tiny-librarian: These changes were, however, due as much to serial pregnancy as to aging: on March 27th, 1785, the Queen gave birth to a second son, Louis Charles. Despite a new spate of rumors about the child’s dubious paternity (Charles, after all,was the first name of the Comte d’Artois), his parents were delighted, as a second son placed the succession on a very strong footing. Elated, Marie Antoinette dubbed the boy, who was much more beautiful than either of his older siblings, her chou d’amour, or sweetheart, and devoted herself more enthusiastically than ever to motherhood. Queen of Fashion, What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution - Caroline Weber