What is Marie Adélaïde of Savoy?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Princess Marie Adélaïde | title=Dauphine of France | image = Marie Adélaïde of Savoy as depicted circa 1697 (wearing Fleur-de-lis as Duchess of Burgundy) by a member of the École Française.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = The Duchess of Burgundy by a member of the ''école française'' | birth_date = {{Birth date|1685|12|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Royal Palace of Turin|Royal Palace]], [[Turin]], [[Duchy of Savoy|Savoy]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1712|2|12|1685|12|6|df=y}} | death_place = [[Palace of Versailles]], [[France]] | spouse = [[Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682–1712)|Louis, Duke of Burgundy]] | issue = Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Brittany<br>[[Louis XV of France|Louis XV, King of France]] | issue-link = #Issue | house = [[House of Savoy]] | father = [[Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy]] | mother = [[Anne Marie d'Orléans]] | burial_place = [[Basilica of St Denis|Royal Basilica]] Saint Denis, France | burial_date = 23 February 1712 }} '''Marie Adélaïde of Savoy''' (6 December 1685 – 12 February 1712) was born a [[House of Savoy|Princess of Savoy]] and was the wife of [[Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682–1712)|Louis, Duke of Burgundy]]. She was the eldest daughter of [[Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy]] and of [[Anne Marie d'Orléans]]. She died of [[measles]] in 1712, followed by her husband a week later. She was the mother of [[Louis XV]]. ==Early life and background== She was born in [[Turin]] in December 1685 the eldest daughter of [[Victor Amadeus II]]. Her mother was [[Anne Marie d'Orléans]], a niece of [[Louis XIV]], and the daughter of [[Philippe, Duke of Orléans]] and of [[Henrietta of England]]. Her birth nearly cost her sixteen-year-old mother her life. Marie Adélaïde enjoyed a close relationship with her [[Marie Jeanne of Savoy|grandmother]]. ==Marriage== She was engaged to [[Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France]] whom she died not marry till 6 December 1697 despite living at [[Versailles]] for a year. She became known in France as '''Marie Adélaïd