The Queen’s Official Bedchamber
As Louis XV’s Queen Marie Leszczynska had died, Marie-Antoinette was given the Queen’s apartment when she arrived in France, even
As Louis XV’s Queen Marie Leszczynska had died, Marie-Antoinette was given the Queen’s apartment when she arrived in France, even
When Marie-Antoinette asked Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun to paint a portrait of her with her children, the youngest child Sophie
The “Cabinet de glaces mouvantes” (moving mirrors) – Marie-Antoinette’s boudoir at the Petit Trianon When Marie-Antoinette took over the Petit
In 1781 Marie-Antoinette was pregnant for the second time. She was convinced the child would be a son — the
Louis XV’s original private staircase and coffee room opened onto the outside steps on one side and directly overlooked the
After the French Revolution and the defeat of Napoleon, Louis XVI’s brothers returned to France. As Louis XVIII had never