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.
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