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May 13, 2024 · Even her indulgence of the persistent requests of her favourites, such as Yolande de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, did not entail a great drain on the treasury. Her other court expenditures contributed—though to a minor degree—to the huge debt incurred by the French state in the 1770s and ’80s.
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May 7, 2024 · Louise-Reine Audu is one of the most notable women of the Revolution who comes from the working class streets of Paris. Due to her relatively low social status the date of her birth is unknown. She is believed to have died sometime in the year 1793.
5 days ago · Kirsten Dunst plays Marie Antoinette, Jason Schwartzman portrays Louis XVI of France, Steve Coogan takes on the role of Florimond Claude von Mercy-Argenteau, Judy Davis plays Anne de Noailles, Rip Torn portrays Louis XV of France, Rose Byrne takes on the character Yolande de Polastron, Asia Argento plays Madame du Barry, and Molly Shannon ...
2 days ago · The 18th-century lesbian secret society named "Sect of Anandrynes" included peoples like; Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Yolande de Polastron, Mlle Raucourt, Sophie Arnould, and Marie Antoinette.
4 days ago · Gilles de Rais ( c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.
6 days ago · In her latest work, French filmmaker Yolande Zauberman tries to track down a mysterious trans woman who allegedly walked from Gaza to Tel Aviv.
May 11, 2024 · (The zoo keeper became a closer friend than any of her art world contacts.) Her artistic activity diminished, but an exhibition at the Halles St Pierre in Paris in 2007 has contributed to a posthumous interest in her work.Further ReadingJ Planche, ‘Yolande Fièvre’, L'œuf sauvage, no. 1 (1991)
