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19 August 1743, birth of Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry. Born as the illegitimate daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne became the last official mistress of Louis XV. #otd
11 August 1675, birth of Anne-Marie-Victoire de Bourbon. She was the seventh child Henri-Jules de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, and Anne de Bavière. Mademoiselle de Condé never married and died of a lung disease at the age of 25. #otd
30 July 1683, Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, Queen of France as wife of Louis XIV, dies aged 44 due an infected abscess under her left arm. Her last words apparently were : "Since I became queen, I had only one happy day." #otd
8 June 1795, Louis XVII, second son and third child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, dies aged 10 as prisoner in the Temple. #otd
Elizabeth Felton, Countess of Bristol, with her children Lady Henrietta Hervey and her twin brother Lord Charles Hervey. Painted by Charles d'Agar.
19 April 1770, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are married by proxy at the Augustinerkirche in Vienna. #otd
15 April 1719, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon and secret second wife of Louis XIV, dies aged 83. #otd
The infamous Marie de Rohan, Duchesse de Chevreuse, painted as Diane in 1627 by Claude Deruet.
13 February 1689, William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England. #otd