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Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orléans, 1675. Portrait of Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652-1722) who gained literary and historical importance primarily through preservation of her correspondence, which is of great cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of French court life. She was the second wife of Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans.