Marie Thérèse of France
| Marie-Thérèse | |||||
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| Dauphine of France Duchess of Angoulême Madame Royale | |||||
| Queen consort of France (disputed) | |||||
| Tenure | 2 August 1830 | ||||
| Consort of the Legitimist pretender to the French throne | |||||
| Pretence | 6 November 1836 – 3 June 1844 | ||||
| Born | 19 December 1778 Palace of Versailles, France | ||||
| Died | 19 October 1851 (aged 72) Frohsdorf Palace, Lanzenkirchen, Austrian Empire | ||||
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| House | Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Louis XVI | ||||
| Mother | Marie Antoinette | ||||
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| Styles of Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême | |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Most High, Most Potent and Excellent Princess |
Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851) was the eldest child of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and their only child to reach adulthood. In 1799 she married her cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of Charles X of France, henceforth becoming the Duchess of Angoulême.
She became Dauphine of France upon the accession of her uncle and father-in-law, Charles X, to the French throne in 1824. On 2 August 1830, after the July Revolution, both Charles X and her husband signed an instrument of abdication twenty minutes apart. Some popular sources identify her to be a short-reigning Queen of France in the twenty minute interval between the signatures, but scholarly sources generally consider this to be a myth. She is, however, the undisputed legitimate Queen of France from 1836 to 1844 according to the Legitimists.