The Wife of Louis XV - Maria Leszczyńska - A POLISH Queen For France

[@ambreeniram2268]

Such an honorable and pious queen who loved her family and the poor. She rejected the pomp and show of the french court, did lot of charity work. A complete woman. May she rest in peace.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Oh my, you're doing a marathon of my videos ? I'm so glad. Thank you so much !

[@jec1ny]

"Good kings are slaves and their people are free." -Maria Leszczyńska Reine de France

[@TheKingsofFrance]

A beautiful quote. Thank you for sharing it with us !

[@yespls6260]

@@TheKingsofFrance a true queen 👑

[@ChibiProwl]

Smart lady.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Such a wonderful, charitable woman. May she rest in peace.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you for watching and commenting Harriet.

[@mr.googoopants3581]

I have deep respect for Queen Maria Leszczyńska. She had a very hard life, being exiled from their homeland, living as virtual beggars and lastly being looked down by some nobles and courtiers who saw her as of too modest rank to become Queen of France, and by other foreign royals who were insulted that they were passed over for a mere "upstart Polish girl" such as the likes of Spain and Russia. Still, she endured all humiliation and slights with dignity and grace. She was the very image of a dutiful, dignified queen that others failed to live up to. She was loved by the French people for her kindness and generosity. She's a remarkable woman and I just hope one day they would make a movie about her life.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Agreed ! Thank you for commenting and being here !

[@holly9595]

They are going to make a movie about Louis XV with Johnny Depp playing the French monarch, so perhaps we will see Queen Maria in a film! Filming is supposed to start this summer in Paris and at the Palace of Versailles. No idea on the details of the story yet, so we will have to see what they do, but I am excited!

[@alexandramsh4740]

@navis indeed wtf 😳 Johnny Depp as Louis XV!

[@Alusnovalotus]

Not to mention a fresh gene pool that wasn't inbred like the Bourbon's French/German/Hapsburg bloodline. Had she lived longer, I believe she would have been a positive influence on the Lavish lifestyles of the French royals.

[@Kingpowch]

Yep but she put her unwanted daughters in a convent and refused to see one of her dying daughters. Sometimes I believe that she partially deserve the pain she suffered from her husband's affairs.

[@Alusnovalotus]

Vive la Reine!!!! Queen Maria seems to have been the best example of a virtuous Queen in a very long time. 👸🏻

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting !

[@irawilliams343]

This woman knew what it truly means to be a queen and that is to serve her people.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you for watching Ira, I agree she was a very classy lady.

[@barbararoca6847]

I enjoyed this presentation on Maria Leszyznska. The queen consorts interest me very much. Although royal, princesses often lived very regimented lifestyles. It must have been a shock to come from that kind of background and then - boom - you are queen if France. Since etiquette was so intricate and making a good impression was so important (not to mention being married to someone you didn't really know and who was a teenager) she had a good deal of pressure on her. And then in time, to be compared to be compared to Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry, would also have been very difficult, but Maria seems to have really succeeded. I laud her charitable work. A queen could not change how her husband's government functioned, but could she try to ease the burden of poverty and misfortune among the people. All and all, I think Maria did a very good job.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Hi Barbara, always nice to see you !!! Of the three 'main' queens (Maria Theresa, Marie Antoinette, and Maria Leszczynska, the latter seems to have been the most succesful and the most accomplished indeed. Although of course, Marie Antoinette was judged too harshly by her contemporaries (and even now). I am glad you watched again and that you enjoyed this video, your continuous support is very much appreciated. I hope you have a great Sunday !

[@barrymoore4470]

Queen Marie Leszczynska was already deceased when Madame du Barry entered the French court. The latter's rival for favor and attention was actually the new Dauphine (later Queen) Marie Antoinette.

[@Historyx554r]

Nope Marie was still alive but dying when Louis XV took Jean Becu future Madame du Barry as one of his minor mistresses in the Spring of 1768..MARIE died in June 1768..

