Marie Antoinette gave birth to her first of four biological children at the Palace of Versailles on the 19th of December 1778. In this video I tell you about the specifics of the much anticipated birth of her daughter Marie-Thérèse.

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Marie Antoinete and Louis the 16th’s sex life had 
been in constant scrutiny for 8 years when Marie Antoinette finally announced she was pregnant 
gossip and satirical pamphlets were circulated of all the possible fathers it could be Marie 
would like many before her have to give birth in public in order to make sure that there were no 
substitutions made a boy for a girl or a living baby for one that might have passed away when 
Marie finally went into labor a bell was rung and all pandemonium broke loose crowds rushed to rooms 
that were as close as they could possibly get some onlookers even breaking into the inner rooms to 
get a bird’s eye view Marie labored for 12 hours her first chambermaid wrote of the event “the 
etiquette allowing all persons indiscriminately…”

20 Comments

  1. I've been to Versailles Palace, it's incrediblly beautiful!, it takes days to cover the whole property, it is definitely worth the visit. Give it at least one full day…..
    BLESSINGS.

  2. Antoinette was treated far worse than history says. There were gossip pamphlets called Libelles that spilled rumors and could sway public opinion pretty easily, because people were idiots. But these Libelles were not just common gossip, they were really disturbing and gross rumors spread about the queen, even adding drawings sometimes. They said:

    – The Queen constantly overspent and cared more about her dresses than France
    – She had an affair with her brother-in-law
    – She poisoned her daughter Sophie, who had died as an infant

    and, probably worst of all these lies was:
    – She SA'd her 8 year old son by teaching him to do inappropriate adult things with himself

    None of these lies were true and were just made because people hate queens so much, especially Antoinette I guess. this poor woman and her kids, my goodness…

  3. How awful and intrusive that was! I’ve had three kids and I could NOT imagine having all of those people gawking at me whilst trying to give birth. How unnecessary and stressful for both mother and the baby.

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