herestohistory:HISTORY IN FILM: “Marie Antoinette” x Maria Antonia becoming the Dauphine of FranceBo
herestohistory:HISTORY IN FILM: “Marie Antoinette” x Maria Antonia becoming the Dauphine of FranceBorn Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna on November 2nd, 1755, Marie Antoinette married the Dauphin of France by proxy in Vienna on 19 April, 1770. On May 6, 1770 there was an elaborate formal handover of Marie to the France. The first court officials of king Louis XV took over, sending the Austrian caravan - and everyone in it - back home. Then, in a precise ritual, Marie Antoinette was officially handed over to her French ladies-in-waiting, all noble women of the highest rank, who proceeded in stripping her naked of all her Austrian clothes, and in dressing her in French garments. Nothing from a foreign court would be allowed to enter France. Even her beloved dog Mobs was sent back to Austria — Marie Antoinette was left alone among strangers, in a strange country - at 14 years of age. A future queen, she was now property of France, and from her womb would come an heir to the French throne. (quoted) -- source link
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