 Emperor Maximilian of Mexico
literature
Louise was the eldest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, a French monarch crowned in 1830, and his wife Maria Amalia, Princess of Bourbon and Naples-Sicily.
Tomb of King Leopold I and Louise d'Orléans'
She married King Leopold I of the Belgians, son of Duke Francis I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Auguste Reuß zu Ebersdorf, on 9 August 1832 in Compiègne, France. She bore four children, of whom the eldest, Louis Philippe of Belgium, died when he was just under a year old.
Louise died of tuberculosis on 11 October 1850, aged 38, in Ostend, Belgium, at the summer residence of the royal family. The summer residence is now used as the Historical Museum of the City of Ostend (Langestraat 69). Louise's death room has been preserved and can be visited. She was buried on 13 October 1850 in the Church of Our Lady in Brussels.
progeny
Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833-1834)
Leopold II (1835–1909), King of the Belgians
Philip (1837–1905), Count of Flanders
Charlotte (1840–1927) 8 Emperor Maximilian of Mexico
literature
Mia Kerckvoorde: Louise d'Orléans, Reine oubliée, 1812–1850. Duculot, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-8011-0949-5 .
Madeleine Lassere : Louise, Queen of Belgium. 1812–1850. Perrin, Paris 67094409
