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One day in 1776, Marie Antoinette's carriage came close to running over a five-year-old little boy on the road. The carriage stopped, and the boy was saved. The queen was informed by his legal guardian, his grandmother, that the boy was a poor orphan. Marie Antoinette became so delighted with his appearance that she decided to adopt him, and ...
Marie Antoinette and Her Children, also known as Marie Antoinette of Lorraine-Habsburg, Queen of France, and Her Children [a] is an oil painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painted in 1787, and currently displayed at the Palace of Versailles. [1] Its dimensions are 275 by 216.5 cm (108.3 by 85.2 in). [2]
Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t-/; [1] French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ⓘ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic.
Louis Joseph Xavier François (22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France ("Child of France").
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Historian Evelyn Farr compiled a set of revealing letters between Marie Antoinette and Swedish count and diplomat, Axel von Fersen. New book claims Marie Antoinette had 2 secret love children Skip ...
Louis-Charles de France was born at the Palace of Versailles, the second son and third child of his parents, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. [1] He was named after his father and his mother's favourite sister Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Sicily, who was known as Charlotte in the family, Charles being the masculine version of her name.
A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...