Marie Thérèse of Savoy Archives - History of Royal Women

The Year of Marie Antoinette – The Countess of Artois & Marie Antoinette (Part two)

Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. On 5 August 1776, Marie Thérèse gave birth to her second child. It was a daughter who was named Sophie. When the young girl died after a short illness at the age of 7, Marie Antoinette wrote that “the Comte d’Artois was afflicted as he should have been by the death [read more]

The Year of Marie Antoinette – The Countess of Artois & Marie Antoinette (Part one)

Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie Thérèse of Savoy was born on 31 January 1756 as the third daughter and fifth child of the future King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. Her parents would go on to have a total of 12 children, though not all of them lived to adulthood. She and her [read more]