Read part two here. The only surviving child of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was their eldest daughter Madame Royale. She was eventually released from prison in December 1795 and travelled to Courland, where the Count of Provence was living. His wish was that she would marry his nephew Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the [read more]
Read part one here. After becoming Queen, Marie Antoinette had “continued to amuse herself almost childishly with the Provences and the Artois, granting them liberties ordinarily given in families, but suddenly, remembering that she was the Queen, ‘she indulged in remarks on the superiority of her rank and slightly mortifying comparisons for the other princes [read more]
Marie Joséphine of Savoy was born on 2 September 1753 as the third child and second daughter of the future KingVictor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. Her younger sister Marie Thérèse would later join her in France as the wife of the Count of Artois. Her parents would go [read more]
The Kingdom of France originated when Hugh Capet was elected King and founded the Capetian dynasty. Before, the area of the Frankish empire was ruled by several dynasties. Hugh Capet was married to Adelaide of Aquitaine, and she was known as Queen of the Franks. They had three children that can be accounted for, including Hugh’s [read more]
Basilica of St. Denis Ermentrude of Orléans – Basilica of St. Denis (Paris, France) Richilde of the Ardennes – Basilica of St. Denis (Paris, France) Adelaide of Paris – Saint-Corneille Abbey (Compiègne,France) Richardis of Swabia – Andlau Abbey (Alsace, France) Théodrate of Troyes – Unknown Frederuna – Abbey of Saint-Remi (Reims, France) Eadgifu of Wessex – Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons (Picardie, France) Partially in [read more]
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