Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Louis Joseph Xavier de France (1781-1789)

A miniature sketch of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette's oldest son who died on June 4, 1789. Share

1 comment:

Hans Georg Lundahl said...

It seems the royal family has more than their fair share of childhood mortality, then.

// "En trente-quatre ans de métier, Catherine Desvoyes est marraine quinze fois ... elle a ondoyé 182 bébés sur 3839 nouveaux-nés, dont 59 morts dans les premiers 20 jours (32,4%) sur la totalité 526 décès (13,7%)" //

Which I cited from a Historical Magazine (forget which one, but I may have told it on the post) which I cited here:

New blog on the kid : Chirurgiens et surtout Sage-femmes
http://nov9blogg9.blogspot.fr/2015/01/chirurgiens-et-surtout-sage-femmes.html