[@Historyx554r]

Queen Marie focused herself in numerous charitable activities using most of her yearly allowance along with the monthly financial aid she asked from her father the Duke of Lorraine, King Stanislas I of Poland and from her own children's donations all of which endeared her to the common Frenchmen. Barrister Barbier who was present on the Queen's first visit to the capital in October 1728, noted in his memoirs that the 25 year old Marie along with her entourage joyfully threw around 12,000 livres worth of money while crossing the slums in Paris in which she made a fairly long tour. Other contemporary accounts such as the memoirs of the Duke de Richelieu, Duke de Luynes,priest Abbe de Proyart and her lady in waiting the Marechale de Mouchy enumerated several of Marie Leczinska's projects wherein she "Gave to all kinds of people, to honest families, all the more to be pitied in misfortune, as shame robs them of the resource of begging; she paid pensions in society such as convents where young poor people she caused to be brought up there. Louis XV's wife also donated money to hospitals, to charity schools, to religious communities such as the house of Saint- Thomas, at Saint-Germain-en-Laye; in Paris. Moreover, she gave cash to the poor convents of Capucines, Sainte-Aure, Ave-Maria, and to the poorer provinces in France struck by calamity. This she was able to do through coordination with various church leaders on those far flung regions. Marie also released from prison the wretched, detained for debts contracted by the need to feed a large family. Her charity did not exonerate the unfortunate who were so for their crimes. The Queen especially loved to give money to the Daughters of Saint-Vincent, whom their institute was especially devoted for caring of the poor, the prisoners and the sick: she gave alms personally whenever she sees the poor in the gates of Versailles, Compiègne, Marly, Fontainebleau and Choisy or wherever Marie goes from her carriages and this she does abundantly and with joy. To accommodate futher those she wanted help, Queen Marie Leczinska had many ways of diversifying her alms by being economical. Thus, she gave a lot of edible foods of all kinds, especially to poor religious communities that feed the hungry. She gave in linen and clothes, in coarse stuffs and in silk stuffs. Marie had a depot in her apartments in Versailles, where she gathered all the clothes necessary for the poor, from the swaddling clothes, jackets, shirts for adults and to the burial shrouds: these clothes had been worked under her eyes or by her orders, and several were made by her own hands as she spun wool using her spinning wheel: she distributed a part of it herself, and made pass the most considerable by the hands of the sisters of the charity, and of some other people charged by her to fly to the discovery of the secret needs families. Finally, she had an apothecary or pharmacy in her house, where a daughter of Saint-Vincent, whom she honored made and distribute medicine to the poor inhabitants nearby."

[@trueVersailles]

Excellent information! No wonder she is well love by the whole of France..i hope a movie biopic of her will be made for Queen Marie Leczinska

[@Historyx554r]

She was very sad when the younger daughters were taken away from her. It was the Cardinal de Fleury who sent the younger daughters away with the reluctant approval of their womanizing father, Louis XV. The protests of the depressed Queen Marie who was pregnant with their 12th child in early 1738 (there was a stillborn son in 1735) was ignored and Marie was several times forbidden by Louis XV and the Cardinal to visit them or have them returned.. Louis XV's father figure, the Prime Minister, Cardinal Fluery, sent them away from Versailles because they were " girls only, not sons and expensive to maintain 50 servants each daughter etc" ..Marie protested to her husband to this..and but Louis XV want to save money and so the King can sustain the financial demands of his mistresses in 1738 there was already mistresses Louise Julie de Nesle and "NN" a butchers daughter, thus he sacrifices his daughters to support those women! The Fontevraud abbey where the girls were sent in June 1738 was almost close to the Spanish border and a 2 week journey from Versailles. MARIE WAS powerless and was FORBIDDEN SEVERAL TIMES TO VISIT HER AND WAS DEVASTATED WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER AND WAS ANGRY AT THE KING and Cardinal it is one of the reasons aside from a threat to her life why she stopped sleeping with him after she miscarried the 12th child! QUEENS OF FRANCE ONLY BECOME POWERFUL have freedom when the King dies when they become widows an regents for their son example Catherine, Marie de medicci, Anne of Austria etc... Why couldn't her parents, especially the Queen, visit Teresa when she was dying? here is the answer: THEY WERE NOT INFORMED IN TIME Due to the distance because it took 20 days from.Fontevraud to Metz for the initial letters to aof Therese illness to arrive it was done by men riding horses. Louis XV was the first to fall ill and nearly died in Metz during height of the War of the Austrian Succession it was a very chaotic time when Therese fell ill, there was a threat of invasion... the Queen and the older children were summoned by her thought to be dying husband in in Metz near the German border so he can apologize cause because he was afraid going to hell... when Queen Marie arrived after 5 days at Metz letters from Theresas illness was still on its way and when the first letters of illness reached Metz, she had already died of smallpox... Queen Marie was devastated when she received letters about her death It was her own mother, Queen Catherine of Poland, who was.left in Versailles , who revealed it to her when they met in Lorraine (Duke de Luynes memoirs).. and Marie was incosolable shock refused to see anyone for several days when she found out about her death this time Louis XV also started being mean to her again as he want the mistress back. She had a posthumous portrait made for Teresa and a mass at Notre Dame for her soul that they attended. Louis XV's reaction was not recorded because he read the letter of her death that Marie wrote to him alone, but there was a private family conference about her death. Unfortunately, it was noted that Louis XV was still more concerned with getting his mistress Marie Anne de Mailly back after she recovered from her illness..Louis XV still refuses the Queen to visit her grave at Fontevraud or return the remaining daughters due to expenses he was busy with Pompadour and other mistresses from.1745 onwards and have the remaining girls returned when they were teenagers. "She loved her own children tenderly" as it is written in the dairies of family friend Duke de Luynes...she prayed and wrote regularly to the younger daughters whom she was forbidden to see and based on some surviving letters of the younger girls shows that Their mother loves them and the girls wrote to her thanking them for the toy horse she sent to them etc..meanwhile it is Louis Xv who forgotten about them.as he cared more about the mistresses.."the whole Queen Marie was a bad mother lie " was spread by the modern day fans of the mistresses..

[@JakubMarilyn]

Hi! Greetings from Polish side. Nice to have Poland mentioned and our Queen's surname spelled properly. :)

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you for watching. I think she was an amazing queen !

[@ximenag8861]

I love Marie Leszczynska! 🤧🤧✨✨✨

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@plamenivanov92]

My favorite Queens 1 Irina Feodorovna (wife of Feodor Ivanovich) 2 Maria Grigorievna (wife of Boris Godunov) 3 Victoria Eujenia 4 Henrietta Maria 5 Catherine of Aragon 6 Milica of Serbia 7 Elisabeth Woodville 8 Marianna Victoria (The Child Queen) 9 Maria Leszczynska 10 Ayse Hafsa Valide Sultan

[@VeracityLH]

Thank you for a solid biography on this kind and lovely French Queen. One wonders what might have changed if Marie Antoinette had known her.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it !

[@meeeka]

I believe that a behavior guide for the Dauphine had been written by queen and even given to MA but the court, led by Louis XV discouraged her from actually using it. It might have saved her life and the Ancien Régime.

[@emilybarclay8831]

Her great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma is still technically a royal, the heir to the throne of the two Sicilies through Isabella II of Spain, the descendant of the only one of her daughters to produce issue

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you for sharing this information with us !

[@elainefarley1895]

I like these. They are short and informative.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you ! So glad you enjoy them, and so grateful that you are here !!!

[@trueVersailles]

"SEE HOW THEY LOVE HER"-- utterred by an emotional Louis XV age 58 to his daughters and grandchildren including future Louis XVI upon seeing the numerous worried poor people who flock the courtyard of Versailles to hear news of his dying wife Queen Marie Leczinska age 65..( sources: Memoirs of parliamentarian. President Henault and entourage de Angouvelliers. .What an amazing woman Queen Marie Leczinska is ! ❤ of all the Queen of France she was the only one who truly cared for her subjects the poor frenchmen to alleviate their suffering through her philantrophic works..while other Queens and wannabee Queens (ex .Pompadour) were all about gaining Power and Manipulation and. enriching themselves with taxpayers money from the french populace the third estate..🤮No wonder Queen Marie she was much loved during her lifetime and knows it..and I've read that many people especially the old ones actually miss her time as Queen of France during the French revolution as she was always their for them when they have no money for expensive bread..Marie sold all her private jewelry collection to give them money to the poor source: diaries of the Duke de Richeleiu best friend of Louis XV and Madame dela Mouchy her lady in waiting...while priest Abbe de Proyart recorded the people saying "The Good Queen how she love us and how we loved her" during the 1790s.

[@pamelafritzheuser9682]

As all other videos: very well researched and narrated. I really enjoy them!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you so much for your lovely compliment, I really appreciate it !

[@lauramcgowan3740]

Having children was a death sentence to these poor women.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Her decision was very understandable in my book ...

[@wilfordfraser6347]

I am really loving this channel. So many historical figures that I didn't know very much about.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you so much for being here Wilford ! I really appreciate it !

[@mr.googoopants3581]

I know that most of these were rumors or propaganda, but her reputation was in Stark contrast with her successor queen, Marie Antoinette. Marie Leszczyńska was once reported to have said when she was reprimanded by a courtier for wearing such modest clothes for the Queen of France, she said to have replied "I do not need gowns when the poor have no shirts.” - a very far cry from the "Let them eat cake" attributed to Marie Antoinette.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Indeed, Marie Antoinette's selfish reputation isn't correct. Although she did overspend, she also had a kind heart. An example is the fact that she would give the clothes of her children to the poor, and that she encouraged them to share their toys with those less fortunate...

[@Wakka1993]

@@TheKingsofFrance Marie Antoinette was the victime of the proganda of the french revolution. Beside being very young and ill equie to deal with the french court, she was a very down to earth person, she adopt 2 more childern, she refuse actually teh diamon necklace purchase that was commission for louis XV last mistress since the france had no money and the common people are struggling. She had common sense but often had to play along to the courte of versialle. The different between Marie Leszczynska and Marie Antoinette was also largly in character throught the different background, but also because of their upbrining. Empress Maria Theresa was not a mother of the year. The same thing is also Louise the 16 was a very weak king, in ruling, he knew about the pligth of his people and want to change that but he was easily manipulated or rather push around by the nobility. A Far cry from his great great grandfather Louise XIV (i am not sure if Louis the XV was the grandson or the great grandson of XIV) who was in charge.

[@LariLesque]

I am glad she could forbid Louis her bed. 12 children in 10 years? At least she avoided dying in childbirth and catching sexual diseases from her satyr of a husband!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

One certainly cannot say she didn't due her duty as a wife ! Thank you for watching Laraine. Are you an admirer of Sissi ? (I assume that's her in the portrait ?)

[@LariLesque]

@@TheKingsofFrance A tech savvy French girl did that for me years ago! I love Winterhalter portraits. Sissi was a rather strange lady. Not quite sure what to make of her.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Very cool !!! And yes, she was very strange. I haven't read much about her but if I understand it correctly she probably had a form of anorexia or body dysmorphia ?

[@LariLesque]

@@TheKingsofFrance I think so. She was so concerned with her own beauty regime. There was tragedy in her life and she tended to flee instead of coping and coming to terms with her position in life. I think there will be a Netflix series next year.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Oh really ? That should be interesting, IF it is done properly... fingers crossed.

[@mimfi]

So nice to learn about this Queen. She had the same birthday as my parents. The year very different, of course. Thank you!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

You say parents... does that mean they share a birthday ? (Your Mom and Dad ?)

[@mimfi]

@@TheKingsofFrance yes they did, though they had eight years agegap. My father was born 1923, mother 1931 💖

[@MarinaKaFai]

I have such a fondness for her!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

I think she was a lovely and engaged queen. Thank you for watching.

[@s1b3r11]

I wonder whether the revolutionists would have killed her too despite her popularity and all those things she had done for the people

[@Historyx554r]

The people would never kill her because the people were fiercely loyal to her and regarded her as "their mother" or "the good queen" Marie who frequently visited Paris after she was freed from her pregnancies called the French populace who would flock to her "My Children" and there would never be a Revolution because Marie Leczinska was the only one keeping the monarchy stable at that time not only because she was popular but because she would have responded immediately everytime there is a catastrophe such as a bread crises which triggered the French Revolution on 1789. "Every public calamity distress the Queen" noted by Richelieu. Contemporary accounts such as the memoirs of her lady in waiting Marechale de Mouchy and even her enemy/Louis Xv's pimp Duke de Richelieu recorded that "she regarded all frenchmen as her children" and "when she was told the people had no bread or they could not afford it Marie during her Reign would sold/pawn her private jewelries to raise money ( she never ask from the King it came from her own allowance and from her inheritance as it was restored after the war of polish succession ) everytime this calamity happened and exchange them with fake ones which she wear and no one suspected that they were fake" . Marie would often distribute the money herself in the various churches were the poor would gather she had a representatives from the poor one of which an old maid whom she nicknamed "Brilliant" would be her informant. She instructed the guards of versailles that if there would be poor people looking for her they should let them in and many were recorded in the diaries of courtiers to have visit her apartments asking for help. Some mean courtiers were noted to make fun/ show disgust to these poor people but the Queen would reprimand the nobles. At the time of the Revolution many poor people especially the old ones did not forget her and would cry and actually talk about her time as Queen in a positive way and many were recorded to say" the good queen, how she loved us and how we love her" while on the salons "many old aristocratic ladies would wept remembering about the nice things Queen Marie said to them when they were in Versailles": These facts were recorded by one of her old lady in waiting who survived the French Revolution and of the priest Abbe de Proyart.

