MARIE ANTOINETTE - RANDOM HOUSE READERS CIRCLE.
Pin images from any website as you browse the web with the Pin It button. You have to create a board to pin. Type @ to mention people, $ or to add price. Most particularly fascinating about Bellocs narrative is his detailed and clear description of the famous, or rather famous, affair of the diamond necklace. In 1785-86 the affair of the Diamond Necklace revealed the depth of the hatred which her own follies and the calumnies of her enemies had aroused against her. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, ninth child of Maria Theresa and the Emperor Francis I, was born at Vienna, on the 2nd of November 1755. This necklace was inspired by the infamous jewels that embroiled Marie Antoinette in The Diamond Necklace Affair. After seeing a photo of the notorious jewels, Danielle fell in love with its gorgeous double-tassel centerpiece. So she designed her own version of the grand collier. The Diamond Necklace Affair hurts Marie Antoinettes already-poor reputation. The Cardinal de Rohan and a group of swindlers are truly at fault, but they are found innocent, while Marie-Antoinette is harshly (and permanently) judged in the court of public opinion. 1785 The Affair of the Diamond Necklace does much to accelerate popular dislike of the queen and burnish her reputation as Madame Deficite (Act Four, A Hoax in Diamonds through Portrait in Red).
AFFAIR OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE - WIKIPEDIA.
The so-called The Diamond Necklace Affair ( The Affair of the Necklace 1786) caused the greatest damage to her reputation. This classic film starring Norma Shearer gives a Hollywood take on the life of Marie Antoinette with a special focus on the Diamond Necklace Affair, which was left out of the 2006 movie. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa. The Diamond Necklace incident further ruined her reputation. But the ill-feeling towards LAutrichienne was stirred up by the lamentable Affair of the Diamond Necklace (1784-86). Maria-Theresia und Marie-Antoinette, ihr Briefwcehsel (Leipzig, l866). An excellent study of the historical sources on Marie-Antoinette is TOURNEUX, Marie-Antoinette devant lhistoire. When she and her family have their royal titles stripped by the crown, 18th-century French countess Jeanne de la Motte Valois (Hilary Swank) schemes with her lover (Simon Baker), her husband (Adrien Brody) and a mysterious Italian count (Christopher Walken) to obtain a diamond necklace worth millions. But the ill-feeling towards LAutrichienne was stirred up by the lamentable Affair of the Diamond Necklace (1784-86). Maria-Theresia und Marie-Antoinette, ihr Briefwcehsel (Leipzig, 1866). An excellent study of the historical sources on Marie-Antoinette is TOURNEUX, Marie-Antoinette devant lhistoire. Vintagechic86 reblogged this from vivelareine and added. An engraving of the infamous #8220;diamond necklace#8221. It may well have paved the way to the guillotine for Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI--dismantling 800 years of absolute monarchy.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA (1913) / MARIE ANTOINETTE - WIKISOURCE, THE FREE ONLINE LIBRARY.
To avenge her family, she fixates upon stealing a spectacular 2,8000 carat diamond necklace. Shes super chic so why wouldnt Unkle Karl be on speed dial. The French jewelry firm Boehmer and Bassenge had invested a great deal of money into the stones needed to make a great necklace of diamonds, which they attempted unsuccessfully to sell, first to Madame du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV, and then to Louis XVIs wife, Marie Antoinette. Archduchess Maria Christina, who shared Maria Theresas birthday and was her favorite child. To compensate for the loss, Maria Theresa replaced Maria Josepha in the Naples marriage with another daughter, the Archduchess. She meets a gigolo (Baker) who gives her the will to perpetrate an audacious swindle involving a sinful Cardinal (Pryce), Marie Antoinette (Richardson), and a 2,800-carat diamond necklace. Her supporting cast fare better, with Joely Richardson an imperious Marie Antoinette and Pryces Cardinal de Rohan is a ripe rogue. Although Queen Marie Antoinette had no actual part in it, the affair of the million dollar diamond necklace and other scandals revealed a moral laxity in her court, and greatly increased her unpopularity. Determined to restore her good name and privilege, Jeanne schemes politically and ually with a trio of co-conspirators that includes her gigolo lover, Retaux de Villette (Simon Baker), her husband, Nicolas (Adrien Brody), and a mysterious Italian count (Christopher Walken) to obtain a diamond necklace worth millions. Having convinced her lover Cardinal Rohan that she was a confidant of Queen Marie Antoinette, the countess persuaded the cardinal to purchase an extremely expensive diamond necklace on the queens behalf.
BBC - FILMS - REVIEW - THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE.
The standout performance is Joely Richardsons haughty and imperious Marie Antoinette. Mia Katrin is an award-winning, internationally celebrated couture jewelry designer, specializing in one-of-a-kind and limited edition high-end necklaces with precious gems in 18-24 karat gold and platinum. Determined to restore her good name and privilege, Jeanne schemes politically and ually with a trio of co-conspirators that includes her gigolo lover, Retaux de Villette (Simon Baker), her husband, Nicolas (Adrien Brody), and a mysterious Italian count (Christopher Walken) to obtain a diamond necklace worth millions. The Queens Necklace by Alexandre Dumas is about the Diamond Necklace Affair. The Queens Necklace: Marie Antoinette and the Scandal That Shocked and Mystified France by Frances Mossiker. The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette by Chantal Thomas. This is a film about the infamous diamond necklace theft that was linked with the fate of Queen Marie Antoinette. The story is all about an unusual retelling of historys most involved and intricate diamond heist, the necklace affair that eventually helped spur the start of the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette was born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna on November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of powerful Maria Theresa. Probably the biggest cause of criticism was what is called the Diamond Necklace Affair.
ERAS OF ELEGANCE - THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE (2001).
In short, Antoinette had a noble necklace offered to be made for her out of diamonds. It may well have paved the way to the guillotine for Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI--dismantling 800 years of absolute monarchy. To avenge her family, she fixates upon stealing a spectacular 2,8000 carat diamond necklace. It was a failure, and during this time Marie began to abandon her more carefree exploits to take more of a part in politics, not only because she was the mother of the future King of France but also to regain her reputation after the Diamond Necklace Affair in which she was accused of defrauding the crown jewellers. The Cardinal was regarded with displeasure by Queen Marie Antoinette for having spread rumors about the Queens behavior to her formidable mother, the Austrian empress Maria Theresa. The Queen had also learned of a letter in which the Cardinal spoke of Maria Theresa in a way that Marie Antoinette found offensive. This was called the Diamond Necklace Affair (DNA) and its details published in the Parisian Gutter Press. Maria Antoinette was born an Austrian princess and grew up to be an innovator to fashion and a slave to good food. The 1785-86 Affair of the Diamond Necklace, a scandal in which she was accused of having an affair with a cardinal in order to obtain a costly diamond necklace, further discredited her and reflected on the monarchy. October 16, 1793) Also Known As: Maria-Antoine, Josephe-Jeanne-Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Antoinette.
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The Diamond Necklace Affair, in which a prominent courtier was tricked by a conman into buying the priceless trinket under the impression he was doing the Queen a discreet favour, finally did in her waning public popularity. An adventuress, the countess de la Motte, schemed to acquire a valuable diamond necklace by duping cardinal de Rohan into believing that Queen Marie-Antoinette wanted to obtain it surreptitiously and that he could gain her favour by facilitating its purchase.
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