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Anne Marie of Orléans was born in the Château de Saint-Cloud on 27 August 1669 as daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Princess Henrietta of England. Her grandfathers were Kings Louis XIII of France and Charles I of England. On 10 April 1684 she married at Versailles Vittorio Amedeo II, Duke of Savoy and future king of Sicily (1713) and Sardinia (1720). She was maternal grandmather of Louis XV of France.