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Mathilde de Morny
Hortense de Beauharnais

Mathilde de Morny – Queen Hortense’s unconventional grandchild (Part two)

Read part one here. Since turning 16, Mathilde had joined the very exclusive Cercle, a so-called “love society”, frequented by French and Spanish aristocracy. All of their correspondence was in code to prevent anything from leaking. Mathilde once performed acrobatics on a trapeze while they were naked. The Cercle was also very well known for [read more]