[@michellebruce5092]

Great video I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon 😀

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you ! Say hi to Benjamin for me !

[@michellebruce5092]

@@TheKingsofFrance will do say hi to your cat from Me michelle

[@mojekonto9796]

"Quis Lescynsciorum genus ignorat, Poloniae ignorat" Vivat Wienawa coat of arms! Thank You so so much! Wspaniała praca, wielki szacunek :) dziękuję!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank YOU for watching !

[@jacquelineviera2281]

I love your videos so much can you make some about Mary queen of Scott’s!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Yes I can, although I probably won't do her whole life as she's not really in my topic area, I can do a video about the part of her life when she lived in France. Will take some time though as I'm currently working on other videos that will be aired first... Thank you for watching, and commenting !

[@blorac9869]

TYVM!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank YOU for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it !

[@blorac9869]

Everyone needs to! :-)

[@bow35yearsago65]

And actually,Maria leszcsynska's father died because his clothes got caught on a fire,not by illness or natural causes so if he hadn't had the fire accident,he would have actually lived even through Maria's death,which is crazy in 18th century Europe.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you for sharing this information with us !

[@simplysavyyy]

‘Not exactly pretty’ I have to disagree she was beautiful.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting !

[@Historyx554r]

"The Queen is More Beautiful" --Personal Opinion of Young Louis XV on Marie Leczinskas physical apperance..however courtiers regarded her as plain because Marie was very slender and petite you can goggle her statue made by Costou and you can see she was very slim. But back then especially in the 1700s chubby curvaceous women were the only ones considered beautiful as they were seen as symbol of prosperity and good health....Louis XV compared Marie's beauty to the then infamous White Queen of France: Blanche of Castile (1200's era) and actually regarded Marie as the most beautiful woman in France..

[@d.l.l.6578]

Music is too loud in background.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

I apologize. I do try to find a good balance always but sometimes I don't get it right.

[@mimfi]

I find it very odd that a king has something that seem to be an ordinary family name Leszczynski. It was very nice to hear about the life of this Queen. She seems to be a bit aside because of all the Kings mistresses. Thank you very much! 🌺

[@TheKingsofFrance]

I am not sure if the name has special meaning. Maybe a polish viewer can enlighten us ?

[@Historyx554r]

Queen Marie was cast aside mainly because historians especially the male ones found the mistresses life more intriguing and second because it was Queen Marie's dying wish to be forgotten as she wants a humble Christian death she told Louis XV and her friends in the literature world such as President Henault not to write anything edifying or praising about her on books..( my source memoirs of the priest abbe de proyart and her lady in waiting marechale de mouchy )..this was because she was depressed of her many childrens death and that in the end in spite of her tremendous charity work she knew the French Revolution was happening and that she want able to fully prevent it from happening as she was barge political decisions ( unable to prevent banishing the jesuits as well as the change in tax system which the poor were the ones paying..she wanted the nobles and royals to pay to etc.) )

[@latifamiah5742]

I loved it

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you hun 😘

[@ucheokoroafor8273]

Can't wait for Louis XIV 👍

[@TheKingsofFrance]

I'm starting with a five part series next Sunday !!! I hope I will not disappoint you !

[@bummike7099]

Another great video on the French monarchy! While she might have had the best intentions for her people she was not in a position to give the people of France what they needed. Remember the nation was not sovereign during these times. France in a very real way was property of the Bourbon Family. I think it would be good to view these figures from a point of absolute control

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Hi Mike, good to see you ! I hope you're doing well. Imo, none of the queens of France were in a position anyone would want to be in. But at that time, of course, female royal offspring was nothing more or less than a commodity to bargain with or to forge alliances between states, regardless of the implications it would have on the women's lives. I guess Marie Antoinette would be the most poignant example there ... I have good news for you. Next week, I start with part one of my five part series on Louis XIV. It took me quite a bit of time to decide what I was going to talk about and what not. If all had to to be told, it would be a 15 hour series and even then not all would be covered, so I stripped it down to an absolute minimum in order not to go 'overboard' for people who do not know Louis at all. I will touch subject like the Fronde, in more detail at a later time. So I hope you won't be disappointed by the 'triviality' of my posts but it'll hopefully ignite the interest of those who watch these videos. Have a great day !!!!

