Read part one here. After becoming Queen, Marie Antoinette had “continued to amuse herself almost childishly with the Provences and the Artois, granting them liberties ordinarily given in families, but suddenly, remembering that she was the Queen, ‘she indulged in remarks on the superiority of her rank and slightly mortifying comparisons for the other princes [read more]
The relationship between Count Axel von Fersen and Marie Antoinette has been the topic of heated debate. So, who was this Swedish count? Count Axel von Fersen was born in Stockholm on 4 September 1755 as the son of Field Marshal Count Axel von Fersen the Elder and Countess Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie. In [read more]
The Princess of Lamballe was a great favourite of Queen Marie Antoinette, which was no longer a good position to be in as the French Revolution broke out. Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy was born on 8 September 1749 as the daughter of Louis Victor of Savoy, Prince of Carignano and Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg. [read more]
Marie Joséphine of Savoy was born on 2 September 1753 as the third child and second daughter of the future KingVictor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. Her younger sister Marie Thérèse would later join her in France as the wife of the Count of Artois. Her parents would go [read more]
The future King Louis XVI of France was born on 23 August 1754 as the second surviving son of Maria Josepha of Saxony and Louis, Dauphin of France, who in turn was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska. He was initially titled Duke of Berry, and [read more]
Read part two here. Just two days after the King’s death, Jeanne was banished to the Abbaye de Pont aux Dames on the orders of the new King. Marie Antoinette wrote to her mother, “Everyone with the name of du Barry has been banished from court.” Even her mother was shocked at her daughter’s behaviour [read more]
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