The Princesse De Lamballe A Biography Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Princesse De Lamballe a Biography Mdlle. de la Foret - The Prince steals his Wife's Diamonds - Illness of the Princesse - The Prince falls from his horse, sustains serious injuries, and dies - The Funeral at Rambouillet - Grief of the Duc de Penthievre and of the Princesse - She resolves to enter a Convent; The Duc de Penthievre induces the Princesse not to take the Veil - They go to Rambouillet - The Duc's Pages - Florian - Life at Rambouillet - 'King of the Poor' - Louis xv. and the Paupers' Supper - The Duc's Charity - His Watches - Mademoiselle leaves her Convent - Death of Queen Maria Leczinska - Madame Adelaide is anxious that the King should marry the Princesse de Lamballe - Advent of Madame Dubarry - Presentation of the Duc de Penthievre's Daughter - Negotiations for her Marriage to the Duc de Chartres - The King's displeasure - The Marriage takes place; Marriage of the Dauphin to Marie Antoinette of Austria - Arrival of the Dauphiness - First meeting between her and the Princesse - Court Festivities - Quarrels over Precedence - Visit of the Princesse to Havre - The Household of the Dauphiness - Madame de Noailles - The Abbe de Vermond - The Comte de Mercy-Argenteau - Difficult position of the Dauphiness - Her first Friends - Visits of the Prince of Sweden and the King of Denmark - A warm Friendship grows between the Dauphiness and the Princesse - Mercy's doubts - The Dauphiness wishes to marry her friend to the Prince de Lambesc, but is persuaded to renounce the idea - Marriage of the Comte de Provence to the grand-daughter of the King of Sardinia - Wedding Fete given by the Duchesse de Mazarin - Illness of the Duchesse de Chartres - Birth of Louis Philippe - Marriage of the Comte d'Artois to the sister of the Comtesse de Provence - Intimate circle of the young Royal Family - Jealousy of the King's daughters About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.