![]() ![]() Louis’s daughters are indeed trying to draw his attention away from du Barry, but not towards Antoinette. ![]() Du Barry begins to fear that the king’s attention is wandering to Antoinette. The young dauphine’s mother forbade her from riding horses, so the king teaches her to ride on a donkey. The king’s lessons with Antoinette are more fruitful. ![]() The king does take it upon himself to try to teach his grandson, however, grotesquely illustrating his lessons with a supposedly aphrodisiac “love apple” from Spain-a.k.a. The king bristles at Choiseul’s suggestion that his grandson Louis-Auguste is to blame for the lack of an heir-and at complaints about du Barry’s spending. France, the Duc de Choiseul advises the king, may have to attack Austria if it grabs some Polish land. ![]() Indeed, without the treaty represented by the Austrian Antoinette’s marriage to the French Louis-Auguste being “ratified”-that is, without an heir-there is danger that the two powers will once again go to war. But the fact that Antoinette was not sexually mature when she was married off to produce an heir heightens tensions between France and Austria. The older woman assures her it is a good thing when she has her first period. When she tries to approach his room, where he is rough-housing with another boy, the door is slammed shut.īut Antoinette knows she must produce an heir, and so excitedly accepts du Barry’s help. Du Barry is teaching Antoinette the art of seduction-Antoinette has been married four months, and has yet to have almost any interaction with her husband, Louis-Auguste, let alone carnal relations that would produce an heir. She’s eagerly taking lessons from one master of feminine power, the Madame du Barry, mistress to the King. Marie Antoinette just needs to learn how. It’s clear that the women of Versailles run the court-and the country. Keep up with your favorite dramas and mysteries by signing up for our newsletter, Dramalogue. Recap the previous and following episodes. WTTW Passport members can stream the whole show. Marie Antoinette airs Sundays at 9:00 pm on WTTW and is available to stream. ![]()
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