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- In 1795, just as the revolutionaries were considering using him as a bargaining chip with the Austrian army along with his sister Madame Royale, Louis XVII died of tuberculosis. His heart, preserved by coroner Philippe-Jean Pelletan, was transferred to the royal crypt at Saint-Denis in 1975.
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Heart of Louis XVII inside a crystal urn, now buried at St Denis. Following a tradition of preserving royal hearts, Louis-Charles's heart was removed and smuggled out during the autopsy by the overseeing physician, Philippe-Jean Pelletan. Thus, Louis-Charles' heart was not interred with the rest of the body. Dr. Pelletan stored the smuggled ...
Sep 5, 2024 · On July 3, 1793, he was taken from his mother and put under the surveillance of a cobbler, Antoine Simon. Marie-Antoinette was guillotined on October 16, 1793, and in January 1794 Louis was again imprisoned in the Temple. The harsh conditions of his confinement rapidly undermined his health.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 22, 2022 · According to the official records, Louis died on the 8 June, 1795 at the age of ten in the Temple prison. His autopsy recorded that he died due to tuberculosis, brought on and exacerbated by this harsh treatment. Some say that he died not of tuberculosis but entirely due to neglect by the jailers.
- Bipin Dimri
Confined in filthy conditions, he soon fell seriously ill. In 1795, just as the revolutionaries were considering using him as a bargaining chip with the Austrian army along with his sister Madame Royale, Louis XVII died of tuberculosis. His heart, preserved by coroner Philippe-Jean Pelletan, was transferred to the royal crypt at Saint-Denis in ...
Feb 1, 2023 · Rumors of Louis XVII's survival persisted until 1999 when a section of the aorta from the preserved heart was sent to a laboratory for testing. It was compared to DNA samples from multiple family members, such as a strand of Marie Antoinette's hair, and against the DNA of then-living maternal relatives like Queen Anne of Romania.
- Louis-Charles, dauphin of France, recognized by royalists as King Louis XVII, was imprisoned by revolutionaries during the French Revolution. While...
- A mystery has persisted surrounding Louis XVII's alleged survival; after the French Revolution, no fewer than 40 people came forward claiming to be...
- Louis XVII of France was never coronated and never actually reigned as king; the years of his "reign" were 1793-95, when France was a republic. He...
- Louis XVII of France died after nearly three years of imprisonment of scrofula, a form of tuberculosis; he was only 10 years old.
Dec 9, 2003 · They claim a pickled and shrunken heart that has been around for more than two centuries belonged to Louis XVII, the Boy King, son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Apr 2, 2014 · Historian and journalist Philippe Delorme arranged for DNA tests of a heart preserved from the body presented in 1795. The tests showed that the heart did belong to Louis-Charles.
