Elisabeth of France (1764 - 1794)

The Year of Marie Antoinette – Marie Antoinette & Madame Elisabeth (Part three)

Read part two here. On 2 August 1793, Marie Antoinette was removed from the Temple to the horror of Elisabeth and Marie-Thérèse. They cried themselves to sleep for weeks. They were searched almost every day but were left alone otherwise. Marie Antoinette wrote a last letter to Elisabeth before her execution, but the letter never [read more]

Elisabeth of France (1764 - 1794)

The Year of Marie Antoinette – Marie Antoinette & Madame Elisabeth (Part two)

Read part one here. Elisabeth joined her brother and his family in the Tuileries, where some semblance of social life was kept up. She and Marie Antoinette supervised the education of the Dauphin, Louis Charles, and Madame Royale, Marie-Thérèse. In June 1791, she accompanied her brother and his family on their unsuccessful escape attempt, where [read more]

Elisabeth of France (1764 - 1794)

One step closer to sainthood for Marie-Antoinette’s sister-in-law

Élisabeth of France had just celebrated her 30th birthday when she was removed from the Temple, where she had been imprisoned with her sister-in-law, Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Antoinette’s daughter Marie-Thérèse and son, now King Louis Louis XVII. Only Marie-Thérèse would emerge from the Temple alive. Élisabeth was executed on 10 May 1794 along with 23 others. She reportedly conversed [read more]