Marie Antoinette’s Daughter - Her Tragic Life Story

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  • čas přidán 6. 03. 2021
  • Daughter to Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI of France, Madame Royale had a tragic life just because she happened to be the king’s child. Her sorrows left scars of her life but she proved unimaginable courage by being able to survive one of the most tragic events in history: the French Revolution of 1789.
    Today we will follow her story.
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Komentáře • 829

  • @heleneofcortina6400
    @heleneofcortina6400 Před 2 lety +421

    When Marie Therese finally was allowed put of prison and to leave🇫🇷 Paris, she headed south towards Austria to go home. She stopped at an Inn owned by my ancestors in Village Neuf on the French border with Switzerland. She spent many nights there. The lore in my family recalls that she was an extremely timid, polite and humble girl. She even volunteered to do chores. The Inn ( my ancestors) kept it a secret she was staying there. They were so touched by her that they saved her pillow slip and a piece of hair. Until now, every generation in our family has a child named Marie-Therese or Therese-Marie.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 2 lety +29

      Very interesting. Thank you for watching, Helene.

    • @yeeyee6723
      @yeeyee6723 Před rokem +35

      Does your family still have the hair? Having her DNA may reveal interesting things to scientists

    • @Alicia-vq8jg
      @Alicia-vq8jg Před rokem +8

      🥺🥺🥺

    • @Elianaanu
      @Elianaanu Před rokem +16

      Yeah sure… and my ancestors were Zeus, Platón and Socrates.

    • @supershebangz
      @supershebangz Před rokem +6

      @@Elianaanu 😂

  • @poponachtschnecke
    @poponachtschnecke Před 3 lety +1692

    That poor little boy dying alone is more than I can handle 😭

    • @sarah3796
      @sarah3796 Před 3 lety +19

      😓😭😭😭😭

    • @barahona68
      @barahona68 Před 3 lety +44

      Just horrible!

    • @emna5973
      @emna5973 Před 2 lety +25

      @Keir Winter but what did that 10 year old boy do ?

    • @shesaknitter
      @shesaknitter Před 2 lety +158

      @Keir Winter That little boy did not deserve what happened to him. He was not responsible for the sins of the monarchy that had gone on long before he was born. No child deserves that.

    • @danicadabic9789
      @danicadabic9789 Před 2 lety +28

      @Keir Winter the French royal house quite emptied their coffers by supporting the American war for independence.

  • @mlr4524
    @mlr4524 Před 3 lety +1523

    Her story has always haunted me. She basically lived as a trauma victim long before there was any understanding of or interest in such a concept. I like to envision her reuniting with her parents and siblings on the 'other side'.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +104

      Yes, I also want to believe she was reunited with her parents. You know, it was said she was the saddest human being on earth. Thank you for watching.

    • @ruki4585
      @ruki4585 Před 3 lety +7

      Yes

    • @noorgonzalez1076
      @noorgonzalez1076 Před 2 lety +5

      PSALMS 23
      1CORINTHIANS 1:3,4
      JOHN 5:28
      Revelation 21:3,4
      Isaiah 35:5,6
      Psalms 37:10,11
      Psalms 37:29

    • @faxmcgeebeats7571
      @faxmcgeebeats7571 Před 2 lety +2

      @@noorgonzalez1076 💥🙏🏽

    • @dixiepeach8698
      @dixiepeach8698 Před 2 lety +15

      Yes, and we know all of this family are in Heaven on the other side. They all, King, Queen & children showed genuine faith until the very end of their lives.

  • @justbdsd4569
    @justbdsd4569 Před rokem +43

    As a child we dream of being princess but in reality most princesses and Queens were unhappy

  • @MichielBLKorte
    @MichielBLKorte Před 3 lety +1034

    Amazing videos. Some additional fun facts:
    1. She was usually called "Charlotte" by her family members. In those days, it was normal to be called by your last Christian name.
    2. She was named after her mother's favourite sister, Maria Carolina, who was known as "Charlotte" within the family.
    3. While she didn't have children of her own, her brother-in-law's children, Louise and Henry V called her "their true mother".
    4. She had an adoptive sister nicknamed "Ernestine", who was her playmate and look-a-like. They were separated in the revolution and as an adult, Marie Thérèse Charlotte went looking for her, but was sad to find out she had died.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +64

      Michiel, absolutely true. There are so many interesting things about her life. Thank you for commenting.

    • @cindyaraya7317
      @cindyaraya7317 Před 3 lety +12

      Michiel Korte, I had known most of the facts about her life, there are a few books about her life, but I don't remember any of the books about her life mentioning anything about her adoptive sister's fate after the revolution.

    • @DylanRomanov
      @DylanRomanov Před 3 lety +8

      That slightly reminds me of Les Miserables

    • @cuchiakel
      @cuchiakel Před 3 lety +8

      I was wondering why children were not mentioned.She didn't have any, poor princess.

    • @gianmarcorusso1713
      @gianmarcorusso1713 Před 3 lety +17

      Adding to... P
      Point 2: Marie Carolina's daughter, who was named Maria Teresa, exactly like her, as a hommage to Empress Maria Theresia, welcomed her back to Austria.
      Point 4: she had two further adoptive brothers, that's to say a kid named Armand and another one named Jean Amilcar, an Senegalese kid who was gifted to Marie Antoinette as a slave, but that she adopted as her own son.

