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Gentlemen, I come to place in your hands the wife and the family of your sovereign; do not suffer those who have been united in Heaven to be put asunder on Earth.
–a speech written by Marie Antoinette on July 17, 1789. Louis XVI had traveled to Paris after the fall of the Bastille and she believed he would be taken prisoner there; if he was held captive, she intended to travel to Paris with her family and remain with him.
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[Image: Detail from July 1789 page from Volume 1 in the ‘Journal of Louis XVI’ collection at the Archives Nationales; via the Archives Nationales.]
Volume 1 encompasses pages in which Louis XVI wrote a record of walks, trips, reviews, festivals, engagements, ceremonies, and similar noted events, particularly those that occasioned visits from others or visits to specific locations. In some cases, the entries appear to have been written on a daily basis; in others, written in larger batches later on.
On July 14th, 1789, the king wrote “rien,” or “nothing.”
Although much has been made in popular culture of this particular phrase, it should be noted that “rien” is the phrase used most often to indicate that there were no official engagements, not necessarily that nothing noteworthy had happened. Aside from especially personal or extraordinary events–such as the births and deaths of his children, and the royal family’s forcible move to Paris–Louis XVI rarely wrote down anything other than these official engagements within these particular pages.
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Queens that Changed the World; Season 2, episode 3: "The Queen They Loved to Hate: Marie Antoinette."
oh the editing was really dizzying. It feels like it was made for TikTok or something. Very strange cuts, zoom-ins, jumps, split screens. The bits with the speakers are normal documentary stuff, then it goes right back to these awful cuts and moving split screens.
Nothing particularly awful in this one, aside from some nitpicks of rather strange claims. Overall it feels rather empty... there's no real structure or goal, the timeline jumps a lot and strange editing make it so if you don't already know Marie Antoinette's basic story, you'll probably be confused.
No real theme or narrative goal with this one, and the pacing is confusing. They spent a LOT of time on her early years & love for fashion... then August 1792 to her death is like 5 minutes. Huh?
Also no Swede. Or if he was mentioned it was so brief I've already forgotten about it.
Currently watching!
Queens that Changed the World; Season 2, episode 3: "The Queen They Loved to Hate: Marie Antoinette."
summer vacation idea: getting lost in the labyrinth of Versailles
the labyrinth was destroyed in 1778
it’s a time travel vacation
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Facsimile of the passport issued on June 5, 1791 by M. de Mont-morin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to M. Sémolin, Russian ambassador to Paris on behalf of Baroness Korff, Russian subject, born Steegleman.
Baroness de Korff was the name that Madame de Tourzel, the governess of Marie Therese Charlotte and Louis Charles, was travelling under during the flight to Varennes. It was a copy of this passport that the Royal Family used to aid them in their escape attempt. The children were to pretend to be “Baroness de Korff’s” children, with the adult members of the Royal Family being her various servants.
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Costume Parisien Fashion Plate, 1820
From Paris Musees, les Musees de la Ville de Paris
it's honestly very surprising that the manifesto Louis XVI left behind at the Tuileries is glossed over in almost all English works about him. Even Hardman's biography doesn't address it very much. But it's such a critical document to better understanding his mindset, his goals, how he viewed the revolution and was approaching it.
to copy a comment I made on a reblog a bit ago--
It brings to mind Louis XVI’s manifesto left behind before the flight to Montmedy.
While Louis XVI absolutely does address what he views as basic ideological and political concerns, the first detailed complaint (granted he does complain about the attempted murder first before getting into this–) is about the fact that the Tuileries palace wasn’t made ready for them and the layout being annoying:
The King, yielding to the wish expressed by the Parisian army, came to settle with his family at the Château des Tuileries. It was over a hundred years since the Kings had made their habitual residence there, except in the minority of Louis XV.
Nothing was ready to receive the King, and the layout of the old apartments was far from providing the conveniences to which His Majesty was accustomed in the other Royal houses, and which any private individual who was at ease could enjoy.
In the context of the manifesto, he places the complaint about the layout of the palace on the same level as his complaints about the stripping of any real royal power, shutting him out of creating laws or policies in the new government, frustrations regarding the Assembly’s tax plan, addressing the murders of various people associated with the old regime, etc etc.
