Her paternal grandparents were King Louis XV of France and Queen Maria Leszczyska. She asked for Marie Antoinette, upon which one of the female prisoners said to her, "Madame, your sister has suffered the same fate that we ourselves are about to undergo. "[5] She also attempted to criticize the queen's behavior in this regard, but never did so openly, instead asking her aunt Madame Adlade to do it for her. [8] The ceremony was described: "Mme Elizabeth accompanied by the Princesse de Gumne, the under governesses, and the ladies in attendance, went to the King's apartments, and there Mme de Gumne formally handed over her charge to His Majesty, who sent for Mme la Comtesse Diane de Polignac, maid of honour to the Princess and Mme la Marquise de Sereat, her lady-in-waiting, into whose care he gave Mme During the journey, Elizabeth spoke to Barnave for several hours in an attempt to justify the attempted escape of the king and describe his views of the revolution, which was in part described in the memoirs of Tourzel: Petion for his part famously described lisabeth as attracted by him during the journey: lisabeth herself later alluded to this in a letter by commenting that she remembered "certain strange remarks of his during the journey from Varennes. Madame de Marsan, who was unable to handle lisabeth, preferred Clothilde, which made Elisabeth jealous and created a rift between the sisters. "[5], lisabeth was described as calm in the assembly, where she witnessed, later on in the day, her brother's dethronement. At the sudden death of her father in 1765, lisabeth's oldest surviving brother, Louis Auguste (later to be Louis XVI) became the new Dauphin (the heir apparent to the French throne). She followed the family from there to the Feuillants, where she occupied the 4th room with her nephew, Tourzel and Lamballe. I gave succour to several of the wounded. I should no longer be a Frenchwoman. upon which she replied: "I am not aware that my brother sent assassins against any persons, whoever they may be. [citation needed], lisabeth and her elder sister, Clothilde of France, were raised by Madame de Marsan, Governess to the Children of France. "[5] At the inn at Dormans, Elisabeth was reportedly contacted by the officer Jean Landrieux, who used her as intermediary in his unsuccessful attempt to help the family escape through the window and via the river to Vincelles. It was that wretch Collot d'Herbois who snatched her from me."[5]. She made no objections to the match, but was reportedly relieved when the negotiations were discontinued. Elizabeth. She was urged by one of her correspondents, the Abb de Lubersac, to join her aunts in Rome, but refused: "There are certain positions in which one cannot dispose of oneself, and such is mine. lisabeth took an interest in gardening and engaged in charity in the nearby village of Montreuil. When the demonstrators forced the king to put on the revolutionary red cap, lisabeth was mistaken for the queen. Pasquin, at the age of 36 years, was also sentenced to death for his own alleged part in the conspiracy of 10 August 1792, and executed on 6 February. [14], When she left court, Fouquier-Tinville remarked to the President: "One must allow that she has not uttered a complaint", upon which Dumas replied: "Of what should Elizabeth of France complain? The king, who was somewhat worried that she would become a nun, once said "I ask nothing better than that you should go to see your aunt, on condition that you do not follow her example: Elizabeth, I need you. [5], lisabeth stated the she knew for a fact that Marie Antoinette had not held secret councils; that she had only known and had contact with friends of France, and had no contact with her exiled brothers since she left the Tuileries; that she had not provided migrs with funds; that she had not known of the Flight to Varennes beforehand and that its purpose had not been to leave the country but only retire to the countryside for the king's health and that she had accompanied her brother on his orders; she also denied having visited the Swiss Guard with Marie Antoinette during the night before the 10 August 1792. The first suggested partner was Jose, Prince of Brazil. Unlike Artois, who, on the order of the king, left France on 17 July 1789, three days after the storming of the Bastille,[10] lisabeth refused to emigrate when the gravity of the events set in motion by the French Revolution became clear. [8], Finally, a marriage was suggested between her and her brother-in-law Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, who had a good impression of her from his visit to France the previous year, and commented that he was attracted by the "vivacity of her intellect and her amiable character. In order to comfort them I had no need to enquire into the origin of their misfortunes. [5] She became devoted to the children of the king and queen, in particular the first dauphin and Marie Thrse of France. Their mother Marie Josphe died in March 1767 from tuberculosis. lisabeth's father, the Dauphin, was the son and heir of King Louis XV. I claim no merit for this, and I cannot imagine that this can be imputed to me as a crime. Sister of King Louis XVI and Servant of God, Only includes Princesses of the House of Bourbon before the, Woodacre, Elena: Queenship in the Mediterranean: Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras (2013). 
She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI. 
