Authors: Antonia Fraser
Young, Arthur,
Travels in France and Italy during the Years 1787, 1788 and 1789
, introd. Thomas Okey, New York [n.d.]
Younghusband, Lady,
Marie-Antoinette: her early youth (1770–1774)
, 1912
Zeepvat, Charlotte, “Phoenix on the Neva,”
Royalty Digest
, August 1999
Zweig, Stefan,
Marie Antoinette: the portrait of an average woman
, trans. Eden & Cedar Paul, New York, 1933
Zweig MSS, British Library
INDEX
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Adélaïde, Madame (Louis XV’s daughter): names MA
l’Autrichienne
; appearance; formal address; wishes to accompany MA to Paris (1772); leaves for Rome; uncompromising attitude to new ways; on MA’s death
Adhémar, Comte d’
Adieux de la Reine à ses Mignons et Mignonnes
(pamphlet)
Agoult, Vicomte d’
Aiguillon, Emmanuel Armand, Duc d’
Aiguillon, Louise Félicité, Duchesse d’
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of (1748)
Albert, Prince of Saxe-Teschen: marries Marie Christine; rivalry with Durfort; MA allowed to write to; visits Versailles; in Belgium; exiled
Alexandra, Empress of Nicholas II of Russia
Alsace: risings (1789)
Amalia, Archduchess of Austria (MA’s sister): marriage prospects; place in family; character; at brother Joseph’s wedding; mother’s advice to on marriage; departure on marriage; wedding; breach with mother; political intrigues
Amelia, Princess of Saxony
Amélie, Queen of the French (Maria Carolina’s daughter)
American Revolution;
see also
United States of America
Ami du Peuple, L’
(newspaper)
Ami du Roi, L’
(newspaper)
Andouins, Captain d’
Angoulême, Duchesse d’
see
Marie Thérèse Charlotte (MA’s daughter)
Angoulême, Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duc d’
Anne of Austria, Regent of France
Anti-Fédéraliste, L’
(newspaper)
Antwerp
Aquitaine, Duc d’
Aranda, Pedro Abarca y Bolea, Count d’
Armand, Comte de
Arnould, Sophie
Artois, Charles, Comte d’ (Louis XVI’s brother;
later
King Charles X): MA meets; character; in dance dispute; marriage; and death of Louis XV; relations with MA; extravagance; amateur theatricals; at MA’s childbirth; as proxy for Joseph at MA’s child’s christening; signs
Mémoire des Princes
; accused of controlling flour; hardline views; flees France; supports MA’s moving to Metz; influence on Madame Elisabeth; counter-revolutionary plans; as prospective Regent; Leopold prevents from taking military action; militancy; Jarjayes attempts to influence; present at Pillnitz; MA communicates with from Temple; displaced by Louis Philippe; ascends throne
Artois, Thérèse of Savoy, Comtesse d’: marriage; at court of Versailles; prospective pregnancy; appearance; sexual activities with husband; pregnancies and children; satirized; flees France; death
Assembly of Notables
Atkyns, Charlotte, Lady
Audrein, Abbé
Aufresne (French actor)
Augeard, J.M.
Auguié, Madame Adélaïde (Madame Campan’s sister)
Augusta, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt
Auguste, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Auguste (royal goldsmith)
Augustus II (“the Strong”), King of Poland
Augustus III of Saxony, King of Poland
Aumale, Duc d’
Austria: forms defensive pact with France (1756); court life and style; war with Prussia and England; and dynastic marriages with France; and Bavarian crisis; foreign policy; alliance with Russia; deteriorating relations with France; conflict with Turkey; and Joseph II’s death; MA hopes for military support from; and MA’s attempted flight; alliance with Prussia (1792); Louis declares war on (1792); recovers Liège; military successes against French; indifference to liberating MA; MA expected to favour
Austrian Succession, War of (1740–48)
Ayen, Jean Paul François, Duc d’ (
later
Duc de Noailles)
Babeuf, Gracchus
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de
Bailly, Jean Sylvain
Barnave, Antoine
Barrère de Viruzac, Bertrand
Barthélémy (interior designer)
Bassenge, Paul
Bastille: stormed; anniversaries of fall
Batz, Jean, Baron de
Bault (jailer)
Bault, Madame
Bavaria: succession crisis (1777–9)
Béarn, Pauline, Comtesse de (
née
de Tourzel): accompanies mother into royal household; Louis Charles’s devotion to; MA consoles; amused by Comtesse de Provence; learns billiards from Louis XVI; and Mesdames Tantes’ formal etiquette; prepares girl’s clothing for Louis Charles’s escape; on effect of detention on Marie Thérèse; and Louis XVI’s departure for Assembly; and mob attack on Tuileries; imprisoned with royals; takes Marie Thérèse to parents’ graves
Beatrice d’Este: marriage to Archduke Ferdinand; visits Versailles
Beauclerk, Lord Edward
Beaucourt, Marquis de
Beaujolais, Comte de
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de;
Le Barbier de Séville
;
Le Mariage de Figaro
Beaumont, Christophe de, Archbishop of Paris (1774)
Belgium (Austrian Netherlands): revolts in; risk of Austrian loss of; French occupy
Berry, Charles Ferdinand, Duc de
Berry, Mary
Bertin, Rose
Besenval, Pierre, Baron de
Blaikie, Thomas
Blumendorf, Counsellor
Boehmer, Charles Auguste; and Diamond Necklace Affair
Boigne, Comtesse de
Bombelles, Angélique, Marquise de
Bombelles, Marc Marie, Marquis de: on Noailles family; and MA’s pregnancies and children; on dress etiquette; on Sèvres porcelain; and Gustav III’s visit; on invalid Louis Joseph; witnesses visit of Tippoo’s envoys; and Louis XVI’s distress over MA’s possible affair with Fersen; on constitutional changes; reports MA’s remarks on “good people,”; and royals’ escape attempt
Bordel Patriotique, Le
(play)
Börtz, Daniel:
Marie Antoinette and Fersen
(opera)
Boucher, François
Bouillé, Charles de
Bouillé, Comte Louis de
Bouillé, Louis, Marquis de
Bouillon, Charles Godefroid, Duc de
Bourbon, Louis Henri, Duc de
Bourbon, Louise Françoise, Duchesse de
Bourbon-Penthièvre
see
Penthièvre
Bourbons: pretenders to French throne
Bourgoigne, Louis, Duc de
Boutin (financier)
Brancas, Marie Angélique, Duchesse de
Brandeis, Countess
Breteuil, Louis Charles Auguste Le Tonnelier, Baron de: succeeds Durfort as Ambassador; and MA’s interest in Fersen; MA favours for Minister of Royal Household; and MA’s acquisition of Saint Cloud; background and diplomatic career; and Diamond Necklace Affair; and trial of Cardinal Rohan; resigns as Minister of Royal Household; succeeds Necker as Finance Minister; dismissed; suggests MA and Louis move to Metz; and Louis XVI’s legitimate authority; and Louis XVI’s escape attempt
Brienne
see
Loménie de Brienne
Brionne, Comtesse de
Brissac, Louis Hercule Timoléon, Duc de
Brissot, Jean Pierre
Broglie, Marshal Victor François, Duc de
Brunier, Dr.
