The Victoria and Albert Museum has announced that a new royal exhibition exploring the life and fashion of history’s most tragic queen will open later this year.
“Marie Antoinette Style” will be opening at the V&A on 20 September.
A preview on the museum’s website reads: “A complex fashion icon, Marie Antoinette’s timeless appeal is defined by her style…
She was the mother of three kings, the wife of another and the niece of a powerful pope and those links aren’t even the most interesting things about a woman who ended up having a whole age named after her. She’s a controversial figure, even now, but her impact…
Marie Antoinette has long remained one of the most intriguing figures in history. People continue to be fascinated by the tragic Queen of France who was held up as a symbol of everything wrong with the country as it descended into revolution.
However, her childhood was…
A French princess made her society debut at Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris this past week.
Princess Eugenie de Bourbon was one of twenty-one young women who made their debut this past weekend at the Shangri-La hotel.
Eugenie, 17, is the daughter of the legitimist pretender to the French throne, Louis de Bourbon, and his wife, Marie-Marguerite Vargas Santaella. Louis is known as…
After a tragic fire in April 2019, Notre-Dame de Paris will finally be reopening to visitors.
The Paris cathedral will be officially reopening to the public on 8 December 2024 after five years of intensive restoration work following a fire on 15 April 2019.
There…
The Austrian Archduchess whose immunity led to her becoming a queen
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Marie Antoinette is one of the most talked about figures in history, known for centuries as the poster child for the excesses of the French court. But a disfiguring disease played a part in her marrying the heir to the French throne.
Archduchess Maria Antonia Josefa…
Marie Antoinette is without a doubt one of the most tragic figures in royal history. And part of her downfall was due to a diamond necklace that she never owned.
King Louis XV commissioned a diamond necklace for his beloved mistress, Madame du Barry. He chose two jewellers from Paris, Charles Auguste Boehmer and Paul Bassenge, to create the 2,000,000 livre necklace which was meant to…
In October of 1793, the most famous French Queen in history met a swift and gruesome end.
After the French Royal Family was seized by Revolutionary forces in August of 1792, they were held prisoner. The former King Louis XVI was executed on 21 January 1793, but…
The Élysée Palace played host to several royals ahead of the Opening Ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a reception on the day of the opening ceremony to officially receive the heads of state attending the 2024…
The Mancini sisters are famous for their connections to the French court, thanks to the work of their uncle, Cardinal Jules Mazarin.
This is the first post in the series about the seven Mazarinettes. This post will explore the brief life of Laura Mancini, Duchess of Mercœur, but first, we must learn how the women came into the French court.
Cardinal Mazarin’s Power
Cardinal Jules…
