Maria Theresa

Also known as: daughter-in-law / queen / the young queen / young queen · Family: French court · Role: queen · First appears: Chapter 22

Chapter 22

married with Louis XIV “happy to have with her ‘her dear husband,’ as she called him in utter forgetfulness of royal etiquette”

with Anne of Austria (Anne of Austria is the queen-mother and Maria Theresa is the daughter-in-law in the immediately preceding exchange; their relation is mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.) “With this remark the queen-mother quitted her daughter-in-law, in order to meet Madame, whose arrival in the grand cabinet had just been announced by one of the pages.”
with Madame (They are sisters-in-law, not biological siblings.) “‘In that case,’ retorted Maria Theresa, in the same tone, ‘it is your affair, my sister, and not ours.’”
with Madame (The address indicates a sister-in-law relationship rather than biological siblings.) “it is your affair, my sister, and not ours.”

Extracted from the original text of Louise de la Vallière. Made with Rho MD.