18th Century Sevres Hand Painted Blue Celeste-Ground Plate Depicting Portrait of Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse De Lamballe

18th Century Sevres Hand Painted Blue Celeste-Ground Plate Depicting Portrait of Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe. Blue Interlaced L's Enclosing Date Letter C For 1755

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Princess Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy (8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) was a member of the Savoy-Carignano cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Prince de Lamballe, the heir to the greatest fortune in France. After her marriage, which lasted a year, she went to court and became the confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette. She was killed in the massacres of September 1792 during the French Revolution.