Élisabeth Louise Philippine de Gramont

Philippine, Marquise des Vosges (Élisabeth Louise Philippine de Gramont; 2nd January 1697 - present) was a Lorrainer noblewoman and courtier, styled as Mademoiselle de Lesparre from birth until marriage. Born into the Maison de Gramont, Philippine was French by birth, the daughter of Guillaume, Duc de Lesparre, and his wife, Thérèse de Salm (of Lorrainer and German extraction). In 1702, at the age of fifteen, Philippine married a Lorrainer and a distant cousin, the Marquis des Vosges, Bénédict des Vosges. She resided at the Lorrainer court for most of her marriage, otherwise residing at the various Vosges estates.

Upon the death of Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, Co-Duchesse de Lorraine et Bar, her husband and Co-Duc, Charles XII de France, dissolved Lorraine's independence and united it with France under one crown. By 1754, Bénédict had decided to accept an invitation to the French court, and Philippine was eager to join her husband and family as they embarked on a new journey--a new beginning, truly--at the court of the illustrious Charles XII.

Titles & Styles
2nd January 1697 - 22nd June 1712 Mademoiselle de Lesparre

22nd June 1712 - 8th February 1721 Madame la Vicomtesse d'Épinal

8th February 1721 - present Madame la Marquise des Vosges