Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (from a film)
The one between the Austrian Archduchess Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin of France Louis XVI , was the typical political marriage combined for reasons of state, a very common occurrence in the 18th century among the great reigning European dynasties.
On your wedding day, celebrate May 16, 1770 , the two very young contractors, 14 years she, 15 him, practically did not even know each other.
What kind of wedding was theirs?
What kind of bond did they make?
Almost certainly it was a far more profound and true union than many others born in the same way and for the same reasons, which, without ever transforming into a great passionate and all-encompassing love, became over time a strong and affectionate relationship, eventually cemented even more by the pains and common difficulties.
In the first period of marriage, Luigi, a shy, clumsy and clumsy teenager, but with a good and sensitive nature, encountered many difficulties in approaching the delightful and lively wife, who, however, immediately had the feeling of being able to fully trust him. that physically unattractive young man but rich in rare moral and human virtues.
A further and fundamental glue for the royal couple, was constituted by the four children who came later to brighten their lives.