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  • Queen Marie towards the sisters of their good daughter, as they termed the Dauphiness, who on her side was welcomed by Rene as the sweet niece, sharer of his tastes, who brought minstrelsy and poetry in her train.

    Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • 2 The Dauphin took no umbrage at either acclamations or marks of homage of which the Dauphiness was the object.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • 2 The Dauphin took no umbrage at either acclamations or marks of homage of which the Dauphiness was the object.

    Marie Antoinette — Complete 1787

  • 2 The Dauphin took no umbrage at either acclamations or marks of homage of which the Dauphiness was the object.

    Marie Antoinette — Volume 02 1787

  • The Dauphiness, then fifteen years of age, beaming with freshness, appeared to all eyes more than beautiful.

    Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • Listen to the Duchess de Gontaut: 'Madame the Duchess of Berry loved to inspect the different establishments she had founded at Rosny, and often went there accompanied by Madame the Dauphiness and even by the King.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • The Dauphiness arrived there at the hour for her toilet, having slept at La Muette, where Louis XV had been to receive her; and where that Prince, blinded by a feeling unworthy of a sovereign and the father of a family, caused the young Princess, the royal family, and the ladies of the Court, to sit down to supper with Madame du Barry.

    Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • Maria Leczinska had always submitted to this wearisome practice; Marie Antoinette followed it as long as she was Dauphiness.

    Dining in Public elena maria vidal 2009

  • Louis XV was enchanted with the young Dauphiness; all his conversation was about her graces, her vivacity, and the aptness of her repartees.

    Marie-Antoinette's Wedding elena maria vidal 2009

  • Listen to the Duchess de Gontaut: 'Madame the Duchess of Berry loved to inspect the different establishments she had founded at Rosny, and often went there accompanied by Madame the Dauphiness and even by the King.

    Rosny elena maria vidal 2009

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