  • @UGuessin
    @UGuessin Před 2 lety +445

    I regret looking up what happened to the children. It still hurts thinking about it to this day. Like the other comments I too feel so sad when it comes to Marie Antoinette’s children. They tortured that little boy all because he was the rightful heir to the throne and they knew it. The little boy never rested even after death when the examiner took his heart. I will never understand why people do such disgusting acts towards children. Poor Marie Therese had to learn to grow thick skin and anger to survive her surroundings. I hope her soul was able to rest peacefully.

    • @user-un7yy3rh6h
      @user-un7yy3rh6h Před 2 lety +39

      i agree. the children couldn't possibly have been any more innocent and undeserving of their fate, they were just young.

    • @agenaw2877
      @agenaw2877 Před 2 lety

      You havr to think if they tortured the little boy what did those guards do to her that was never told. Did they beat and raped her? Maybe that's why she never had kids maybe she wasn't able to because of what they did to her.

    • @johnnibaz6883
      @johnnibaz6883 Před 2 lety

      Funny how everyone's mourning those poor rich children while totally forgetting how disgustingly harsh the life was for hundreds of thousands of poor children who happened to suffer from their sovereigns total inability to rule their kingdom correctly. Ironically enough, the king and the queen could've prevented what happened to their family... by simply giving a s*** about their people and governing with wisdom. They didn't, there was their reward.

    • @EL-bu8pi
      @EL-bu8pi Před 2 lety +11

      God give peace to their souls

    • @Ckawauchi35
      @Ckawauchi35 Před rokem +7

      I agree with you. That just goes to tell you how inhumane human beings could be. Ignorance will always exist even to this day and age, but I will never understand how basic human kindness escapes generations.

  • @ambreeniram2268
    @ambreeniram2268 Před 2 lety +100

    Can't imagine her grief on losing her entire family. No wonder she was always sad. Thanks for your efforts in making this video.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 2 lety +6

      It is indeed very difficult to comprehend what she went through. Thank you for watching Ambreen.

  • @okpeace4687
    @okpeace4687 Před 3 lety +743

    I'm glad their daughter survived cruel and brutal things they did to their family I read her book how they tortured her brother and what they did to him that she heard him screaming it was awful how they treated the children I was glad at least one of the children survive

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +50

      Thank God, she was able to survive. Thank you for watching.

    • @rosycandyhaven
      @rosycandyhaven Před 3 lety +103

      Then in the 20th Century the Bolsheviks came along and did the same to the Royal children. What they did was evil.

    • @InnateNobility
      @InnateNobility Před 3 lety +73

      Yes, when I on the last chapters of Antonia Fraser's biography of Marie Antoinette, "The Journey," I was constantly in tears. Some pages are slightly stiff at the edges from me wiping my eyes and turning them during my first read of the book. The suffering of the children, especially the Dauphin, made me very, very angry and sad at the same time. I hope that those who inflicted the cruelties on him, and all those of the royal family of France as well as the countless casualties among the people who died during the Reign of Terror will be judged. Poor Princesse de Lamballe, too.

    • @lizamartin4705
      @lizamartin4705 Před 3 lety +29

      Oh that's so sad. He was just a child.

    • @ksy4747
      @ksy4747 Před 3 lety +45

      I have only one thought in my head as I was watching the part about her brother "how can they do that to a child"?

  • @suej3959
    @suej3959 Před 3 lety +349

    I know all about Marie Antoinette but prior to this had no idea that her daughter survived and was so brave. The lives of royals must go through terrifying uncertainty as times change. Very interesting.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +5

      Thank you for watching, Sue.

    • @healingthroughenergy
      @healingthroughenergy Před 2 lety +5

      Did you know that 10 year old boy , Marie Antoinette son didn't die, their family doctor was able to take him out of prison and replaced him to another mentally challenged boy. Then
      Marie Antoinette son was brought to America and he was taking care of.

    • @virginiagobetz9084
      @virginiagobetz9084 Před 2 lety +4

      @@healingthroughenergy What a lovely fairytale.

    • @cecillebarone9252
      @cecillebarone9252 Před 2 lety +3

      Not as bad as the homeless and starving

    • @mslcook471
      @mslcook471 Před 2 lety

      @@healingthroughenergy wow. I want to know more? Have you any links?

  • @cindyaraya7317
    @cindyaraya7317 Před 3 lety +529

    I've read a few books about her life. Her life was rather tragic after the revolution. May she Rest in Peace with her parents!

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +11

      Thank you for watching, Cindy.

    • @clawcross
      @clawcross Před 3 lety +4

      And she vented her hatred to the people. Her mother might have been innocent but she deserves hell.

    • @mariakelly1059
      @mariakelly1059 Před 3 lety +8

      @@clawcross Seriously?

    • @brucemacmillan7128
      @brucemacmillan7128 Před 2 lety +4

      You mean her "Let them eat cake" parents?

    • @jamesflynn8443
      @jamesflynn8443 Před 2 lety +24

      @@brucemacmillan7128 It has been shown that M.A. never made that statement. Whatever else she did (spending a fortune on clothes and jewelry) she just did not say Let them eat cake.

  • @annpoopoo
    @annpoopoo Před 2 lety +58

    No but Marie Antoinette and Louis were actually such great parents to their kids :(

  • @holliebarclay2981
    @holliebarclay2981 Před 3 lety +847

    Brilliantly well done. I wrote my thesis on Marie Thérèse and specifically asked why she has been largely overlooked in the historical narrative. Thanks to work like yours, people are learning that she not only existed, but that she lived and contributed to the political history of France well into the next century.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +23

      Indeed. Thank you, Hollie, for commenting and watching.

