The Dauphin’s Apartment
The Dauphin was 17 years old when he married his second wife Marie-Josèphe de Saxe. He was still devastated by
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The Dauphine’s Apartment
Marie-Josèphe was intelligent and gentle and managed to put up with her husband’s continued mourning for his first wife Marie-Thérèse.
The Mistresses’ Mother
In case you were wondering how the mother of the Mailly sisters reacted to her daughters becoming serial mistresses of
Madame de Pompadour’s Bed
Madame de Pompadour was the first official King’s mistress to come from the bourgeois business class, which did not go
Madame Victoire’s Bed
Adelaide’s sister Victoire had the adjoining apartment at Versailles. As with all the apartments at Versailles, the fabrics were changed
Madame Adelaide’s Bed
The only one of Louis XV’s daughters to marry was the eldest –Elisabeth. She married her second cousin, one of
Madame du Barry’s Bed
If the nobility had a problem with Mme de Pompadour’s background, it paled into insignificance when the next (and last)
Madame de Ventadour
Madame de Ventadour was a duchess who was a friend of Madame de Maintenon and had been given the prestigious
Louis XV’s Bed
When he returned to Versailles Louis XV moved into his great grandfather’s bedroom. He kept up the tradition of the
Louis XV’s Marriage
It had been agreed that Louis XV would marry his Spanish cousin Mariana Victoria. She arrived in Paris at the