I found this excellent account of the wedding ceremony between Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste. This is not about the festivities, which were no doubt fun, but the actual ceremony that took place.
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18th Century Royal Wedding Ceremony: Marie Antoinette
I found this excellent account of the wedding ceremony between Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste. This is not about the festivities, which were no doubt fun, but the actual ceremony that took place.
Outside Versailles: Royal Wedding
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| Film still from Marie Antoinette (2006). |
Marie Antoinette's wedding ceremony took place at one in the afternoon, to Louis Auguste. That night, the new royal couple celebrated at Versailles with games, dancing and food....
Outside of Versailles, the people of Paris also celebrated (those who did not try to squeeze their way into Versailles!) That night, there was not a window or wall to be seen in the great city that did not have a candle burning in honor of the royal wedding.
Wedding fever! A description of Marie Antoinette's Wedding
Reading this description of Marie Antoinette's wedding day at Versailles may sound all too similar. I bet there will be a similar scene this Friday, except hopefully no rain!
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