Timeline for Was Marie Antoinette considered a fully legitimate bride for the heir apparent to the French throne in 1770?
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| Jul 14, 2014 at 11:24 | comment | added | Drux | @Semaphore Now we are getting somewhere. This is what I am interested in (but was asking in a somewhat oblique way, as I now realize.) Anyway, spending more effort does not seem worthwhile. | |
| Jul 14, 2014 at 11:15 | comment | added | Semaphore | @Drux Whoa, hold on, I don't think anyone said a Habsburg was France's "first" choice. Marriage alliances were conducted for geopolitical and strategic reasons. In Marie Antoniette's case, it was to cement Austria's alliance in the Seven Years War All I'm saying is the a Habsburg Princess was quite qualified (in terms of status) to become Queen of France. | |
| Jul 14, 2014 at 11:06 | comment | added | Drux | @FelixGoldberg Theoretically. In practice the fact that theirs was also a Catholic royal house was perhaps even more key. But without better evidence I'm still not convinced that the French court would would normally have considered Vienna (first) when choosing a heir's bride in the late 18th century. | |
| Jul 14, 2014 at 10:53 | comment | added | Felix Goldberg | @Well, they were an Imperial family, after all, and Emperors are even higher than Kings, theoretically. | |
| Jul 14, 2014 at 10:08 | comment | added | Drux | Where's the evidence for the Habsburgs being the most prestigious European royal house in the 18th century? +1 for the concrete list of names, as there are some who traveled West to France (i.e. not from Spain), which I was not aware of. | |
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| Jul 14, 2014 at 8:33 | history | answered | Semaphore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |