Three days after the birth of their daughter Maria-Teresa died on 22 July 1746. Louis was only sixteen years old. He grieved intensely at the loss of his wife, but his responsibility to provide for the succession to the French crown necessitated that he marry again quickly.
On 9 February 1747, he married Princess Marie-Josephe of Saxony. They were the parents of 8 children-Marie-Zephyrine (died young), Louis-Joseph Xavier, Xavier, King Louis XVI-Louis-Auguste, Louis XVIII-Louis-Stanislas, King Charles X-Charles-Philippe, Marie-Adella (wife of King Carlos-Emanuel of Sardinia), and Marie-Elisabette.
Three days after the birth of their daughter Maria-Teresa died on 22 July 1746. Louis was only sixteen years old. He grieved intensely at the loss of his wife, but his responsibility to provide for the succession to the French crown necessitated that he marry again quickly.
On 9 February 1747, he married Princess Marie-Josephe of Saxony. They were the parents of 8 children-Marie-Zephyrine (died young), Louis-Joseph Xavier, Xavier, King Louis XVI-Louis-Auguste, Louis XVIII-Louis-Stanislas, King Charles X-Charles-Philippe, Marie-Adella (wife of King Carlos-Emanuel of Sardinia), and Marie-Elisabette.
Gravesite Details
His heart is buried at St Denis
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Louise Élisabeth de France
1727–1759
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Henriette of France
1727–1752
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Marie-Louise de France
1728–1733
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Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon
1729–1765
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Philippe de France
1730–1733
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Marie Adélaïde of France
1732–1800
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Victoire of France
1733–1799
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Sophie of France
1734–1782
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Thérèse de France
1736–1744
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Louise Marie of France
1737–1787
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