The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Marie Therese Of France

Louis XVI was the second surviving son of a father who died young. His brother, the favorite, also died young, and so Louis XVI, then Louis Auguste, was thrust into the spotlight as dauphin of France. Marie Antoinette, then Maria Antonia, was the fifteenth child of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were married in 1770, practically as children themselves, at ages 14 and 15, respectively (via Biography).

Neither were given the proper education to run such a large country as France, and neither had the temperament for it. Marie Antoinette, for example, was a poor reader and was more interested in card games. Louis XVI, an indecisive leader, inherited an economically broken country from his grandfather, which he did not succeed in cleaning up, says History101.

Louis XVI also had either a physical or psychological problem that stopped him from initiating sex with his wife. Marie Antoinette's brother Joseph eventually had to visit the couple to give Louis XVI advice (via Biography). Marie Antoinette, on the other hand, was interested in sex but found it hard to start anything with her husband. It's not hard to see why she began hosting lavish parties and card games. The couple did not have their first child, Marie Therese, until they had been married for eight years, writes Biography.

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