discovered that her husband had eloped with one Marchesa Simonetti, a widow of 60. She decided to leave the old couple to their own devices and began travelling extensively around Europe. She died in Paris at the Petit Luxembourg, where her two of her sisters, the old Duchess of Berry and Dowager Queen of Spain, had previously died. Her heart was placed in the Church of Val-de-Grâce'' but was removed and lost during the French Revolution. After her death, her husband remarried twice more morganatically to Teresa Castelberco and Renata Teresa d'Harrach. Her body was buried at the Val-de-Grâce Abbey where she had spent some of her youth. Issue Alfonso d'Este (18 November 1723 – 16 June 1725) died in infancy. Francesco Constantino d'Este (22 November 1724 – 16 June 1725) died in infancy. Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (6 October 1726 – 30 April 1754) married Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and had issue. Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena (22 November 1727 – 14 October 1803) married Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa and had issue. Matilde d'Este (7 February 1729 – 14 November 1803) died unmarried. Beatrice d'Este (14 July 1730 – 12 July 1731) died in infancy. Beatrice d'Este (24 November 1731 – 3 April 1736) died in infancy. Maria Fortunata d'Este (24 November 1731 – 21 September 1803) married Louis François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, no issue. Benedetto Filippo d'Este (30 September 1736 – 16 September 1751) died unmarried. Maria Elisabetta Ernestina d'Este (12 February 1741 – 4 August 1774) married Carlo Salomone, Count of Serravalle. Ancestors References Notes Some information on this page is from the French Charlotte-Aglaé d'Orléans (1700-1761) site External links French Memoirs of her Grand mother French site on her, siblings and cousins Picture of Charlotte as Duchess of Modena |- 1700 births 1761 deaths House of Orléans 18th-century French women People of the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans People of the Ancien Régime Princesses of France (Bourbon) House of Este Nobility from Paris French duchesses Hereditary Princesses of Modena Italian nobility Duchesses of Modena Duchesses of Reggio Burials at Val-de-Grâce (church)