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.
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
Louis XV’s Children
Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska had ten children. Twin girls were born less than two years after their marriage. Louis
The Dauphin and Dauphine
The Dauphin Louis Ferdinand The Bourbon succession relied on Louis XV’s sole surviving son—Louis Ferdinand who was the Dauphin (heir
Louis XV’s Daughters
Two years after Madame de Pompadour moved into the apartments of the Duke and Duchess of Penthièvre, Louis XV’s daughter
Mesdames Apartments
“Mesdames apartments” occupy the north-west corner of the ground floor of the Chateau. The south-east side is the Dauphin’s apartment.
