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4 unusual facts about Marie Leszczyńska


Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

Louis Philippe was hardly fifteen when he and his young cousin Princess Henriette of France (1727–1752), the second daughter of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska, fell in love.

Marie Isabelle de Rohan

Marie Isabelle was the governess of the children of Louis XV and his consort Marie Leszczyńska.

Maximilien Radix de Sainte-Foix

Comte d'Artois was the youngest of the three sons of Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XV) and Marie Leszczyńska and, unlike his two brothers Louis XVI and the future Louis XVIII, was inclined for the most part to easy and expensive pleasures, while reluctant to engage in reading and reflection.

Petit appartement de la reine

These rooms, situated behind the grand appartement de la reine, and which now open onto two interior courtyards, were the private domain of the Queens of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, Marie Leszczyńska, and Marie-Antoinette as well as of the duchesse de Bourgogne as dauphine.



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