Clotilde of France
Videos
Marie Clotilde of France, known as Clotilde in Italy, was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. She was a younger sister of Louis XVI of France. She was politically active
Clotilde playing the guitar, c. 1775
Coat of arms of Queen Clotilde of France
Clotilde and her elder brother Charles with a goat
Clotilde by Joseph Ducreux, c. 1773
Maria Josepha of Saxony was Dauphine of France through her marriage to Louis, the son and heir of Louis XV. She was the mother of three kings of France, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X, as well
Clotilde of France
…Versailles, Clotilde was the elder daughter of Louis, Dauphin of France, the only son of King Louis XV and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska, and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. As the daughter of the Dauphin, she was a Fille de France (Daughter of France), and as the granddaughter of Louis XV, she was also a Petite-fille de…
Portrait by Jean-Martial Frédou, 1760
Maria Josepha by Marie-Catherine Silvestre
Portrait by Jean Marc Nattier, 1750
Maria Josepha in 1764 (portrait by Anne Baptiste Nivelon; after Maurice Quentin de La Tour)