    • @dhoraray1310
      @dhoraray1310 Před 2 lety +5

      Oh, the Almighty!?! A lady who belongs to the Marie Antoinette lineage once in Paris threw a remarkable emotion about having many European bloods in her veins except of Russian but deep inside she felt Russian. And even spoke Russian as a foreign language though looking in fact Russian: green eyes and red hair on her original french background and mentality. A very nice descendant of Marie Antoinette with a castle 4 hours of ride from Paris in a certain destination. So very nice memories of 3 days life in there where everything was so much authentic to her french royal background...

    • @Hugbryggen
      @Hugbryggen Před 2 lety +3

      I thought she died with her mother. Sp that says it! Right? I totally agree with you Holie

    • @laraegodwin6008
      @laraegodwin6008 Před 2 lety +7

      Women are too often left out of history !!!

    • @izabelazielak8963
      @izabelazielak8963 Před 2 lety

      The history repeats itself. The French Royals,like every Royal Family,were adopted children from the Orphanage,with the idea of the Couple to gain money from the Lifeinsurancepolicies so much so it was the idea of the Children to get into the Casle.Sometimes You win,sometimes You loose.Mostly the Children have survived their Parents,but it wasn’t pleasant life inside the cold,dusty walls,without the bath or clean water.So most people have quickly taken a proper job.Those who thought too much,died there,from cold or humid weather/\PL
      Ther were many tourists,who seeked shelter,after becoming homeless,or trying to flee to other countries,by plane or by boat.
      Paris was once a seeharbour,so was Münster,Berlin,Krakow,Warszawa,Rzym,Ankara,Ateny,Jerozolima,Sus...

  • @AnthonyOzimic
    @AnthonyOzimic Před 3 lety +245

    May she and the souls of her family rest in peace.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +12

      Thank you for watching.

    • @dixiepeach8698
      @dixiepeach8698 Před 2 lety +3

      I believe they were met by God with open arms. They are all at peace. May GOD bless them ALL.

  • @gearrazkarraysgyfarnogod8554

    Queen Marie-Antoinette showed her class and style to the very end.
    As she walked to the guillotine, she accidentally stepped on the executioner's foot.
    Marie Antoinette said politely - "Pardon me, Sir, I did not mean for it to happen".
    Those were the last words of Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
    Class, composure and above all, courage.
    I hope that Marie-Antoinette found peace.

    • @laralarah2236
      @laralarah2236 Před 2 lety

      THAT is what separated Her Most Christian Majesty from someone like a Napoleon Buonaparte. One was born with class and breeding while the other was a low life who did not care how many people he killed.

    • @EL-bu8pi
      @EL-bu8pi Před 2 lety +4

      Amen

  • @jflan92
    @jflan92 Před 2 lety +56

    I have a book called Marie-Therese: The Fate of Marie-Antoinette's Daughter by Susan Nagel. It's a brilliant and very moving life of a remarkable French princess who survived the horrors of the French Revolution which her parents were beheaded and her younger brother, Louis Charles, dying of TB when the two Royal children were imprisoned in the Tower.

  • @Blaqjaqshellaq
    @Blaqjaqshellaq Před 3 lety +40

    Under Salic Law, a woman couldn't inherit the French throne. Marie-Therese's ineligibility actually saved her life: if she'd been in line for the succession she'd probably have met the same fate as her brother!
    But when Charles X abdicated at the start of the July Revolution, there was an unsuccessful attempt to have her husband succeed, in which case she'd have become Queen Consort of France like her mother!

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +2

      Precisely. Thank you for adding your comment and for watching.

    • @pierren___
      @pierren___ Před 3 lety +4

      When Charles X abdicated he wrote an abdication for his son to sit on the throne but Louis Philippe lied and was proxlaimed king

  • @aleksanderkorecki7887
    @aleksanderkorecki7887 Před 3 lety +58

    She was the one that got away and at the same time you can never get away from such things.

  • @jamellfoster6029
    @jamellfoster6029 Před 2 lety +12

    Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV were wonderful parents. They loved their kids and taught them morals. Poor Marie Therese... She lost both of her parents as well as all of her siblings and her beloved Aunt Elisabeth by the time she was 15...

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 2 lety +3

      Yes, they were very caring and loving parents. How difficult it must have been for Marie Therese without them!

  • @giovannaquilici2194
    @giovannaquilici2194 Před 3 lety +83

    How bitter her life was!! I read two books about her mother and I almost ignored what happened to her. Poor woman, she witnessed the fall of monarchy and she suffered in prison before the death of her parents. I hope she is in heaven with her parents and her little siblings

  • @LouisLPlayerPiano
    @LouisLPlayerPiano Před 3 lety +98

    Glad that Marie Antoinette and her family are still being remembered till this day.

    • @debmcr1
      @debmcr1 Před 2 lety +7

      Maybe you should remember the ordinary victims of the ancien regime. Why do you think there was a revolution?

    • @silvergust
      @silvergust Před 2 lety +9

      @@debmcr1 can you stop spamming stuff abt that? The video is literally about Marie's daughter and not the full history of the French Revolution which has OVER 100 videos about that

    • @virginiagobetz9084
      @virginiagobetz9084 Před 2 lety +2

      @@silvergust Thank you,I totally agree with you!

    • @virginiagobetz9084
      @virginiagobetz9084 Před 2 lety +2

      @@debmcr1 Oh please!This video is about Marie Antoinette's daughter and nothing more!

