Did Marie Antoinette have a baby with Louis?
Marie Antoinette in private
Nonetheless, she had four biological children with her notoriously weak husband King Louis XVI, before facing her execution in 1793. They were: Marie Thérèse Charlotte, born on December 9, 1778, Louis Joseph Xavier François, born in 1781, Louis XVII, born in March 1785, and Sophie Hélène Béatrix, born in July 1786.
Marie Antoinette had kids. For a host of reasons, the first seven years of Marie's marriage to Louis-Auguste were fruitless, but in 1777, they made a break through. In 1778, she had their first daughter, but a miscarriage occurred in 1779.
In 1770, Marie Antoinette married Louis-Auguste, and over the course of their marriage, Marie Antoinette became pregnant six times. Two pregnancies ended in miscarriages (1779 and 1783). She had two daughters (born in 1778 and 1786) and two sons (born in 1781 and 1785).
The harsh conditions of his confinement rapidly undermined his health. His death was a severe blow to the constitutional monarchists, who had once again become a powerful political force. An inquest established that Louis had succumbed to scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymph glands).
By the end of 1777, Marie Antoinette became pregnant and “really was the Queen of France.”26 This statement was quite significant because bearing a Dauphin would give her great power over her husband. Marie Antoinette gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Marie Terese, known later as Madame Royale.
The project came to fruition approximately 12 years later with the marriage of the Duke of Berry, Dauphin of France, aged 15, to Marie-Antoinette, Archduch*ess of Austria, aged 14. The celebrations got underway on 16 and 17 May in Versailles.
Born at Versailles, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, otherwise known as “Madame Royale”, was the eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. She spent her childhood in the court and was one of the few royal children to survive the French Revolution.
How many illegitimate children did Louis have?
Louis XIV had at least 16 illegitimate children that have been verified. He acknowledged some of those children, legitimizing them, but not all.
Although Marie Antoinette initially condescended to her husband, she eventually developed a genuine fondness for him. For his part, Louis was completely devoted to her and never took a mistress, exhibiting a restraint virtually unheard of in an 18th-century French king.
This delay could have been due to a genital malformation (phimosis) of Louis XVI, a strict religious education, a traumatic childhood and the young age of the two spouses, factors that may have inhibited their sexuality.
Much has been written about the possibility that Louis XIV's wife, the Queen, gave birth to a black baby, a daughter.
Farr told People on Thursday that she now has convincing proof that Fersen also fathered two of Antoinette's children: Louis Charles, who would have succeeded Louis XVI as king of France, and Princess Sophie. Both children died before reaching adulthood.
The current heir-male of Louis XIV and the representative of the rights of Philip V of Spain to the French throne is Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, who is the second cousin of the present king of Spain, Felipe VI.
Marie's second child, Louis Joseph, died at age 7 of tuberculosis. The third child, Louis Charles, died at age 10 while in prison from medical complications. Their final child, Sophie, died while still in infant.
But this queen had a compassionate side and a special place in her heart for children – especially orphans. In fact, she just couldn't resist “adopting” them. Sometimes that meant paying for their education and welfare, and sometimes it meant actually taking them to the palace to live.
Louis Joseph was Marie Antoinette's second biological child and first biological son – making him “the Dauphin” of France and heir to the French crown. Records remember him as a happy and intelligent child with weak health and a curved spine. He sadly died of TB at seven years old, much to his family's heartbreak.
Marie Antoinette in private
In 1778, after eight long years of marriage, she finally gave birth to her first child. Marie-Thérèse, known as “Madame Royale”, was soon followed by a Dauphin, Louis Joseph Xavier-François, born in 1781.
How old was Louis the 16th when he died?
The King of Belgium wrote: “History will state that Louis XVIII was a most liberal monarch, reigning with great mildness and justice to his end, but that his brother [Charles X], from his despotic and harsh disposition, upset all the other had done and lost the throne.”
Fan speculation has found her to be anywhere from 5' 2.5" to as tall as 5'6"! Attributed to Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Antoinette. Pastel on paper.
Marie Antoinette's nickname was Madame Deficit, indicating her uncontrolled spending habits as many French suffered from starvation.
Louis was said to have fallen in love with Marie instantly, and consummated his marriage to her seven times on their wedding night. From 1727 to 1737, Marie gave Louis XV ten children: eight girls and two boys.
