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Aug 2012
19m 35s

A Medici Marriage: Marguerite-Louise d'O...

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Marguerite-Louise d'Orléans was the grandchild of the King of France, cousin of Louis XIV and eventually betrothed to Cosimo III de Medici. Her marriage was (to say the least) unstable. But how did she finally find herself back in France? 
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