Louise of France

This article is about the daughter of Louis XV, King of France. For other people named Louise of France, see Louise of France (disambiguation).

Louise of France
Venerable
Portrait by François-Hubert Drouais, c. 1763
Born(1737-07-15)15 July 1737
Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
Died23 December 1787(1787-12-23) (aged 50)
Convent of Saint-Denis, France
HouseBourbon
FatherLouis XV
MotherMaria Leszczyńska
ReligionCatholicism
Signature

Coat of arms of a Princess of France

Louise of France, OCD (Louise-Marie; 15 July 1737 – 23 December 1787) was a French princess and Discalced Carmelite, the youngest of the ten children of King Louis XV and Queen Maria Leszczyńska. She entered the Carmelite convent at Saint-Denis in 1770 and took the religious name Thérèse of Saint-Augustin. She served as prioress in 1773–1779 and 1785–1787.

Her cause for canonisation was opened in 1902 and she was declared venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

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