The Dauphine was regarded a "pathetic" figure at the court of France, isolated and unappreciated due to the perception that she was dull, unattractive and sickly.

Prior to her marriage to the dauphin, there was a proxy ceremony in Munich on 28 January 1680; the couple would meet for the first time on 7 March 1680 in Châlons-sur-Marne.

The king expected her to perform the functions of the first lady at court, but her ill health made it very difficult for her to carry out her duties.

She was close to a fellow German – and the second Wittelsbach – at court, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, the wife of the king's younger brother Philippe.

An autopsy revealed a multitude of internal disorders that completely vindicated her complaints of chronic and severe illness.