With the death of Archduchess Josepha, earmarked as a bride for Naples, her sister Maria Carolina, intended as a bride for France, took her place, and in turn, younger sister Marie Antoinette was sent ...

70.5 x 57 cm. (27.8 x 22.4 in.) ...

Marie Antoinette was the wife of Louis XVI. Born Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, she was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She married ...

Duchess of Parma^ Johanna^ Maria Josepha^ Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (2004). To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette. Robson Books. ISBN 0-86051-818-3. Fraser, Antonia (2001). Marie ...

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (born this day in 1755) was age 14 when she married future French King Louis XVI and became Marie Antoinette, dauphine of France. “Bad men need nothing more to ...

A diamond necklace that has been worn at two British coronations, and is thought to contain stones from the infamous necklace ...

Tobias Kormind, managing director of Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds, shared his thoughts on the jewellery's historic allure: "A scandalous link to Marie Antoinette and the ...

Diamond Necklace Possibly Linked to Marie Antoinette's Demise up for Auction By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse GENEVA (Reuters) - A diamond-studded necklace thought to be involved in a ...

Rare 18th-century diamond necklace, linked to Marie Antoinette scandal, fetches €4.5M at auction Trump’s ‘reckless’ attorney ...

Which is what happened to the jewel at the center of Marie Antoinette’s Affair of the Diamond Necklace, from which these diamonds were possibly sourced. The incident may forever—and somewhat ...

GENEVA - A diamond-studded necklace thought to be involved in a scandal that led to the eventual downfall of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is being sold in Geneva next week.