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  1. What just happened in France's shock election? 7 days ago By Paul Kirby, BBC News in Paris Jubilation and stunned silence: France reacts to exit polls

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    • Official Artist to Marie Antoinette
    • The Emigration

    After years spent honing her craft in the workshops of Blaise Bocquet, Pierre Davesne and Gabriel Briard, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun gradually developed a highly sophisticated and distinctly personal technique which made her the equal of the most skilled portrait artists of the day. This technical prowess – combined with her brother’s success a...

    You have not yet given permission to place the necessary cookies to view this content. Read our cookie policy for more information, and accept cookies to view this element. Consult the legal notices Driven by her talent, her great capacity for work and her widely-admired beauty, Vigée Le Brun furthered her career by rubbing shoulders with the elite...

    Socially and professionally dependent on the patronage of the royal family, the court and the nobility, Vigée Le Brun was the subject of vicious slander in various pamphlets. Forced to leave Paris with her daughter and the latter’s governess on the night of 6 October 1789, just as the royal family was being transferred to the capital, she opted to ...

  2. Louise-Élisabeth of France (Marie Louise-Élisabeth [a]; 14 August 1727 – 6 December 1759) was a French princess, a fille de France. She was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV and Queen Maria Leszczyńska, and the twin sister of Henriette of France, and she was the only one of his legitimate daughters who married.

  3. Aug 14, 2019 · It was on this day 292 years ago that Louise-Elisabeth of France was born to Louis XV and his consort, Marie Leczinska. Ten minutes after she appeared, her twin Henriette emerged.

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  5. Born at the Palace of Versailles in 1764, Élisabeth of France, known as Madame Élisabeth, was the youngest of Louis XVIs sisters. Orphaned at the age of three, she received an excellent education and revealed considerable talents in maths and science.

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  7. On 10 May 1774, her grandfather, King Louis XV, died, and her elder brother Louis-Auguste ascended the throne as Louis XVI.

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