Aside from being rather ludicrous to read, though, it gives a deeper insight into the impossible mental gap between the royal family and everyone else.
To them, these things that were frankly ridiculous–a palace layout, being seated on a normal chair with a royal cover instead of a throne–were of the utmost importance, on the same level as the attempted murder of the royal family and the actual murder of various people from 1789-1791.
How do you reconcile that with trying to get them to accept the new framework of a constitutional monarchy, even one which (per Barnave's attempts) would allow them more political power than the acting one?
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Anyway I feel like in general, Louis XVI's actual writing--or what survives of it--is just not very well studied compared to Marie Antoinette's.
It's kind of like how people obsess over Marie Antoinette's letters to Fersen but only read them in the context of "Were they LOVERS?!?!" and not in the context of "these must be read and understood as being just one of the countless strings of correspondence she was sending out all over Europe at the same time, they are inherently political letters that can't be understood on their own."
If anyone needs @vivelareine and I, we'll be taking a trip to Montmedy.
You know.... Montmedy....the French city in France.
That is very French.
That Montmedy.
Sooooo anyone wanna get in the carriage? Hope it doesn't break down...
where we're going, as a refresher:
June 20th, 1791
Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, their two children and Madame Elisabeth secretly fled from the Tuileries in Paris with the intention of going to the stronghold of Montmedy. Due to various factors they did not reach their destination and were eventually captured in the small town of Varennes.
June 20th, 1792
A crowd of hundreds of men and women forcibly entered the Tuileries Palace and filled the apartments of the royal family. The king, and queen with her two children in a separate apartment, were threatened and insulted by the crowds for hours before the mob was forced to disperse.
June 20th, 1810
Axel Fersen, who had been falsely accused of poisoning the Crown Prince of Sweden, was attacked by a mob during the prince’s funeral procession. The guards and police riding with the procession did nothing to halt the attack, which escalated from insults and rocks to a viscous assault. Fersen was ultimately beaten and stomped to death.
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I absolutely want you, my dear Elisabeth, to visit [my little Trianon]. If you would like to come here on June 24th … we are mourning the death of my poor little angel. Farewell dear heart, you know how much I love you and I need your whole heart to comfort mine.
–Marie Antoinette to Madame Elisabeth, 22 June 1787; Marie Antoinette’s youngest daughter, Sophie, had just died several days prior.
The youngest member of the group, the baby Sophie, died on 19 June 1787, a few weeks shy of her first birthday. Her figure had to be painted out; the Dauphin’s finger pointing in the direction of the empty cradle was a sad memorial to his sister’s short life. The Queen – “greatly afflicted” – told Princesse Louise that the baby had never really grown or developed. The was confirmed by the autopsy, which was signed by the deputy Governess Madame de Mackau in the absence of the Duchesse de Polignac in England. It made pathetic reading, down to the details of the three little teeth that the baby had been about to cut and which had been responsible for the five or six days of convulsions that ended her life.
Marie Antoinette, The Journey - Antonia Fraser
A big year for the Coppola film!
A new making-of book is coming out in September, in addition to an exhibition at the chateau de Versailles, a documentary with footage by the late Eleanor Coppola, and a re-release in theaters.
More at Vogue.
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I know that I have never before experienced such enthusiasm. I was totally amazed to find myself in tears and to see everyone else in the same state…. the king seemed truly moved by this beautiful moment… Our king attired with all the brilliance of royalty, on the true throne, was a sight that was so impressive it is difficult to describe.
–the duc de Croÿ on the coronation of Louis XVI in June 1775 [translation: Alison Johnson, Louis XVI and the French Revolution]
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In the understandable grief that overwhelms me, which I share with all of the realm, I nevertheless have duties I must fulfill. I am the king and this one word covers a great many obligations, but I am only twenty years old. I do not think that I have acquired all the knowledge necessary for my position.
–an excerpt from a letter from Louis XVI to Maurepas, written shortly after the death of Louis XV, in which the new king asked Maurepas to return as a minister. [translation: Alison Johnson, Louis XVI and the French Revolution]
The arrival of Louis XVI to the city of Reims to be crowned on June 11th, 1775. [credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France]