  • @forerunner7
    @forerunner7 Před 2 lety +16

    I came across a very very old book about Louis Charles. The book was from the late 1800's. It was about his life and his family imprisonment. I don't think I ever cried so much reading a book. I mean, I cried and cried at the savage cruelty. They starved him, broke his bones, he almost died of pneumonia or tuberculosis, they'd denied him water, beat him, deny him warmth.. Absolute horrible, horrible mistreated of this little child. There were several attempted to rescue the children several times by family members, allied, friends.. but to no avail and failed. From what I remember there was one person who was either a prison guard or priest who took pity on him and showed him some kindness and care.. But this was short lived.. Louis Charles died.. Later I believe a family member or political ally came for Marie Therese and she was granted freedom.

  • @shpgrl1026
    @shpgrl1026 Před 3 lety +145

    I knew quite a bit about her brother, but not about her. It is so heartbreaking what she went through. This was very interesting and well thought out, thank you!

  • @leticiagarcia9025
    @leticiagarcia9025 Před 3 lety +82

    She was a survivor! A brave and resilient woman.

  • @cherylbusch6236
    @cherylbusch6236 Před 3 lety +112

    Erroneously, I had always assumed she had died in prison. I had no idea!
    The video is informative and well done.
    More history classes should be conducted on such a stellar level.
    🙏🏻

  • @chroniclesoflaura
    @chroniclesoflaura Před 2 lety +15

    I can’t explain how distraught I would have been as a child having my mother torn away from me and killed. I just can’t imagine how the children were feeling. It’s absolute cruelty.

  • @maticbukovac6966
    @maticbukovac6966 Před 3 lety +46

    "The Italian villa" where the Bourbon royal family lived was in border town of Gorizia/Gorica shared by Slovenia and Italy, which used to be a prestigious resort town of the Habsburg monarchy. She is buried in the crypt of the Bourbons at the Kostanjevica monastery in Slovenia, above Gorica, together with numerous other members of the French royal family, including her husband duke d'Angouleme and Charles X., who both died in the aforementioned town of Gorica and the last king of France Henry V..

    • @debmcr1
      @debmcr1 Před 2 lety +2

      Charles X was a reactionary, repressive king, which is why he was driven from the throne. The Bourbons apparently learned nothing from the French Revolution.

    • @gavinsmith9871
      @gavinsmith9871 Před 2 lety +1

      @@debmcr1 Louis XVIII learned from it. His brother did not.

  • @fred6059
    @fred6059 Před 3 lety +47

    I am obsessed with Marie Antoinette. So nice to see a video on her daughter.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety

      Thank you for watching.

    • @micheldekam3491
      @micheldekam3491 Před 3 lety +4

      Because? She had what was coming.

    • @frenchbreadstupidity7054
      @frenchbreadstupidity7054 Před 3 lety +4

      @@micheldekam3491 Then you don't know history, just propaganda.

    • @robertsmith5744
      @robertsmith5744 Před 3 lety +2

      Her body, . . . . and head were retrieved and buried in an unknown location. It may have been by the Church.

    • @domiro8156
      @domiro8156 Před 2 lety +3

      @@frenchbreadstupidity7054
      You're the victim of propaganda..... In reality, she was just a casualty and a very uninteresting person.... A typical example of "the wrong place at the wrong time"! Who cares about insipid Marie-Antoinette, when history is full of strong and intelligent women!!!

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 Před 3 lety +188

    Thank you for this video. I had read a little about her before, and I knew she was the only one of Marie Antoinette’s children who survived to adulthood. I also knew she had no children, so there are no direct descendants of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. I had also read that she wasn’t told that her parents had died until a year or two later, which is even more sad for her.
    I also subscribed. 💕

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +20

      Thank you Kay. The king's family suffered a great deal. Madame Royale was a monument of sadness.

    • @gloriahanes5338
      @gloriahanes5338 Před 2 lety +4

      Napoleon Bonaparte married the great niece of Marie Antoinette.

    • @user-vq8gm3vj8o
      @user-vq8gm3vj8o Před 2 lety

      @@gloriahanes5338 But no direct descendants of Napoleon either

  • @mitzuone
    @mitzuone Před 3 lety +80

    We all need to, know our history so this never happens again. You don't put any sins of the parents true or not on the children.
    Well done video

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +4

      Thank you for watching.

    • @samanthakarl8916
      @samanthakarl8916 Před 3 lety +4

      It happens repeatedly. Look at what they did to the Russian royal family at the turn of the century. How they murdered everyone including those beautiful innocent Princesses and the Prince. And the worst part is the present English queen Elizabeths uncle could have saved them, but, instead blocked their entry to England and sentenced them to death. They would eat their own to stay on the throne.

    • @shesaknitter
      @shesaknitter Před 2 lety +5

      @@samanthakarl8916 It was horrible that the British royalty abandoned them, but they, the Brits, had to think of their own necks. They were afraid to risk having the Romanov royal be unpopular which might have posed a threat to them. It was a horrible situation no matter how we look at it. I have often wondered how the British royal family felt about it when they and the rest of the world learned about what happened to them.
      But then look at how they treated close family members who had anything wrong with them, like that one grandchild I think it was of Victoria's who had epilepsy and was kind of not mentioned and rarely visited. I guess their own survival, which depends in large part on popular opinion, is foremost.

  • @bettyboop-xg6jo
    @bettyboop-xg6jo Před 3 lety +105

    Ah, you told and illustrated her lifestory so beautifully, thank you.

