Read part one here. Early the following morning, some in the crowd found a way into the palace. Marie Thérèse wrote, “At the same moment, the wretches forced the door of my mother’s room; so that one instant later, she would have been taken without means of escape. As soon as she entered my father’s [read more]
Marie Thérèse was born at the Palace of Versailles on 19 December 1778 as the daughter of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Marie Antoinette. Crowds had surrounded the bed Marie Antoinette laboured in, and in an attempt to give his wife some privacy, King Louis constructed a tent, but it proved useless. [read more]
On 9 July 1786, Marie Antoinette gave birth to her fourth child – a daughter named Sophie. As her labour pains began in the early hours of 9 July, Marie Antoinette continued with her routine, including attending Mass at the Royal Chapel. Finally, around 4.30 p.m., she could no longer deny that she was, in [read more]
Louis Charles, the future King Louis XVII, was born on 27 March 1785 as the second son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. Upon the death of his elder brother Louis Joseph on 4 June 1789, he became the Dauphin of France. As the situation around the French Revolution spiralled out [read more]
Since their failed attempt at fleeing, Marie Antoinette, her husband, children, and sister-in-law were being kept under strict guard in the Tuileries. On 20 June 1792, a terrifying mob was allowed into the gardens of the palace by the National Guard. They carried pikes and hatchets and eventually broke into the palace itself. They made [read more]
Marie Antoinette’s husband, King Louis XVI, was officially arrested on 13 August 1792 and sent to the Temple prison. Much like in Versailles, his life was governed by a daily routine. His jailers observed his every move, which they reported to the press. Louis began his day between 6 and 7 o’clock, shaved and dressed [read more]
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