She commented in a letter: In June 1791, she accompanied the royal family on its unsuccessful escape attempt, which was stopped at Varennes, where they were forced to return to Paris. She was warned: "You do not understand, they take you for the Austrian", upon which she famously replied: "Ah, would to God it were so, do not enlighten them, save them from a greater crime. There can be no question that she saw the Revolution as the incarnation of evil on earth[citation needed] and viewed civil war as the only means to drive it from the land. Humanity alone prompted me to dress their wounds. On a personal level, she was deeply devoted to her second brother, the count of Provence: "My brother the Comte de Provence, is at the same time the best adviser and the most charming conteur. (In the name of your mother, sir, cover me). During the night, there were reportedly some women outside on the street who cried for the heads of the king, queen and Elisabeth, upon which the king took offence and asked "What have they done to them?" When she heard this, Elisabeth asked Roederer: "Monsieur Roederer, you will answer for the lives of the King and Queen?" I assure you, my dear Maret, that, far from being the cause of the death of Mme Elizabeth, I wished to save her. In monarchist circles, her exemplary private life elicited much admiration. The cause of beatification of lisabeth was introduced in 1924, but has not yet been completed. In the cart taking them to their execution, and while waiting her turn, she helped several of them through the ordeal, encouraging them and reciting the De profundis until her time came. "[5], lisabeth was executed along with the 23 men and women who had been tried and condemned at the same time as she, and reportedly conversed with Mme de Senozan and Mme de Crussol on the way. "Madame," was his reply, "we answer for it that we will die at their side; that is all we can guarantee. [15] Near the Pont Neuf, the white kerchief which covered her head was blown off, and thus being the only person with bare head, she attracted special attention by the spectators, and witnesses attested that she was calm during the whole process. "[5] During the journey, Mme de Tourzel passed as a Baroness de Korff, the king as her valet-de-chambre, the queen as her maid, and Elizabeth as the children's nurse. Her relationship to queen Marie Antoinette was complicated, as they were quite dissimilar. She advised the king to carry out "a vigorous and speedy repression of the riot"[5] rather than to negotiate, and that the royal family should relocate to some town further from Paris, so as to be free from any influence of factions. Her last letter, written in the early hours of the day of her execution, was addressed to lisabeth, but never reached her. and then rose to be ready for her own turn. "[5] She turned aside a bayonet which was pointed against her with the words: "Take care, monsieur. When Commissary Eudes stated that she would not return, she told Marie-Therese to show courage and trust in God. lisabeth was much praised for her charitable nature, familial devotion and devout Catholic faith.
lisabeth herself described the Demonstration in a letter as follows: After the Demonstration of 20 June, lisabeth as well as the king reportedly despaired for the future "as an abyss from which they could only escape by a miracle of Providence,"[5] but she continued to act as the king's political adviser, and Mme de Lage de Volude described her state at this point: "She spends her days in prayer and in devouring the best books on our situation. "[5] Robespierre replied: "Well, you understand, it is always me. Marie Antoinette found lisabeth delightful, and reportedly demonstrated too openly that she preferred her to her sister Clothilde, which caused some offence at court.[7]. During the following day, awaiting the attack, the queen, accompanied by the royal children, Elisabeth and the princesse de Lamballe, went about the palace to encourage the defenders, and then followed the king when he inspected the guards in the interior of the palace they did however not accompany him when he visited the guards posted outside of the palace.[5]. Adlade and Victoire, in the chteau de Bellevue. The new constitution prompted her exiled brothers to prepare a French exile regency, and Elisabeth informed her brother the count of Artois of the political changes in code. She chose to stay with her brother and sister-in-law, according to Tourzel, as "their consolation during their captivity. lisabeth, who had turned thirty a week before her death, was executed essentially because she was a sister of the king;[22] however, the general consensus of the French revolutionaries was that she was a supporter of the ultra-right royalist faction. referencing to the threats against his spouse and sister. [5] They were given the usual education of contemporary royal princesses, focusing upon accomplishments, religion and virtue, an education to which Clothilde reportedly willingly subjected herself. She took no leading part in the famous flight, but did play a role on their way back to Paris. Her defender Chauveau-Laofarde later recollected his speech in her defense: Dumas replied to her defender's "audacity to speak of what he called the pretended virtues of the Accused and to have thus corrupted public morality", and then held his speech to the Jury: The Jury declared Elisabeth and all of her 24 co-accused guilty as charged, after which the Tribunal, "according to the fourth Article of the second part of the Penal Code",[5] condemned them to death and to be guillotined the following day. Her body was buried in a common grave at the Errancis Cemetery in Paris. and the latter view was shared by lisabeth