  • @mim0381
    @mim0381 Před 3 lety +208

    Everytime I hear stories from the French Revolution, I feel less and less sympathy for the people who orchestrated it. Two wrongs do not make a right.

    • @thekingshussar1808
      @thekingshussar1808 Před 3 lety +29

      And it was the aristocracy who influenced making it happen, French Revolution leaders like Robespierre looked up on the works and philosophies of Voltaire and Rousseau. The Enlightenment did indeed paved way for political radicalization of naive students, sympathetic on an issue and blaming it on the system, such as that of the famines of France which led to the starvation of most of the peoples failing to adapt to growing other crops other than grain and the Absolute Monarchy was scapegoated for the blame for its undemocratic ideals.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +6

      Thank you for commenting and for watching.

    • @thekingshussar1808
      @thekingshussar1808 Před 3 lety +2

      @@livesandhistories No problem, great video by the way

    • @psor9983
      @psor9983 Před 3 lety +18

      @@thekingshussar1808 Scapegoated? I'm sure the King didn't miss a meal during those famines

    • @debmcr1
      @debmcr1 Před 2 lety +45

      Nice platitude. Perhaps you would feel differently if you were one of the French mothers in Paris trying desperately to find bread for their families. These people were desperate. Why do you think the French celebrate Bastille Day (day the Bastille prison fell in Paris).

  • @juleenarc7246
    @juleenarc7246 Před 2 lety +36

    Nobody talks about how oppressive the monarchs were to the those in the lower strata. The king never really cared for his subjects.... but i feel sorry for his children.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 Před 2 lety +2

      French history is something I don't know a great deal about.But I was under the impression Louis & MA were sympathetic to their people's problems & wanted to help.Whereas Louis 'The Well Beloved'(as he was at first)& many of those before him,didn't give a shake about them.The one whose name escapes me,son of Jeanne of Navarre was one who cared & he was also murdered by a fanatic.

    • @whatsup2318
      @whatsup2318 Před 2 lety +3

      @Beaudile But he was incompetent and could never stand up to the nobles. His people were starving, and he couldn't implement the necessary changes needed. I am sorry what happened to his children, but he needed to go.

    • @lailabel5443
      @lailabel5443 Před 2 lety +3

      @Beaudile He only cared about his lavish life in Versaille. When the lower class was starving and couldn't afford even bread, he was wasting their resources on a foreign war just to boost his ego.

  • @gloriahanes5338
    @gloriahanes5338 Před 2 lety +127

    If the King and Queen would have dressed in peasant's clothes, and pinned money to their undergarments no one would have recognized them being drawn away in an ox cart. This I know because this is what my ancestors did to escape France in 1789. Luckily, they were at their cottage in Avignon when the outbreak occurred in Paris, France.

    • @mpacino1224
      @mpacino1224 Před 2 lety +15

      I thought they did do that but He was recognized by his face on their coins?

    • @ameliepilie4717
      @ameliepilie4717 Před 2 lety +6

      I also heard that they recognized the scent of Marie Antoinettes perfume which was basically her own line of perfume in those days. It could be false though

    • @emanuel-vw8rg
      @emanuel-vw8rg Před 2 lety +6

      @@ameliepilie4717 wait she had a brand??... Wow

    • @offwiththefairiesforever2373
      @offwiththefairiesforever2373 Před 2 lety

      Beautiful x

  • @beautysurroundings5055
    @beautysurroundings5055 Před 3 lety +202

    They were just children. How could be possible such cruelty.? There is so much evil on this people that could act like that. And excuse themselves behavior on political reasons.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +23

      Indeed. I agree with you. Thank you for watching.

    • @antoinemozart243
      @antoinemozart243 Před 3 lety +15

      And the idiot Marie Therese was ousted again 15 years later after the restauration by a second revolution. This useless woman had learned nothing , so the French forced her to remember and got rid definitely of her. She never saw France again ! Good riddance !

    • @TheDrakelicious
      @TheDrakelicious Před 3 lety +11

      Yeah. Like religious people even. At least she wasn't made a slave. There are so many horrible examples in history. Poore princess.

    • @shirleyg9225
      @shirleyg9225 Před 3 lety +25

      Cruelty to children has always existed. This is the dark side of humanity.

    • @stillhere1425
      @stillhere1425 Před 3 lety +40

      @@antoinemozart243 You’re very mean, Antoine. She believed she was restoring the rightful order of things and who can blame her bitterness against the Revolutionaries who killed her family? You would feel the same if that was your education.

  • @axolotlmafia
    @axolotlmafia Před 2 lety +33

    Your beautiful voice, and the kind and heart spoken way you told their story had me in tears. The children didn't deserve this cruelty they suffered.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 2 lety

      Thank you so much for your kind words.

    • @jellokween1680
      @jellokween1680 Před 2 lety +1

      The poor children didn't deserve to die of starvation and poverty either.

  • @DakotaFord592
    @DakotaFord592 Před 2 lety +30

    Love history. I wish she would've written a book. An honest book telling EVERYTHING. Can you imagine! The secrets she could reveal. The people she met. It makes me mad that some people did not write books about their lives. Nowadays every celebrity does.

  • @stannct26
    @stannct26 Před 3 lety +63

    I'm learning about the French Revolution in history class, and this is very helpful! Thank you for making this

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +7

      Glad it was helpful! Fingers crossed for you to get the highest grade. Thank you for watching.

