Ernestine Lambriquet

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Ernestine de Lambriquet (Marie-Philippine Lambriquet, 31 July 1778 – 31 December 1813) was the adopted daughter (foster child) of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France. She was the playmate of Marie Thérèse of France in her childhood, and after the death of her biological mother, she was formally adopted (foster child, in a modern sense). She did not become a princess, but lived as a foster child in the royal family. Because of her visual resemblance to Marie Thérèse there were speculations that she was the secret daughter of Louis XVI, but there is no information to indicate that this was the case.

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