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Mesdames ( French pronunciation: [mɛdam], My Ladies) is a form of address for several adult females. In the 18th century, Mesdames de France was used to designate the daughters of Louis XV of France, most of whom lived at the royal court and never married.
The royal daughters were brought up in the Court or in a convent, formed a tight-knit group along with the Dauphin, and were not afraid to stand up to their father's mistresses. The Mesdames lived at Versailles over a period of many years before fleeing during the French Revolution. Full name. Elisabeth de France.
Madame Sophie de France par Jean-Marc Nattier, 1748. Cette appellation de « Mesdames » resta dans l'histoire en raison des circonstances généalogiques, politiques et stratégiques particulières qui firent rester à la cour de France sept des huit filles que Louis XV avait eues de Marie Leszczynska.
Comptes présentés au Conseil de Mesdames Adélaïde et Victoire de France, tantes du roi, des recettes et dépenses du duché de Louvois faites par M. Alliot de Mussey, trésorier des princesses....
Marie Adélaïde de France (23 March 1732 – 27 February 1800) was a French princess, the sixth child and fourth daughter of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As a legitimate daughter of the King, Adélaïde was a fille de France.
The bindings of the Mesdames are differentiated by color: Adélaïde’s are bound in red morocco, Victoire’s in green, and Sophie’s in yellow (citron). The diamond-shaped armorial of the fille de France (daughter of France) is the same for each, however.
King Louis XV’s daughters, known collectively as Mesdames de France, established an important enclave of patronage at Versailles and were especially supportive of the portraitists Drouais, Jean Marc Nattier, and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard.
