Tea at Trianon: Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette: Did They Love Each Other?

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Monday, August 12, 2024

Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette: Did They Love Each Other?

"Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette crowned by Love" by Saint-Aubin

Listen to "Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI: Did They Love Each Other?" on Tea at Trianon Radio. ‪There are many questions about the marriage of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette arising again due to the new film The Flood. A review is HERE.

Kaitlyn said...: One of my favorite topics! I remember there was a thread on the old forum on this very topic. Unfortunately it went missing or accidentally got deleted. I'm sure your further broadcasts will cover more of what was included there as well as the other research you have come across :); June 9, 2015 at 1:28:00 AM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Yes, and there will be more in my new book as well!!; June 9, 2015 at 8:50:00 AM EDT
Kaitlyn said...: Looking forward to that! The truth MUST be told! Too many lies are still being taught.; June 10, 2015 at 10:56:00 PM EDT