tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post2917490529643959041..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Christening of Marie-Antoinetteelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-17265124531149872702010-11-05T20:35:41.834-04:002010-11-05T20:35:41.834-04:00Thank you for the link!Thank you for the link!Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-66945481302377971172010-11-05T11:32:48.437-04:002010-11-05T11:32:48.437-04:00How not to be struck by the fecundity of the Empre...How not to be struck by the fecundity of the Empress Marie Theresa and how Queen Marie Antoinette lost the Dauphin and Sophie Helene. What a cruel twist of irony and fate.lara77https://www.blogger.com/profile/12595738597369639417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-14551338175397337702010-11-04T16:54:56.109-04:002010-11-04T16:54:56.109-04:00"(...)it's my hunch that Josef and Maria-..."(...)it's my hunch that Josef and Maria-Anna were picked to stand proxy because they conveniently also had the same Christian names as the King and Queen of Portugal."<br /><br />and you are right. Greetings from Portugal!Manuel Marques Pinto de Rezendehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265528253922767869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-27710031929286381002010-11-04T13:53:03.477-04:002010-11-04T13:53:03.477-04:00"With the exception of the Empress, who was s..."With the exception of the Empress, who was still in seclusion"...<br /><br />Until just recently women who just had a child had to be "Churched" http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03761a.htm<br /><br />It is an old rite which I believe has fallen into disuse. A Pity, once again.Brantignyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609397972340635441noreply@blogger.com