Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution.
Marie-Antoinette à la Rose, 1783
Archduchess Maria Antonia c. 1762 by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, c. 1767–1768
Archduchess Maria Antonia depicted at age 13 in a 1769 portrait by Joseph Ducreux, which was sent to the Palace of Versailles in May 1769
Louis XVII
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Louis XVII was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of
Marie Antoinette
…ensured that much less money was going towards repaying France's substantial debt. On 27 March 1785, Marie Antoinette gave birth to a second son, Louis Charles, who bore the title of Duke of Normandy. The fact that the birth occurred exactly nine months after Fersen's return did not escape the attention of…
Portrait, 1792
Baptismal certificate, Parish of Notre-Dame
Louis XVI taking care of the education of his son in the Temple, (Musée de la Révolution française)
Louis Charles by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun