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Elisabeth, Princess of France, 1764-1794

LC control no.n 85068893
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Personal name headingElisabeth, Princess of France, 1764-1794
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Variant(s)Madame Elisabeth, 1764-1794
Elizabeth, Princess of France, 1764-1794
Elisabeth, Madame, 1764-1794
Birth date1764-05-03
Death date1794-05-10
Place of birthVersailles (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Profession or occupationPrincesses
Special noteOld catalog heading: Élisabeth, Princess of France, 1764-1794
Found inDestremau, N. Une sœur de Louis XVI, Madame Elisabeth, c1983.
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Élisabeth, Princess of France, 1764-1794)
Enc. Brit., c1972: (Elizabeth (Elisabeth de France; called Madame Elisabeth))
Elisabeth de France, 1829: title page (par M. Alexandre Soumet)
Wikipedia 31 July 2017 (Élisabeth of France (1764-1794); Élisabeth of France (Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène de France; 3 May 1764--10 May 1794), known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess and the youngest sibling of King Louis XVI; she remained beside the king and his family during the French Revolution and was executed at Place de la Révolution in Paris during the Terror; she is viewed by the Roman Catholic Church as a martyr and a Servant of God; she was born in the Palace of Versailles, the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony; her paternal grandparents were King Louis XV of France and Queen Maria Leszczyńska; as the granddaughter of the king, she was a Petite-Fille de France)
Not found inAc. Am. enc.; Americana; Collier's; New Cath. enc.