Spanish painter José García Hidalgo immortalized royal sisters Maria Luisa de Orléans, queen of Spain, and sister Anne Marie ...
Before becoming the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette was born an Archduchess of Austria. She spent her formative years in the grandeur of the Habsburg court, where she was groomed for royal life.
Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants were starving and didn’t have enough bread, she exclaimed “Let ...
A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...
Marie Antoinette is as renowned today for her life of luxury as she was when she reigned as the Queen of France over 200 years ago. But her unrestrained opulence marked a stark contrast between the ...
The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl, a natural pearl and diamond pendant A pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to ill-fated French Queen Marie Antoinette has been sold for $ ...
An innocent teenage queen drawn into a dark, manipulative court of Versailles. Her duty is to bear an heir. Her fate will set a country on fire. From the writer of The Favourite.
As they say, a piece of jewelry has the power to tell many stories. This particular diamond necklace, which is being sold by Sotheby's this fall for an estimated $2.8 million, tells royal-related ...
Two diamond bracelets once owned by the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, have sold at auction in Switzerland for more than $8m(£5.8m). They were bought by an anonymous telephone bidder.
Harf currently serves as Executive Director at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House. Previously, she served as Secretary of State John Kerry's Senior Advisor for Strategic ...