[@Historyx554r]

Regardless if wether she's in a position to help or not..the fact that she was able to help alot of poor frenchmen from literally dying in hunger or sickness is ADMIRABLE during her 43 years as Queen of France most using her own money. .those of her father her inheritance which was restored after the war on polish succession..she never ask money from Louis XV for this projects unlike the mistresses for example Pompadour overspent more than Marie Antoinette for her 15 mansions using taxpayers money..that is a fact her modern day Pompadour fans ignored nd hide..

[@trbrm6319]

Very Stark contrast with Marie Antoinette

[@TheKingsofFrance]

To a certain extent. But Marie Antoinette is judged much more harshly than she deserved...

[@trbrm6319]

@@TheKingsofFrance probably because MA was Austrian and the French already had somewhat tense relations with Austria yes??!! 🙂

[@TheKingsofFrance]

That is correct !

[@gregoryjones9546]

@@TheKingsofFrance I Agree. The Leaders Of The Reign Of Terror Wanted To Ruin Marie Antoinette's Reputation,I Don't Believe All Of Those Negative Stories About Her,She Has Been Judged Too Harshly,I Agree!!!

[@plamenivanov92]

@@TheKingsofFrance and Louis XVI Auguste he did not had any extramarital affairs did he.....after all he was well....kind of clueless

[@gertyrood]

😢😢

[@kellybrown685]

Sad that Royal Women were treated like "breeding cattle"

[@TheKingsofFrance]

That, or a political asset...

[@tixien]

Not just royals to be fair. Anyone with an ounce of wealth and/or power will try to consolidate it and get more. Nobility, bourgeoisie…. That’s a human feature I’m afraid.

[@maydaybreak]

I can ask If you hear about Marie Louise Gonzaga?

[@TheKingsofFrance]

She was queen of poland through marriage if I'm not mistaken ? Thanks for watching.

[@rickyyacine4818]

Is true that luis 15 had 30 ilegitment children 🤔

[@TheKingsofFrance]

I would have to look up the exact number, but yes, he had quite a lot of mistresses and hence quite a lot of illegitimate children.

[@jacquesrenou2850]

Yes,I'm defended from that bloodline,from the wrong side of the sheets as they say.The resemblance in the face,eyes and nose shows in the women in my family still.

[@jacquesrenou2850]

It is said that the numbers could be about a thousand males and the number of females were not recorded,as to the fact that they were not considered to be of worth, according to the record keepers.So that could also be a nother thousand to that number? Louis 15 ,the father of France,LOL 😆

[@ChibiProwl]

According to Wikipedia there’s 13, but….according to madamethisisversaille.blogspot.com, she says he had at least 15.

[@barrymoore4470]

@@TheKingsofFrance Several natural children have been attributed to Louis XV, but he only officially recognized one, Abbé Louis de Bourbon (1762-1787), who was born of Anne Couppier de Romans (1737-1808), briefly one of the King's mistresses.

[@annfisher3316]

Wonderful parenting philosophy to curb childrens' arrogance. 👍👏🤭

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Indeed !!!

[@gregoryjones9546]

ABSOLUTELY!!! Especially Children Born Into Privilege,And Royalty At That!!!

[@robnewman6101]

Beauty and the Beast. Originally Published in 1740.

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Thank you so much for being here !

[@trbrm6319]

She's not Louis XVI's mother huh??!!

[@TheKingsofFrance]

Nope... she’s his grandmother. Maria Leszczynska was the mother of Louis Ferdinand. Louis Ferdinand and his wife, Maria Josepha were the parents of Louis Auguste, the later Louis XVI... Louis Ferdinand died when Louis XV was still king, hence his son became king.!i’ll be making videos about all of them at a later time if you want to know the details.

[@trbrm6319]

@@TheKingsofFrance yes please do... I love History...I think I must have inherited it from my father and big sister... I love and thoroughly enjoy your videos👍👍