Maria Teresa

Rafaela of Spain

CONDESSA DE MELO
Maria Teresa
Rafaela of
Spain

CONDESSA DE MELO
Thank you for your
precious lessons!
 Summary

1.Infanta Maria Teresa Antonia Rafaela of

Spain, Dauphine of France............................5

2. Detail of the 1743 portrait of the

Spanish royal family showing the Infanta's
María Teresa Rafaela and María Antonia
Fernanda............................................................6

3. Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle of Spain,

Dauphine of France (1726-1746)................7

4. Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle of Spain,

Dauphine of France (1726-1746)................8

5. María Teresa de España by Louis-Michel

Van Loo..............................................................9

6. Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle, Infanta of

Spain.................................................................10
7. Infanta  Maria Teresa of Spain  (1726-
1746)...............................................................11

8. Johann Georg Wille - Maria Teresa of

Spain................................................................12

9. Maria Teresa Rafaela by Louis Van

Loo...................................................................13

10. María Teresa Rafaela of

Spain................................................................14

11. Arms of Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle of

Spain as Dauphine of France
..........................................................................15

12. Charles-Nicolas Cochin (II) - Funeral

Pomp of the Dauphine, Marie-Thérèse of
Spain...............................................................16
13. Coat of Arms of Maria Teresa Rafaela
of Spain, Dauphine of France
............................................................................17

14. Elévation de la chambre de la

dauphine Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle
d'Espagne,1745..............................................18

15. Fächer zur Hochzeit des Dauphins

Ludwig Ferdinand mit Maria Theresia von
Spanien,1745..................................................19

16. Funeral Service of Marie Thérèse

Raphaëlle at the Paris Notre Dame,
November 1746.............................................20

17. Louis-Michel van Loo-Maria Teresa

Rafaela of Spain.............................................21

18. Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain by

Jacopo Amigoni..............................................22
19. Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain,
Dauphine of France.....................................23

20. Portrait of Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela

of Spain  (1726-1746), Dauphine of
France..............................................................24

21. Signature of the Infanta Marie Thérèse

of Spain at her own wedding to the
Dauphin of France on 23 February 1745
...........................................................................25

22. The children of Felipe V of Spain and

Elisabeth Farnese..........................................26

23. The children of Felipe V of Spain

...........................................................................27

24. The funeral procession of Marie

Therese of Spain in St. Denis in Paris in
1746..................................................................28
25. The funeral procession of Marie
Therese of Spain...........................................29
 Introduction

Studying real biographies has always been a

passion and something I've always been
interested in. There were many queens, kings,
princes and princesses who I learned to like
their life stories and I was able to contribute
with their biographies about 20 or 25 years ago.

Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, in

French, Marie Thérèse Antoinette Raphaëlle,
was born in Real Alcázar de Madrid on June
11, 1726 and died at the Palace of Versailles
on July 22, 1746. She was an infant of Spain by
birth and Delfina of France by marriage through
a power of attorney with Louis, Delfim of
France belonging to Casa Bourbon.

She was the daughter of King Philip V of Spain

with his second wife, Princess Isabel
Farnesian. Infanta has always been my real
favorite, with her beauty, elegance,
sophisticated lifestyle and sweetness that has
completely won me over.
My studies and education during my
adolescence were conducted by the clerks at
the Palace of Versailles, where Infanta lived
while married and died very young. His
paintings can be found in the palace and
other royal properties. His velory cerimony
was a great event of general commotion in
Europe.

In this book I organized some of his main

records painted by renowned European
artists who passed by the Palace of
Versailles, a place where little was left and
everything I knew about the rest of the world
was through reports and records from his
royal home.

Countess of Melo.
 Infanta Maria Teresa Antonia Rafaela of Spain,
Dauphine of France (Madrid, 11 June 1726 -
Versailles, 22 July 1746) was Dauphine of France as
spouse of Louis, Dauphin of France. In France, she
was known simply as Madame la Dauphine.

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 Detail of the 1743 portrait of the Spanish royal
family showing the Infanta's María Teresa Rafaela
and María Antonia Fernanda

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Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle of Spain,
Dauphine of France (1726-1746)

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Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle of Spain,
Dauphine of France (1726-1746)

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María Teresa de España by Louis-Michel
Van Loo

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Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle, Infanta of Spain born
in Madrid 11 June 1726 married in 1745 to
Louis, Dauphin of France born at Versailles 4
September 1729.

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Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain (1726-
1746)

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Johann Georg Wille - Maria Teresa of Spain

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Maria Teresa Rafaela by Louis Van Loo

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María Teresa Rafaela of Spain

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Arms of Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle of
Spain as Dauphine of France

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Charles-Nicolas Cochin (II) - Funeral Pomp
of the Dauphine, Marie-Thérèse of Spain

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Coat of Arms of Maria Teresa Rafaela of
Spain, Dauphine of France

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 Elévation de la chambre de la dauphine
Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle d'Espagne, 1745

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Fächer zur Hochzeit des Dauphins Ludwig
Ferdinand mit Maria Theresia von Spanien
1745.

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Chambre de la Dauphine du Château de
Versailles

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Louis-Michel van Loo - Maria Teresa
Rafaela of Spain

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Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain by Jacopo
Amigoni

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Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain,
Dauphine of France

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Portrait of Infanta Maria Teresa
Rafaela of Spain (1726-1746),
Dauphine of France

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Signature of the Infanta Marie Thérèse
of Spain at her own wedding to the
Dauphin of France on 23 February 1745

25
The children of Felipe V of Spain and
Elisabeth Farnese

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The children of Felipe V of Spain

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The funeral procession of Marie Therese
of Spain in St. Denis in Paris in 1746.

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The funeral procession of Marie Therese
of Spain

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Condessa de Melo, is a 33, living in a small
city with your parents and dogs. She
learned everything about kings, queens,
brasses, travel and castles. She is
academical and actually is working in a
new dictionary edition, royal biographies,
painters studies, and she opened her own
book company and a foundation.