On May 16th, 1770, Marie Antoinette of Austria and Louis-Auguste of France were married in a lavish

On May 16th, 1770, Marie Antoinette of Austria and Louis-Auguste of France were married in a lavish wedding ceremony at Versailles. The wedding of the teenage couple, symbolic of a renewed alliance between their respective countries, was celebrated in a contemporary French quatrain:

The rose of the Danube and the lily of the Seine,
Mixing their colors, embellish both parts:
Form a garland of these flowers, love forms a chain,
Happily joining the two nations’ hearts.