Comments on: What Happened to Marie Antoinette’s Children? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/34505 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: rick http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/34505/comment-page-1#comment-198703 rick Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:41:21 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=34505#comment-198703 the king suffered from a condition in which his foreskin was so tight he could not gain an erection without incredible pain. it was after an operation that he was able to fulfill his husbandly duties. the king suffered from a condition in which his foreskin was so tight he could not gain an erection without incredible pain. it was after an operation that he was able to fulfill his husbandly duties.

]]> By: Jason English http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/34505/comment-page-1#comment-198512 Jason English Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:06:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=34505#comment-198512 Great comment, Catherine! Way back in October of 2007, that painting was one of the first Andréa Fernandes covered in her 'Feel Art Again' series: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8815 Great comment, Catherine! Way back in October of 2007, that painting was one of the first Andréa Fernandes covered in her ‘Feel Art Again’ series:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8815

]]> By: Jadashay http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/34505/comment-page-1#comment-198495 Jadashay Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:42:33 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=34505#comment-198495 This is just heartbreaking to consider the pain and terror these poor children went through. This is just heartbreaking to consider the pain and terror these poor children went through.

]]> By: Catherine http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/34505/comment-page-1#comment-198465 Catherine Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:51:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=34505#comment-198465 The painting that you are using as the image, a state portrait by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, shows only three of her children. However, Louis Joseph is pointing inside the bassinet to symbolize the recently lost sister, Sophie. The painting that you are using as the image, a state portrait by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, shows only three of her children. However, Louis Joseph is pointing inside the bassinet to symbolize the recently lost sister, Sophie.

]]> By: Jo http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/34505/comment-page-1#comment-198391 Jo Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:12:01 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=34505#comment-198391 Agreed. Agreed.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/34505/comment-page-1#comment-198266 Amanda Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:33:34 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=34505#comment-198266 very interesting. very interesting.

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