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Louisa Maria Stuart

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1692 – Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1712

10 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born1692, Saint-Germain-en-LayeRecords disagree1 source
  • Died1712, Saint-Germain-en-LayeRecords disagree1 source
  • FatherJames II of Englandnot verified1 source
  • MotherMary of Modenanot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1692

    Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

  2. 1712

    Dies in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

She lived through 3 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1690s · Louisa is born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

In the news1693–1694

Paris Famine (1693–1694)

During the famine of 1693–1694, bread was sold at two sous a loaf to poor Parisians as up to 1,500 people died daily from hunger and disease.

At the table

Special Occasion Wine Price

Ordinary people bought high-quality wine for special occasions at popular weddings for ten sous per pint.

What people wore

Essential Women's Clothing

Urban working women typically wore a five-item ensemble: a top (casaquin or corset), a skirt (jupe or jupon), an apron for work, a shawl or neckerchief, and a cloak for cold weather.

Getting around

Barque de poste canal travel

In 1674, the barque de poste service was introduced, allowing passengers to travel from Toulouse to Castelnaudary in one day. The journey included scheduled stops for meals and overnight rests.

What it cost

Cost of shoes and bread

A servant paid 10 livres and 5 sous for a new pair of shoes in May 1703, while bread prices fluctuated significantly, such as when he paid 7 livres 9 sous 9 deniers for bread in May 1705.

Music

Sunday Dancing and the Pipe and Tabor

In the late 17th century, peasants often enjoyed dancing to the pipe and tabor on the Sabbath, an amusement that was sometimes tolerated by church officials as a necessary relief from a week of hard labor.

Daily life

Limited and basic primary schooling

Primary schooling was often sporadic or unavailable, usually consisting only of basic reading, writing, and catechism taught by a priest or vicar.