Excerpt from Madame Royale, the Last Dauphine: Marie-Thérese-Charlotte De France, Duchesse D'angouleme Born on December 19, 1778, the infant daughter of Louis XVI. and Marie-Antoinette was at once carried to the chapel to receive the Sacrament of Baptism. Cardinal de Rohan-Guéménée, Grand Almoner of France, performed the ceremony. The child was held at the font by Monsieur, representing the King of Spain, and Madame in the name of the Empress of Austria, godfather and godmother. She received the names of Marie-Therese-Charlotte, but was to be known only by her title, Madame Royale, or, in more familiar language, "The little Madame." Her "household" was immediately formed. It is difficult, nowadays, to realise what such a "household" involved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.