Brunier, Madame
Brunswick, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of; Manifesto (1792)
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclercq, Comte de
Burke, Edmund:
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Burney, Charles
Cagliostro, Alessandro, Count
Calonne, Charles Alexandre,
Campan, François
Campan, Madame Henriette (
née
Genet): on MA’s intelligence; and Maria Teresa’s enquiry about MA’s happiness; on MA’s bridal dress; on MA’s compassion; on MA’s bearing; background and court position; on MA’s reaction to birth of Artois’ son; on MA’s rejection of Lauzun’s advances; on MA’s mockery; on MA’s pregnancy and childbirth; on MA’s theatre-and opera-going; on Louis XVI’s pleasure at birth of son; pleads with MA for reinstatement of porter; silence on MA/Fersen liaison; reads Beaumarchais’
Figaro
; on MA’s attitude to portraits; and Boehmer’s diamond necklace; acquires portrait of Jeanne Lamotte; and MA’s reaction to Rohan verdict; and MA’s proposed move to Metz; on anti-revolutionary sentiments at Versailles banquet; sees MA in Paris (1789); sees Catherine the Great’s letter to MA; and MA’s declining to escape from Saint Cloud; warned of MA’s flight; meets MA on return to Tuileries; and Madame Jarjayes; and Louis XVI’s status under new Constitution; and effect on MA of mob invasion of Tuileries; and MA’s hope of foreign rescue; with MA in Assembly
Campan, Pierre
Canova, Antonio
“Carnation Plot,”
Caroline, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
Caroline Matilda, Princess (Queen of Denmark)
Carteron, Jean Baptiste
Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo
Castelot, André and Alain Decaux:
Je m’appellais Marie Antoinette
(play)
Castries, Charles, Marquis de
Catherine II (the Great), Tsarina of Russia
Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England
Catherine de’ Medici, Regent of France
Chalon, Jean
Chamfort, Sébastian Roch Nicolas de:
Mustapha et Zéangir
Chamilly, M. de (valet)
Champ de Mars, Paris
Chardin, Jean Simeon
Charles I, King of England
Charles II, King of England
Charles III, King of Spain
Charles VI, Emperor
Charles X, King of the French
see
Artois, Charles, Comte d’
Charles, Archduke of Austria (Emperor Francis II’s son)
Charles, Archduke of Austria (MA’s brother)
Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia
Charles, Prince (
later
Duke) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charles, Prince (
later
Duke) of Zweibrücken
Charles, Prince of Liechtenstein
Charles, Prince of Lorraine
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Charlotte, Archduchess
see
Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples
Charlotte, Princess of Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont (MA’s paternal aunt)
Charlotte, Queen of George III of Britain
Charlotte Wilhelmine, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt: friendship with MA; and birth of MA’s son; marriage to Prince Charles; and MA’s 1784 pregnancy; death in childbirth
Chartres, Duchesse de
see
Orléans, Duchesse d’
Chartres, Louis Philippe, Duc de (
later
Duc d’Orléans;
then
King Louis Philippe): birth; becomes Duc de Chartres; marriage prospects; baptism; in procession; watches mob march; at Fête de la Fédération; marriage to Amélie
Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de
Châteauroux, Marie Anne, Duchesse de
Chaumette, Pierre Gaspard
Chauveau-Lagarde, Claude
Chimay, Prince de
Chimay, Princesse de
Choiseul, Claude, Duc de
Choiseul, Duchesse de
Choiseul, Etienne-François, Duc de: pro-Austrian sentiments; disparages Amelia and Frederick Augustus; forbids Durfort to receive MA in home; welcomes MA on arrival in France; and Comtesse de Brionne; exiled; not reappointed on death of Louis XV; MA seeks to help; favours Castries
Choisy
Cholet, Abbé
Chrétien (of Temple kitchen)
Christoph, Paul
Clement of Saxony, Elector of Trier, Archbishop of Cologne
clergy (French): under Civil Constitution
Clermont, Frances, Countess of (
née
Murray)
Clermont, Mademoiselle de (Condé’s daughter)
Clermont-Tonnerre, Marquise de
Cléry, Hanet