Marie Thérèse of France
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Marie-Thérèse was the eldest child of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and their only child to reach adulthood. In 1799, she married her cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, th
Portrait of the Duchess of Angoulême by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1816
Marie-Thérése with her brother, Louis Joseph (by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1785)
Marie-Thérèse in Vienna in 1796 soon after her departure from France (by Heinrich Friedrich Füger)
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (collection Musée de la Légion d'honneur)
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 Thérèse of France
…so there will be none this year. Marie-Thérèse was joined by two brothers and a sister, Louis Joseph Xavier François, Dauphin of France, in 1781, Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy, in 1785, and Sophie Hélène Béatrix, Madame Sophie, in 1786. Out of all her siblings, she was closest to Louis Joseph, and after his…
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