Quick Biography Sexual problems
Louis Aguste's sexual awkwardness,was to be public and legendery , began with his refusal to consuminate his marriage to the pretty,young dauphine.It was not until August 22,1777,what the emporer referred to "the great work" was done.Marie-Antoinette wrote o the empress that a proper consumination had taken place,and her brother,the emporer,to thank him for his assistance. |
Good Father & Husband
Dispite their troubled sex life and his anti-Austrian upbringings,Louis became sincerly attached to his wife.Even asking her once,publicy & sweetly, "but do you love me?" in 1782, he made the unpresented annoucement that he would not be taking a mistress dispite pressure from doing so in court.An equally devoted father,he moved his cynical courtiers to tears by reasssuring his daughter,Madame Royale,that he had never regretted that she was born not a son.When his eldest son became sick,he visited the suffering child 5 or 6 times a day.During the months of imprisoment in the tower,he took on the schooling of his youngest son himself. |