Louis XVI's aunts were raised in a convent and joined the Court at Versailles only as young adults. They were pretty much neglected by their father, Louis XV. According to Madame Campan's (Marie Antoinette's First Lady of the Bedchamber) memoirs, Madame Louise (who later joined a convent, permanently) was "not the mistress of the whole alphabet at age twelve and never learnt to read fluently until after her return to Versailles." Madame Campan also wrote that Madame Adelaide was graced for a short time with a charming figure; but never did beauty so quickly vanish."
Louis XVI's aunts were raised in a convent and joined the Court at Versailles only as young adults. They were pretty much neglected by their father, Louis XV. According to Madame Campan's (Marie Antoinette's First Lady of the Bedchamber) memoirs, Madame Louise (who later joined a convent, permanently) was "not the mistress of the whole alphabet at age twelve and never learnt to read fluently until after her return to Versailles." Madame Campan also wrote that Madame Adelaide was graced for a short time with a charming figure; but never did beauty so quickly vanish."
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