Just two days after meeting him for the first time, Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France in person. On 16 May 1770, the ceremony took place at the Royal Chapel at the Palace of Versailles. Marie Antoinette arrived at Versailles from La Muette at 9.30 in the morning, not yet dressed [read more]
Read part one here. Maria Christina and her sister would not see each other for quite some time, but there was no love lost. Maria Christina and her husband focused on creating a cultural court, and they also began collecting art. Unfortunately, although they had been promised the governorship of the Austrian Netherlands, they had [read more]
After her proxy wedding, Marie-Antoinette left Vienna on 21 April at nine in the morning. The hour had been planned deliberately early to avoid an emotional scene. Nevertheless, her mother held her again and again. Finally, she said, “Farewell, my dearest child, a great distance will separate us… Do so much good to the French [read more]
Maria Christina of Austra was born on 13 May 1742 as the daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria, who celebrated her 25th birthday that day, and Francis of Lorraine – Holy Roman Empress and Emperor. She was reportedly her mother’s favourite child and was nicknamed Mimi in the family. She was 13 years old when [read more]
At the end of April 1774, King Louis XV of France began to suffer from bouts of fever. He had been warned by his doctors “not to make love quite so often.” His beloved mistress, Madame du Barry, tried to comfort him. The Duke of Croÿ wrote, “For eight days, the King often looked and [read more]
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]
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