who, as a monarchist, regarded the queen's disregard of etiquette as a threat to the monarchy, and once remarked in connection to it: "if sovereigns descended often to the people, the people would approach near enough to see that the Queen was only a pretty woman, and that they would soon conclude that the King was merely the first among officials. Because her indictment made no reference to her religion, she was not killed in "odium fidei" (hatred of the faith) and therefore might not be considered a martyr. M. de la Rochefoucauld described them: When Elisabeth saw the crowd she reportedly said: "All those people are misled. Madame de Marsan would often take her to visit the students at St. Cyr, where select young ladies were presented to be introduced to the princess. While she was being strapped to the board, her fichu (a sort of shawl) fell off, exposing her shoulders, and she cried to the executioner Au nom de votre mre, monsieur, couvrez-moi. [6] They were tutored in botany by M. Lemonnier, in history and geography by M. Leblond, and in religion by Abb de Montigat, Canon of Chartres, and they followed the court among the royal palaces, with their days divided between studies, walks in the Park, and drives in the forest. [19], On 15 November 2017, Vingt-Trois, after consulting the Conference of Bishops of France and the nihil obstat of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome, hopes that the process will lead to the canonization of Princess Elisabeth, sister of Louis XVI. In the notes of the trial of Nicolas Pasquin, her valet of the chambers, she is referred to as the sister of the tyrant Capet. [5] lisabeth focused on her niece, comforting her with religious statements of martyrdom, and also unsuccessfully protested against the treatment of her nephew. [15], Reportedly, her execution caused some emotion by the bystanders, who did not cry "Vive la Republique" at this occasion, which was otherwise common. Help me to make it disappear. [5] After this, Elisabeth was given Marie Anglique de Mackau as her tutor, who reportedly had "the firmness which bends resistance, and the affectionate kindness which inspires attachment", and under whose tuition Elisabeth made progress in her education, as well as developing a softer personality, with her strong will directed toward religious principles. She is full of noble and generous sentiments: her timidity changes to firmness when it is a question of speaking to the King and of informing him as to the state of things. When asked whether she did not refer to her nephew as king, ignoring the fact that France was a republic, her reply: "I talked familiarly with the poor child, who was dear to me on more than one account; I therefore gave him the consolation which appeared to me capable of comforting him for the loss of those to whom he owed his being."
She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI. She commented in a letter: In June 1791, she accompanied the royal family on its unsuccessful escape attempt, which was stopped at Varennes, where they were forced to return to Paris. She was warned: "You do not understand, they take you for the Austrian", upon which she famously replied: "Ah, would to God it were so, do not enlighten them, save them from a greater crime. There can be no question that she saw the Revolution as the incarnation of evil on earth[citation needed] and viewed civil war as the only means to drive it from the land. Humanity alone prompted me to dress their wounds. On a personal level, she was deeply devoted to her second brother, the count of Provence: "My brother the Comte de Provence, is at the same time the best adviser and the most charming conteur. (In the name of your mother, sir, cover me). During the night, there were reportedly some women outside on the street who cried for the heads of the king, queen and Elisabeth, upon which the king took offence and asked "What have they done to them?" When she heard this, Elisabeth asked Roederer: "Monsieur Roederer, you will answer for the lives of the King and Queen?" I assure you, my dear Maret, that, far from being the cause of the death of Mme Elizabeth, I wished to save her. In monarchist circles, her exemplary private life elicited much admiration. The cause of beatification of lisabeth was introduced in 1924, but has not yet been completed. In the cart taking them to their execution, and while waiting her turn, she helped several of them through the ordeal, encouraging them and reciting the De profundis until her time came. "[5], lisabeth was executed along with the 23 men and women who had been tried and condemned at the same time as she, and reportedly conversed with Mme de Senozan and Mme de Crussol on the way. "Madame," was his reply, "we answer for it that we will die at their side; that is all we can guarantee. [15] Near the Pont Neuf, the white kerchief which covered her head was blown off, and thus being the only person with bare head, she attracted special attention by the spectators, and witnesses attested that she was calm during the whole process. "[5] During the journey, Mme de Tourzel passed as a Baroness de Korff, the king as her valet-de-chambre, the queen as her maid, and Elizabeth as the children's nurse. Her relationship to queen Marie Antoinette was complicated, as they were quite dissimilar. She advised the king to carry out "a vigorous and speedy repression of the riot"[5] rather than to negotiate, and that the royal family should relocate to some town further from Paris, so as to be free from any influence of factions. Her last letter, written in the early hours of the day of her execution, was addressed to lisabeth, but never reached her. and then rose to be ready for her own turn. "[5] She turned