shakespereansonnet : > — LOUIS XVI, L'HOMME QUI NE VOULAIS PAS ÊTRE ROI
alice-and-ethel : > ⌑ “The Dauphine ran to find the Dauphin…and embraced him > tenderly, saying: ‘My dear husband, I love you more each day. The > more I compar...
vivelareine : >> spoke to his august consort in an infinitely cordial >> and tender manner, saying among other things that he loved her >> with all his heart an...
vivelareine : > If your Marie Antoinette film doesn’t have Louis XVI watching his > wife perform at her theater with a goofy smile on his face, did you > really mak...
vivelareine : > The relationship between Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette is often > oversimplified and minimized into stereotypes or at best, > overshadowed by the theory ...
vivelareine : >> From that happy moment so long awaited, the attachment of the King >> to the Queen took on all the character of love. > > –Madame Campan, Mem...
vivelareine : > On the morning of his execution, Louis XVI removed his wedding ring > and handed it to his valet, Jean-Baptiste Cléry, saying: > >> this ring to...
vivelareine : > On May 16th, 1770, Marie Antoinette of Austria and Louis-Auguste of > France were married in a lavish wedding ceremony at Versailles. The > wedding of t...
MADAME CAMPAN, ON MARIE ANTOINETTE’S BELIEFS ON MOTHERHOOD: > The Queen often spoke of her mother, and with profound respect, but > she based all her schemes for the educa...
vivelareine : >> O God! guide us, protect us; we are too young to reign.
vivelareine : >> They are under inexpressible affliction and >> none more so than the King and Queen, who all along expressed >> apprehension of the load which �...
vivelareine : >> Public-Prosecutor: Did you not yourself stanch and dress the >> wounds of the assassins sent to the Champs Élysées by your >> brother against the...
tiny-librarian : > Throughout the morning of the 10th of May there was great confusion > and agitation at Versailles. The physicians declared that the king > could not ...
tiny-librarian : >> “Did you conspire with the late Tyrant against the safety and >> liberty of the French people?” >> >> “I do not know to whom you gi...
vivelareine : > I DON’T KNOW WHY IT IS, BUT I AM ALWAYS READY TO HOPE. DO NOT > IMITATE ME; IT IS BETTER TO FEAR WITHOUT REASON THAN TO HOPE WITHOUT > IT; THE M...
THE MYTH OF MOPS: MARIE ANTOINETTE, MISTRANSLATIONS AND THE PUG WHO WASN’T THERE Since it’s May 7th, the anniversary of the handover ceremony, no better day than to remind people that Mops ...
vivelareine : > On May 7th, 1770, Marie Antoinette was officially handed over to > France. A special structure was built for the occasion (middle > photo) which was div...
artschoolglasses : > Gallery of Fashion, vol. VI: April 1 1799 - March 1 1800 > > From the Met Museum