Marie Antoinette

Archive for January, 2009

Question: What Happened To Marie Antoinette's Children?

after she was beheaded.

Answer: Marie Antoinette and Louise XVI had four children, one of whom survived to adulthood.

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851) was the eldest child. She was titled Madame Royale. She survived the Revolution, married to become the duchesse d'Angouleme and lived to see the reigns of her uncles Louis XVIII and Charles X. She had no children.

Louis-Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France (October 22, 1781–June 4, 1789) was the second child and first son. He died at the age of eight years old.

Louis XVII of France, also Louis VI of Navarre (March 27, 1785 – June 8, 1795), from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of Viennois; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France. He was the poor little boy who was mistreated in prison, and died there.

Sophie Hélène Béatrix of France (July 9, 1786 - June 19, 1787) was the youngest daughter. She died as a baby.

Here's a nice site about her children, with pictures:

http://austrianantoinette.tripod.com/html/children.htm

Question: what is the french court?

i don't get it. is it the government of france or what? im so confused.
"At the border she was stripped and re-dressed with clothing fashionable at the French court." < this had been said about Marie Antoinette so that's why i was asking what is the french court?
thank u

Answer: The court in a context of monarchy is the name given to the retinue of the monarch, the people who surround him.

*edit* in this case it ABSOLUTELY doesn't mean "tribunal" or anything that has to do with law, it means "la Cour du Roi".
When Marie-Antoinette was brought to France to become Queen, she had to leave everything behind at the border, her clothes, her pets, the ribbons in her hair, everything, and she was re-dressed with clothes suitable for the microcosm that was Versailles and the people living there, which was called "la Cour". It was a bit more than just the nobility of France, it was an entire little world of its own with its rules and etiquette. It was not the goverment of France per se, however it did include the King's council of ministers.

French Revolution (Part 1)