Liselotte of the Palatinate (The Darling of Louis XIV)

The impoverished Elector of the Palatine is successful in marrying off his daughter Liselotte to Philipp, the Duke of Orleans and the brother to Louis XIV, the Sun King. Although Philipp’s behavior towards her is dismissive, Liselotte tries to be a good wife and even puts in a good word for him with the king, who has the hots for his brother’s wife. She spontaneously decides to travel to her home, which the French minister of war is now threatening to turn into a literal desert to protect France’s eastern borders from any future German aggression. Her dedication to her people and her support for him so impresses her husband Philipp, that he travels after her and convinces her to stay in France and work for the benefit of her people at his side.