aside a bayonet which was pointed against her with the words: "Take care, monsieur. When Commissary Eudes stated that she would not return, she told Marie-Therese to show courage and trust in God. lisabeth was much praised for her charitable nature, familial devotion and devout Catholic faith. lisabeth herself described the Demonstration in a letter as follows: After the Demonstration of 20 June, lisabeth as well as the king reportedly despaired for the future "as an abyss from which they could only escape by a miracle of Providence,"[5] but she continued to act as the king's political adviser, and Mme de Lage de Volude described her state at this point: "She spends her days in prayer and in devouring the best books on our situation. "[5] Robespierre replied: "Well, you understand, it is always me. Marie Antoinette found lisabeth delightful, and reportedly demonstrated too openly that she preferred her to her sister Clothilde, which caused some offence at court.[7]. During the following day, awaiting the attack, the queen, accompanied by the royal children, Elisabeth and the princesse de Lamballe, went about the palace to encourage the defenders, and then followed the king when he inspected the guards in the interior of the palace they did however not accompany him when he visited the guards posted outside of the palace.[5]. Adlade and Victoire, in the chteau de Bellevue. The new constitution prompted her exiled brothers to prepare a French exile regency, and Elisabeth informed her brother the count of Artois of the political changes in code. She chose to stay with her brother and sister-in-law, according to Tourzel, as "their consolation during their captivity. lisabeth, who had turned thirty a week before her death, was executed essentially because she was a sister of the king;[22] however, the general consensus of the French revolutionaries was that she was a supporter of the ultra-right royalist faction. referencing to the threats against his spouse and sister. [5] They were given the usual education of contemporary royal princesses, focusing upon accomplishments, religion and virtue, an education to which Clothilde reportedly willingly subjected herself. She took no leading part in the famous flight, but did play a role on their way back to Paris. Her defender Chauveau-Laofarde later recollected his speech in her defense: Dumas replied to her defender's "audacity to speak of what he called the pretended virtues of the Accused and to have thus corrupted public morality", and then held his speech to the Jury: The Jury declared Elisabeth and all of her 24 co-accused guilty as charged, after which the Tribunal, "according to the fourth Article of the second part of the Penal Code",[5] condemned them to death and to be guillotined the following day. Her body was buried in a common grave at the Errancis Cemetery in Paris. and the latter view was shared by lisabeth who, as a monarchist, regarded the queen's disregard of etiquette as a threat to the monarchy, and once remarked in connection to it: "if sovereigns descended often to the people, the people would approach near enough to see that the Queen was only a pretty woman, and that they would soon conclude that the King was merely the first among officials. Because her indictment made no reference to her religion, she was not killed in "odium fidei" (hatred of the faith) and therefore might not be considered a martyr. M. de la Rochefoucauld described them: When Elisabeth saw the crowd she reportedly said: "All those people are misled. Madame de Marsan would often take her to visit the students at St. Cyr, where select young ladies were presented to be introduced to the princess. While she was being strapped to the board, her fichu (a sort of shawl) fell off, exposing her shoulders, and she cried to the executioner Au nom de votre mre, monsieur, couvrez-moi. [6] They were tutored in botany by M. Lemonnier, in history and geography by M. Leblond, and in religion by Abb de Montigat, Canon of Chartres, and they followed the court among the royal palaces, with their days divided between studies, walks in the Park, and drives in the forest. [19], On 15 November 2017, Vingt-Trois, after consulting the Conference of Bishops of France and the nihil obstat of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome, hopes that the process will lead to the canonization of Princess Elisabeth, sister of Louis XVI. In the notes of the trial of Nicolas Pasquin, her valet of the chambers, she is referred to as the sister of the tyrant Capet. [5] lisabeth focused on her niece, comforting her with religious statements of martyrdom, and also unsuccessfully protested against the treatment of her nephew. [15], Reportedly, her execution caused some emotion by the bystanders, who did not cry "Vive la Republique" at this occasion, which was otherwise common. Help me to make it disappear. [5] After this, Elisabeth was given Marie Anglique de Mackau as her tutor, who reportedly had "the firmness which bends resistance, and the affectionate kindness which inspires attachment", and under whose tuition Elisabeth made progress in her education, as well as developing a softer personality, with her strong will directed toward religious principles. She is full of noble and generous sentiments: her timidity changes to firmness when it is a question of speaking to the King and of informing him as to the state of things. When asked whether she did not refer to her nephew as king, ignoring the fact that France was a republic, her reply: "I talked familiarly with the poor child, who was dear to me on more than one account; I therefore gave him the consolation which appeared to me capable of comforting him for the loss of those to whom he owed his being."