So who was this child? Her name was Marie Therese Charlotte. Born 1/19/1778--Died 10/19/1851. The first born child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. The boy in the portrait was her brother, Louis Joseph, born 10/22/1781. The Dauphin of France. He died young of consumption 6/4/1789.
It was then her second brother, Louis Charles, became Dauphin. He was born 3/27/1785. Lived long enough to be stolen from his family and sent to live with a crude man who saw to it than he eventually died 6/8/1795. Buried 6/10/1795. Louis was told his family no long wanted him.
She had a sister, Sophie Hélène Béatrix, who was born 7/9/1786 and died in infancy 6/19/1789.
The portrait here depicts the family. The empty cradle represent Sophie.
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