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Upon learning of the capture of the royal family, the National Constituent Assembly sent three representatives, Antoine Barnave, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve and Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg to Varennes to escort Marie Antoinette and her family back to Paris. On the way to the capital they were jeered and insulted by the people ...
23 August 1754, son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony: Marie Antoinette 4 children: 21 January 1793 (aged 38) Louis XVII of France 1793–1795: 27 March 1785 Palace of Versailles son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette: never married: 8 June 1795 Paris Temple (aged 10) Marie Thérèse of France 1795–1851: 19 ...
One day in 1776, Marie Antoinette's carriage came close to running over a five-year-old little boy on the road. The carriage stopped, and the boy was saved. The queen was informed by his legal guardian, his grandmother, that the boy was a poor orphan. Marie Antoinette became so delighted with his appearance that she decided to adopt him, and ...
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. She was considered one of the great beauties of pre-Revolutionary society ...
son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette: never married: 4 June 1789 Château de Meudon aged 7 "Louis XVII of France" 1793–1795: 27 March 1785 Palace of Versailles son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette: never married: 8 June 1795 Paris Temple aged 10 Louis XVIII of France 1795–1824: 17 November 1755 Palace of Versailles
A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...
In 2001, Daisy Bevan played Marie-Thérèse briefly in the costume-drama The Affair of the Necklace opposite her mother Joely Richardson as Marie Antoinette. In 2006, Marie Antoinette, directed by Sofia Coppola, was released. Marie-Thérèse was portrayed by two different child actresses. At age two, she was played by Lauriane Mascaro, and at ...
Historian Evelyn Farr compiled a set of revealing letters between Marie Antoinette and Swedish count and diplomat, Axel von Fersen. New book claims Marie Antoinette had 2 secret love children Skip ...