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Marie Antoinette was 15 or 16 when she married Louis IVX. It took about two weeks for the Dauphine (Marie Antoinette) from Vienna, Austria to Versailles, France.
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"I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness." -Marie Antoinette
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When she stepped out of the carriage she flung kneeled on her her knees and said "Monsieur mon frère et très cher grand-père" to her future father-in-law. Which means "Mister my brother and dearest grandfather" |
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Marie Antoinette saw before her a distinguished figure with "large, full, prominent black piercing eyes and a roman nose," a monarch at even age sixty was generally regarded a "handsome man" |
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“You are getting older and no longer have the excuse of youth. What will become of you? An unhappy woman and still an unhappy princess.” - The Emperor Joseph II to the queen of France (she was age 21) |
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI had a lavish wedding. Their relationship was very awkward and often times quiet. After a while people began to make fun of them because Marie hadn’t have children yet. Many people blamed her but it was really Louis’s fault. |
“If a young girl as charming as the dauphine cannot fire up the Dauphin… it would be better to wait for time to remedy such strange behavior.” - Marie Teresa’s doctor, Van Swieten |
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December 19, 1778 she has gave birth to her first child. The baby was born just before 11:30 a.m. | It was a girl named Marie Thérèse Charlotte. She was not the desired gender but Marie Antoinette still loved her. |
| “ The happiest and most important event for me”; Marie Antoinette said in a letter after giving birth to her first son. His name was Louis Joseph. |
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Marie Antoinette had 2 more children. A son named Louis Charles and a daughter named Madame Sophie. Unfortunately she died as a baby. |
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