    • @stannct26
      @stannct26 Před 3 lety +2

      @Lives & Histories thank you :D your videos are really good

    • @Galen_G
      @Galen_G Před 3 lety +3

      One of the driving factors of the revolution was extreme weather in Europe causing starvation among the French population. The volcanic eruption in Iceland (affecting sunlight and growth of crops), drought, brutal cold in winter caused by suspected low sunspot activity, as well as the change of the North Atlantic oscillation of the jet stream and one of the worst hailstorms on record decimated all the crops. Also, the French did not adapt by going to a more hardy type of potato (with high nutritional value) that the English and Germans used to survive the lack of viable crops.

  • @mc.8391
    @mc.8391 Před 2 lety +17

    Poor girl, poor woman, what a sad traumatic life she had. You have to hope that somewhere she found some relief and happiness.

  • @nerdburger234
    @nerdburger234 Před rokem +4

    What really annoys me is that throughout her life people would approach her pretending to be her Brother….LIKE LET THE GIRL GRIEVE!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!

  • @ThePiratemachine
    @ThePiratemachine Před 3 lety +179

    What a truly astonishing story. To have lived through that, to have lived when your Mother went through that, your Father, your brother and years later to look back and visualize the Place where your Mother is being executed, standing before crowds - remembering her bravery - all alone - her Mother's best friend mutilated - The Princess de Lamballe - your Father executed - all their friends you have known when you grew up - and you are the last one ( or so ) left living in Italy years later looking back to all the sounds, scenes, memories. No matter what your politics, bravery is brave.

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +13

      It difficult to believe that people could do all those horrible things. The Royal family went through unimaginable ordeals. I totally agree with your opinion. Thank you for watching.

    • @clairemora7715
      @clairemora7715 Před 3 lety +19

      @@livesandhistories while I would certainly never condone the violence that the French royalty dealt with, I still think that it could have been prevented to some extent. People lived worse than dead. Imagine watching your own children dying of hunger and illness and being powerless while the aristocrats stuff their faces with luxury goods. That would make anyone rage.

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 Před 3 lety +2

      Not many people could match her setting around a campfire telling ghost stories or war stories.

    • @iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643
      @iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643 Před 3 lety +10

      @@clairemora7715. Come on! You know nothing of History. France was very prosperous in the 18th century. The population grew up from 15 million to 28 million. Harvests were bad after 1784, but don’t accuse the king of the Icelandic volcano eruption which wrecked the weather for several years.

    • @cindyaraya7317
      @cindyaraya7317 Před 3 lety +5

      @@clairemora7715 Agree 100 💯 percent!

  • @HestiaBHN1
    @HestiaBHN1 Před 2 lety +74

    I studied the history of Marie Antoinette and her family intensely for 1 year...1990-91. Then wrote a movie script of her true story...for the 200th anniversary of her death in 1993.
    The true story came from historians of her time, whose work was suppressed.
    Most of what we know of her and her daughter comes from a twisted, intense propaganda campaign conducted by her secret political enemies--the two brothers and a cousin of King Louis XVI.
    They coveted the throne and were EXTREMELY persistent about each one of them sitting on it in turns ...even if it meant tearing down and resurrecting the monarchy TWICE in order to do it.
    But it was they who lied to the people and incited them to the bloody revolution that murdered so many people...including Marie-Antoinette, her husband and her son.
    It is SO ironic that her daughter Marie ended up marrying the son of the Compte d'Artois, for he was one of the three co-conspirators in the over throw of Louis and Marie Antoinette. The Other two were the Compte de Provence, and the Duc d'Orleans.
    They also murdered Napoleon on the Island of St.Helena ( he did not die of cancer as the paid off doctor claimed). And it was they, in the mid 1700s who convinced the Parlement (all nobles)that France should bankroll the American Revolution against England, which bankrupted France and caused dire poverty. But the three viciously ambitious men blamed it all on Marie-Antoinette's degree of royal spending ( which was at an average level for European royals).
    It was done through a pamphletteering campaign...and so it was these three men who deliberately sparked the horrible French Revolution. They secretly manipulated EVERYONE, including Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI, their daughter Marie, and the people of France.
    However, even until their deaths Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and their daughter Marie thought the three men were their loyal supporters. They never knew of the three men's secret calumny.
    Even today most people in France and around the world blame Marie--but their beliefs are just based on the political propaganda the three men put about.
    And to think that poor duped Marie MARRIED the son of one of the three liars who always pretended to be everyone's innocent helpful friends.
    Marie was a good Queen who tried to help govern as best she could when the king dropped the ball. He couldn't face what was happening. But even he, in his male jealousy and resentment of her potentially effective efforts, tried to trip her up. He would not do his job, but he resented her trying to do it for him and the country ...all because he had become administratively catatonic. Dog in the manger!
    Oh! The male ego and power-tripping involved throughout this historical calamity...from beginning to end!

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 2 lety +6

      Interesting points you have made there. Thank you for watching Brenda.

    • @user-vq8gm3vj8o
      @user-vq8gm3vj8o Před 2 lety

      But why Louis the XVIII did not manage to become King before Napoleon?

  • @Im_so_Retro85
    @Im_so_Retro85 Před 2 lety +15

    This would make a fantastic film! There is so much about Madame Royal's life that is untold.

  • @raisisset1
    @raisisset1 Před 3 lety +70

    Thank you for this video! I was curious about Marie Therese’s life after the revolution and now I know. Subscribed 😊

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +6

      Thank you very much indeed.

    • @brendapowell4795
      @brendapowell4795 Před 3 lety +2

      @@livesandhistories would you have heard of french twins 1 boy 1 girl named Amelia escaped from France to Scotland at an unsettled time?.

