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Mar 29, 2023 · Marie Antoinette courted controversy during her life and even her death. Peek into five of the Marie Antoinette scandals, from fashion to flirting to finance.
Oct 4, 2021 · Redacted lines from letters between Marie-Antoinette and her alleged lover have been revealed for the first time, using advanced scientific techniques.
Oct 1, 2021 · A group of French researchers has uncovered censored phrases in letters exchanged by Marie Antoinette and her close friend— and rumored lover — Swedish count Axel von Fersen.
Oct 1, 2021 · Many historians suspect the baron was the letters’ censor, perhaps to preserve his family’s reputation among rumors that the Swedish count and the French queen had been secret lovers.
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Oct 1, 2021 · But by then rumors were already swirling about her supposed infidelity, and von Fersen was among her rumored lovers. (Other candidates included the Duc d'Orleans and the Comte d'Artois.) They...
Oct 5, 2016 · A new book, I Love You Madly—Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen: The Secret Letters, offers clues to the split, which ended the nearly 20-year affair between the last French queen and diplomat...
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Oct 1, 2021 · Marie Antoinette sent these expressions of affection - or more? - in letters to her close friend and rumored lover Axel von Fersen. Someone later used dark ink to scribble over the words,...