Marie Adelaide
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I am Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, I was the wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy. I was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans. My betrothal to the Duke of Burgundy in June 1696 was part of the Treaty of Turin, signed on 29 August 1696. I was the mother of the future King Louis XV of France. Styled as Duchess of Burgundy after my marriage, I became Dauphine of France upon the death of my father-in-law, Le Grand Dauphin, in 1711. I died of measles in 1712, followed by my husband a week later.