  • @keep_it_real_1
    @keep_it_real_1 Před 3 lety +53

    A fascinating although sad and tragic story...thank you for this, i only knew some of this history, a very interesting insight with wonderful pictures.

  • @Evilushka
    @Evilushka Před 2 lety +20

    Stumbled across your channel and just wanted to say how interesting and refreshing it is to hear the stories of so many overlooked historical figures whose stories deserve to be told and remembered. Thank you!

  • @PeopleProfiles
    @PeopleProfiles Před 3 lety +127

    Very interesting!

  • @mchapman6835
    @mchapman6835 Před 3 lety +49

    Her brother's heart was buried in a ceremony in 2015. You can find the French video on CZcams.

  • @christinatipp8848
    @christinatipp8848 Před 3 lety +17

    Just came across this channel and woah I'm blowing away! I had no idea about their children and what they went through!

  • @fegermany2413
    @fegermany2413 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I pray for the little King boy who died alone and hungry, sad in prison. May His spirit rest in peace together with his family 😢😢😢

  • @aloiafitualatamalelagi8943

    The fall of the French monarchy was absolutely heartbreaking 💔 my heart goes out to Louis and Marie Antoinette, they and their children did not deserve what had happened to them especially the children 🧒 may their spirits rest easy, I just can't believe the royal family ended this way.

    • @wr5023
      @wr5023 Před rokem

      They absolutely deserved it lol

    • @ramencurry6672
      @ramencurry6672 Před 6 měsíci

      I wish somehow Marie and Louis can come back to life and become regular civilians.

  • @carolinedecastro4171
    @carolinedecastro4171 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you very much for your story.

  • @elenawalczyk5927
    @elenawalczyk5927 Před 3 lety +16

    Thank you so much for these historical videos, it is incredibly interesting and precious.

  • @pennylane428
    @pennylane428 Před 3 lety +34

    So much pain and tragedy in one family. Thank you subbed👍🏼

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +3

      Indeed. Thank you for your support by subscribing.

    • @debmcr1
      @debmcr1 Před 2 lety +2

      Good God! Have a little pity for the suffering of French peasants and working-class. The monarch and aristos didn't give a damn whether they lived or died as long as they paid taxes, which the aristocrats were exempted from.

    • @joellemartray7533
      @joellemartray7533 Před 2 lety +1

      @@debmcr1 tout cela ne justifie pas les mauvais traitements que les enfants royaux ont eu à subir.

    • @titifatimah2736
      @titifatimah2736 Před 2 lety

      Yes her life so tragical, too much punishment she just innocent kid

  • @virginiagobetz9084
    @virginiagobetz9084 Před 2 lety +8

    Thank you so very much for bringing the history of this tragic Princess into the light.May she and her entire family rest in eternal peace and joy in Paradise.I subscribed after viewing this video.Bravo very well done!

  • @markberryhill2715
    @markberryhill2715 Před 3 lety +4

    Outstanding. Filled in a lot of gaps.

  • @drunk_on_milkshakes3279
    @drunk_on_milkshakes3279 Před 3 lety +7

    Fabulous and interesting video! Thank you for posting!

  • @itsacarolbthing5221
    @itsacarolbthing5221 Před 3 lety +5

    Liked and subscribed. Brilliant little film, thank you xxx

  • @sotiriospapafragkou4422
    @sotiriospapafragkou4422 Před 3 lety +9

    Thank you for your videos.
    She lived well into the era of photography. It’s a shame we don’t have any pics of her.
    Also surprised she had no kids.

  • @EtreTocsin
    @EtreTocsin Před 3 lety +4

    I hope whomever watches this pauses the end and really open their heart to that painting. So much is being said.

  • @faithevolution552
    @faithevolution552 Před rokem +3

    This was a heart-breaking, but fascinating story. I am inspired by her faith and humility. And I love listening to the sound of your voice.

  • @kylierobsoncollins6036
    @kylierobsoncollins6036 Před 3 lety +11

    A wonderful history told beautifully.

  • @lisaproustresearch
    @lisaproustresearch Před 2 lety +5

    I absolutely adore your channel ! I am fascinated by the french court at the time of the French Revolution and your narration is impeccable! Thank you for a beautiful Recap !

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 2 lety

      Thank you so much Lisa. I'm really glad you are enjoying my videos.

  • @annagrace3621
    @annagrace3621 Před 3 lety +6

    What a beautiful tribute.

  • @elizabethwilk9615
    @elizabethwilk9615 Před 2 lety +16

    Marie Antoinette propaganda is also very negative and unfounded. She was 14 when she had to marry and she was not French

  • @janeaparis
    @janeaparis Před 2 lety +20

    Her poor little brother. She was, in this case, lucky to be female.

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 Před 2 lety +2

    Enjoyed watching your video.
    Tyvmuch🌷

  • @GG-hu9dn
    @GG-hu9dn Před 2 lety +5

    Young Louis Charles was neglected in the temple prison, as it was known, until the last year of his life which was when the political climate began to change at which stage there was some efforts at least to treat the little one with more recognition and dignity, however, little sausage was extremely unwell by that stage after which, he shortly became one of the "dearly-departed"! He was only 10 years of age! There is a fantastic book written by Debora Cadbury called , "The lost king of France" - highly recommended - and a brilliantly written account depicted from testimonial witness diaries of all the shenanigans of what actually went on during that fateful era? Well worth a read!

