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Jeanne Charlotte Hérault. Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. She was considered one of the great ...
- Jean François Gabriel de Polastron
- Jeanne Charlotte Hérault
Blessed with a pleasing physique and an ‘attractive, solid character,’ Yolande de Polastron married Count Jules de Polignac, the nephew of ‘Madame Etiquette’ in 1767. She first met the Dauphine Marie Antoinette during the royal wedding at Versailles in 1770.
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polignac, comtesse de Polignac, known as an "unpretentious and charming" woman who was always "simply dressed," became Marie Antoinette 's favorite in 1775 and was appointed governess to the king and queen's children. Said to be non-ambitious for herself, the comtesse was pressured by the Polignac family to seek ...
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. She was considered one of the great beauties of pre-Revolutionary society, but her extravagance and exclusivity earned her many enemies.
The sitter in this portrait is Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (born in 1749, died in 1793). She is best remembered as the favourite companion of the infamous Queen of France, Marie Antoinette (born in 1755, died in 1793). Gabrielle (as she was known) was considered one of the great beauties of pre-revolutionary society. She was the subject of several portraits by ...
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France.
Yolande de Polastron is the 1,775th most popular politician (down from 1,537th in 2019), the 622nd most popular biography from France (down from 578th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular French Politician. Yolande de Polastron was the wife of King Louis XIV of France. She is most famous for her role in the Fronde, a series of civil wars in ...
