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Tag: jeanne de la motte

Posted on December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by Sasha

Marie Antoinette’s Heartbreaking Last Letter

Marie Antoinette of Austria was the Queen of France who had the bad luck of being consort during the French Revolution. Here is her last letter.

Posted on October 6, 2021December 22, 2021 by Sasha · 3 Comments

Jeanne de la Motte & The Affair of the Diamond Necklace

Guess who stole a diamond necklace and helped start the French Revolution? Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Comtesse de la Motte.

Od’s fish! But this is the poorest company I ever was in!

- Nell Gwyn, mocking King Charles II

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