  • @sm0kybluedaze394
    @sm0kybluedaze394 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
    Excellent doc!!!!!!!!

  • @maureenlippincott9528
    @maureenlippincott9528 Před 2 lety +2

    wow. Fascinating story! And, awfully sad!!! Thanks for the video.

  • @melindaoloughlin4862
    @melindaoloughlin4862 Před 2 lety +36

    This tale is very much like so many others. The Romanovs of Russia also suffered a similar fate. I have a direct lineage to the House of Hanover. These horrific accounts are very close to my heart. I do not benefit from this connection. Just knowing my ancestors suffered in this way is more than one can take. I am fortunate. I went on to become a lawyer fighting for Social Justice. Human beings are so cruel.

  • @andrewgibbon-williams7974

    A very sad story, but one is forced to wonder whether this woman ever had any misgivings about the poverty indirectly inflicted on her fellow country-people by the regime her parents had presided over. I tend to doubt it.

  • @lillymom7909
    @lillymom7909 Před 3 lety +9

    I'm going to watch more of your videos! Please keep putting them out there! 😎 Did subscribe!

  • @SpitOnMyNick
    @SpitOnMyNick Před 3 lety +35

    I spent 24 years on this planet not knowing she had a daughter😳

    • @livesandhistories
      @livesandhistories  Před 3 lety +3

      Thank you for watching.

    • @SpitOnMyNick
      @SpitOnMyNick Před 3 lety +1

      @@livesandhistories of course! Just found your channel so I’m gonna binge lol☺️❤️ Great work btw!

  • @winnieg100
    @winnieg100 Před 2 lety +1

    Lovely story Thank you.

  • @timothyhopkins6960
    @timothyhopkins6960 Před 3 lety +24

    The video was very special indeed. Thank you .

  • @beachcaving
    @beachcaving Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you so much! Luv your mesmerizing speaking voice! Enchanting channel!! 🇺🇲❣

  • @shesaknitter
    @shesaknitter Před 2 lety +3

    Fascinating and so, so sad. I knew about her, but this video gave more details. What a roller coaster she was on. I am amazed that she was not guillotined, too. Thanks very much.

  • @robertdudley4017
    @robertdudley4017 Před 3 lety +4

    Well researched and presented and the narration is superb thank you 👍

  • @hilaryjoseph9706
    @hilaryjoseph9706 Před 3 lety +6

    I love your voice and the way you told her story

  • @rebeccap9343
    @rebeccap9343 Před 2 lety +12

    So tragic! May she rest in peace with her beloved family!

  • @loonylinda
    @loonylinda Před 2 lety +3

    lovely narration. very sad tale.

  • @idontgiveafaboutyou
    @idontgiveafaboutyou Před 2 lety +6

    Where are the negative comments coming from? It’s not like she herself was at fault for what was going on in France

  • @luisfedericosala1354
    @luisfedericosala1354 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks very much, for all the information provided about Madame Royal
    Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
    🌷♥️

  • @VeracityLH
    @VeracityLH Před 3 lety +27

    Lovely video about an amazing woman. I am surprised that you didn't mention she was Queen Consort of France for about 20 minutes, between the time when her father-in-law abdicated and her husband did the same. I know it's a technicality, but one has to imagine she gained some small satisfaction that for a brief moment in time the only surviving heir to her parents once more occupied the French throne. I look forward to more of your videos. Thanks for posting!

  • @kerrytaylor1795
    @kerrytaylor1795 Před 3 lety +10

    This was really interesting and well-made. I subscribed 👍

  • @Marachelle7
    @Marachelle7 Před 3 lety +6

    I really liked that, thank you!!

  • @rainydaywoman5758
    @rainydaywoman5758 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Marie Antoinette is my mother's cousin. What an interesting life she had. She was so misunderstood, it seems.
    Herstory

  • @doriswhite1348
    @doriswhite1348 Před 3 lety +19

    23andme shows that I share a common ancestor with Marie Antoinette.
    I don't know if from my mother's or father's side.

  • @breuertanjaannette122
    @breuertanjaannette122 Před 3 lety +10

    Very strong woman - mal her soul rest in peace.

  • @alexbraun2243
    @alexbraun2243 Před 2 lety +1

    Nicely narrated...thanks.

  • @sabi2121
    @sabi2121 Před 3 lety +7

    Well done. Immensely interesting. Subscribed

  • @mizfrenchtwist
    @mizfrenchtwist Před 3 lety +2

    very , very good share...........new subbie , thank you , for sharing.............

  • @gearrazkarraysgyfarnogod8554

    Fascinating and moving. Poor girl.

  • @LBF522
    @LBF522 Před 3 lety

    Very nice video. Thank you.

  • @jacklyv
    @jacklyv Před 2 lety +1

    Well done!!👏

  • @michellebruce5092
    @michellebruce5092 Před 2 lety +1

    Great history lesson I enjoyed it hope to see more soon 😀

  • @jameelakareema8230
    @jameelakareema8230 Před 2 lety +5

    So sad…. Imagine being taken from your country…sold, beaten , taken away from your family and renamed to where you have no clue true identity … so no one can really remember you. Just terrible. Rest easy

  • @noyka100
    @noyka100 Před rokem +1

    Very sad story touch my heart deeply.

  • @ChangeArt99
    @ChangeArt99 Před 2 lety +7

    This would be such a good story for a movie, i mean wow what an eventful life!

  • @emisounds87
    @emisounds87 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for your video! I love your accent! 😊
    Greetings from Australia!