The Story of Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of France

How this queen was erased from the collective memory

Portrait of Marie-Thérèse d’Autriche, queen of France, workshop of Charles Beaubrun, 17th century

Maria Theresa of Austria was Spanish. Daughter of King Philip IV of Spain, she was born in 1638 near Madrid. And it was as a result of cleverly orchestrated events that she married the French king Louis XIV and became the queen of France in 1660. Queen of France, yes, but a forgotten…