Marie Thérèse, Madame Royale

Marie Thérèse of France
Madame Royale
Portrait c.1671
Born(1667-01-02)2 January 1667
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died1 March 1672(1672-03-01) (aged 5)
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Burial
Royal Basilica, Saint Denis, France
Names
Marie Thérèse de France
HouseBourbon
FatherLouis XIV of France
MotherMaria Theresa of Spain

Marie Thérèse (2 January 1667 1 March 1672) was the fourth child and only legitimate surviving daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his wife; Maria Theresa of Spain. As the daughter of a reigning French Monarch, she was Fille de France and was known at court by the traditional honorific style of Madame Royale. She died at the age of five due to tuberculosis.