The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 678 pages of information about The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.

The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 678 pages of information about The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.

Gaillon, Castle of. 
Gambling, court. 
Garden-parties given at the Trianon. 
General Beauharnais;
  Dumouriez. 
General rejoicings. 
Gensonne, M.
Germany, death of Francis, emperor of;
  and France, feelings in regarding Marie Antoinette’s marriage. 
Gibraltar, siege of. 
Gifts of Le Joyeuse Avenement and La Ceinture de la Reine renounced. 
Girondins, rise of the;
  fall of the. 
Gluck appointed to teach the harpsichord;
  visits Paris. 
Goethe. 
Goldsmith’s prediction of a French revolution. 
Grains, war of the. 
Grammont, Countess de. 
Grasse, Count de. 
Gaudet, M.
Guimenee, Princess de. 
Guines, Duc de. 
Gustavus III., King of Sweden, at the French court.

Horse-racing by Comte d’ Artois. 
Hotel de Ville, banquet at the, on account of the birth of the dauphin;
  storming of the, by the insurgents, July 1789. 
Hotel Dieu, great fire at. 
Hughes, Sir E., fights with M. de Suffrein. 
Hunting-field, Marie Antoinette in the. 
Huttes, M. des.

Illuminations in Paris at the birth of the dauphin. 
Income, settlement of. 
Indictment drawn up against the queen. 
Inscription on a snow pyramid erected in gratitude by the Parisians for
the charity they received from their queen in the winter of 1788-’89. 
Insolence shown to the queen by a virago. 
Insurgents, the, under Santerre. 
Insurrection in Paris, July, 1789;
  of June 20th 1792;
  of August 5th, 1792. 
Intrigues formed against Marie Antoinette;
  of Madame Adelaide. 
“Iphigenie,” opera of.

Jacobin Club, the. 
Jarjayes, Madame de. 
Jason and Medea, tapestry representing the history of. 
Jealousy shown by the queen’s favorites;
  of the Countess du Barri;
  of the aunts;
  of Austrian influence. 
Jewelry and Boehmer, the court jeweler. 
Josephine Louise, Princess of Savoy, married to the Count de Provence. 
Joseph, Emperor of Austria, visits France incognito;
  writes to his sister on European politics;
  death of. 
Jussieu, Bernard de. 
Justice, remarkable, always shown by the queen.

Kaunitz, Prince. 
Keppel, Admiral. 
King Gustavus III. of Sweden visits the French court. 
Korff, Madame de.

La Belle Liegeoise. 
Lacoste, M.
Lacy, Marshal. 
Lady Ailesbury; Sutherland. 
La Fayette, Marquis de; and the National Guard;
  and Mirabeau;
  demands the suppression of titles;
  offered the sword of the Constable of France, which he declines;
  shows insolence to the royal family;
  threatens the queen with a divorce;
  saves the castle at Vincennes;
  insults the nobles who come to protect the king;
  his urgency to bring back the king, who had been arrested in his flight;
  arrogance of;
  shows personal animosity to the king;
  ordered to prepare for foreign service;

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